I am mad!
I was browsing through some fellow editors' blogs, and came across this post, which is a funny little test-yourself quiz that will tell you if you're obsessive enough to be an editor. :)
I rated rather high... yes, I organize my pens by color, and yes I do enjoy lining things up on my desk before starting to work. Too bad I don't get paid to put all the green pens in one mug and the red pens in another.
posted by Jen @ 5:26 PM
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Ha! I even organize my hard-copy editing by color.
I use green pencil for text edits so that authors won't be traumatized by seeing red marks all over their masterpieces. I use a soothing purple for author queries in the margins. And I use red or orange for type-coding and instructions to the compositor.
I prefer doing onscreen editing, but too bad Word doesn't offer the possibility of choosing the color of each editing function.
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