davejonescue
Puritan Board Junior
Hello all. I have, by the Lords grace; been afforded the wonderful opportunity to work from home as a full-time book editor for Monergism. This is so awesome because it is the ability to work for a non-profit that aligns with my dreams of offering Puritan literature to the world at no-cost (at least in digital form.) My question, for those who have possibly done editing full-time before, is what are some of your "best-practices"? Especially regarding work-loads. My schedule will be 8 hours a day, Mon-Fri. But I was thinking of breaking up the day, say, 2-3hrs on, and 30 minute-hour break between blocks. Also, when editing, is it better to have larger screens (I have duel 22inch now.) The people at Monergism said they are going to train me in editing software, I think it will be InDesign (or something similar) so I can simultaneously prep books for ePub/and PB publication. My biggest fear is giving them a solid 40 hours a week, and also, getting fanatical and doing more than 8 hours a day. I have yet to really be able to spend this much time doing the books daily, and am excited to think of the output, especially now with potentially having a source to get the Greek converted from ligatures to regular script. I never thought something like this would happen to me, and I am so grateful to the Lord for the chance to be able to do this while also having my living expenses met.
Also, are there any specific Puritan books that some would like to see offered at no cost? I recently finished Sedgwicks "Bowels of Tender Mercy" and sent that in, and am now working on Dickson's "Sacred Therapy" as kind of my last "volunteer" work before officially starting. But having Project Puritas, and now the Greek person, plus 8 hours to do this daily; with the Lord working through me, kind of makes it seem there is no end to the possibilities of getting many, many of these works done. This is contractual work, so it will go on as long as Monergism allows, but looking at the list, and seeing that it is indeed finite, makes me especially excited to start chipping away at it. It may very well be, that one day, even in the foreseeable future, that all the Puritan works will be offered to the world, free of charge for eReaders. Just have to keep pressing towards that goal.
Also, are there any specific Puritan books that some would like to see offered at no cost? I recently finished Sedgwicks "Bowels of Tender Mercy" and sent that in, and am now working on Dickson's "Sacred Therapy" as kind of my last "volunteer" work before officially starting. But having Project Puritas, and now the Greek person, plus 8 hours to do this daily; with the Lord working through me, kind of makes it seem there is no end to the possibilities of getting many, many of these works done. This is contractual work, so it will go on as long as Monergism allows, but looking at the list, and seeing that it is indeed finite, makes me especially excited to start chipping away at it. It may very well be, that one day, even in the foreseeable future, that all the Puritan works will be offered to the world, free of charge for eReaders. Just have to keep pressing towards that goal.