It's funny how many staff editors idolize the freelance life. But unless you have the right make-up for it, it's not a lot of fun. Staff editors think it must be great because you get those cool "breaks" between gigs. In reality, each time you finish a gig, you are out of work for the rest of your life. So there is a small panic that can set in and then the mad scramble to find more work. It's not a vacation.
And speaking of vacations… want to guarantee some really good work will come along? Plan a vacation, pay for the whole thing, and then that cherry gig will certainly coma along for that exact time period. It's almost like clockwork. :-/
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "john@..." <john@...> wrote:
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> I'm a freelancer, so a vacation is out of the equation. My last was my honeymoon in '99... When I was a staff editor. Dodo mention that I'm typing this on my iPhone as I head to the city for a fun filled Sunday of editing?
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@> wrote:
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> > <<John, exactly. I feel the same way. I don't know how those other editors do it, the ones that go to Sicily, Switzerland, Africa, South America, and places like that. But they do exist, those vacation-taking editors.>>
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> > They either have staff jobs (in very short supply) or they don't care about work and figure they can always pick up again when they come back (no mortgage or kids)
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