Is this YOUR opportunity?

in #help5 years ago

It just might be!

Right now, I'm willing to give a rare opportunity to five of my subscribers and/or followers. We are working on another book release and just for fun I thought we might try crowdsourcing the editing. The book is pretty much done, but getting a couple of extra eyes on the text to scan for misspellings, sentence structure, and grammaticals is always a good idea.

Would you like to invest some of your time and talent into our family? If you'd like to receive a proof copy of our latest book project "Why We Homestead" in the mail and spend the next couple of months checking it over, this just might be an excellent opportunity for you.

I'll only be choosing five "winners" so please let me know if you are interested and feel free to share some sentences about why you think you'd be a good fit for this gig. Those selected will be tasked with the objective of attempting to edit this book between now and the end of February, so that we can hopefully release it sometime in March. Besides receiving five free copies of the book once it comes out, you'll also be able to be recognized in a special "thanks" section at the beginning of the book, if you'd like.

Thanks to all of those who take the time to watch. You're all blessings to our family!

Is this YOUR opportunity? - VIDEO

BONUS LINKS

We just released our second book ever, "ARMADILLO ESCAPE" - a children's book that was the effort of three generations of our family, from @grandpa-pepper all the way down to Pinkie-Pepper. We're excited about it, so here's some links for you to check out in case you're interested. Thanks!

ORDER A COPY FROM OUR HOMESTEADER'S CO-OP STORE

ORDER AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY

ORDER ON AMAZON

Until next time…

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It looks like you already have several volunteers, @papa-pepper! I probably shouldn't put my name in the hat for proofreading your new book but I am a sucker for random extra projects and over the winter they need to be based indoors!
Aren't random projects much better than alcohol for a coping mechanism to deal with the stresses of life? ;)
I am extremely skilled at catching grammatical and spelling errors, and I am an excellent writer in general. I usually end up cursing editors when I read modern publications both online and in print, because quite frankly most of the time obvious blunders are missed and content has reached an all-time low for complexity and vocabulary! But I digress...
If you find that it would benefit you in some way to include me in the process of polishing your wordsmithing, let me know. I would be happy to participate oustide of Steem to support your family homestead. After all, we are practically neighbors!

Aren't random projects much better than alcohol for a coping mechanism to deal with the stresses of life? ;)

I spent about a decade in a bottle, and you are correct. SO MUCH BETTER!

As I commented on the video, I'm more than happy to help and don't even need a physical copy. Bonus... in real-time, zero shipping cost and you can still send it to 5 other people. :) Just let me know.

I'm best at developmental editing and line editing. I do Copy edits to but it is always good to have a proofreader for polishing because the more times you read it the less you catch.

I and @stryeyz are able and willing to go over it like an extra picky english teacher.

Shouldn't that be "@stryeyz and I" - ???? LOL j/k - Noted. I'll let y'all know

I'm willing to take a look. I have a red pen in hand already. Mwahahahaha!

I'll take you up on that offer. What's the best way to get your shipping address?

Are you still on steem.chat? You sent me a t-shirt long ago.

Yup! Same address, huh? I'll get it ready!

The book arrived. Basic editing is done, and I added notes where I thought changes needed to be made even if I wasn't sure what those changes needed to be. Alas, my red pen was dead, so I bled blue all over instead. There will be arrows pointing to the lines with smaller punctuation notes an the like. Hopefully I can mail the whole shebang back tomorrow.

Aha! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind and let you know next week if you are chosen.

Hello my friend! :D

I'd be more than happy to edit your new book. :D I just finished editing an auto biographical one for a friend of mine two weeks ago, so I have the time to do it for you, if you pick me. :D

God bless you and your wonderful family. :D Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! :D

Sounds good to me. What's the best way to get your shipping address? I'll even toss in an autographed copy of the Armadillo book so you can have it (just like you wanted)

I sent you a private message on Discord. That is very kind. :D I bought one from Amazon, but I'd be very pleased to get an autographed one. :D I'd keep that one for myself and donate the one I bought to the town library so many others get the pleasure of enjoying it too. :D Perhaps they'll come check out Steemit after they've read it and you'll get a bunch of new followers. :D

God bless you and yours. :D

Very cool. I know you mentioned desiring an autographed one but only being able to get them shipped to you from amazon (unautographed) up in Canada.

Yes that is correct, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't get the autographed one, but now it's worked out just the way it should. :D I've got to learn to be a bit more patient. :D I'm looking forward to getting the autographs of @pinkie-pepper and @grandpa-pepper too, it'll be neat to have and look back at with any future grandkids we have. :D

God bless. :D

I'd be more than happy to read it though knowing you, the errors are few and far between!

haha.... cute strategy for the free editor. :)


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