[Helpers] Text editing?

[Kimberly]

Hiya!


> 
>    I'm very grateful to Goddess for the team we have here!  Tasks have
> been
> neatly divided up and there is progress!
> 
>    Sachiko is handling web design, flash & FTP
>    Gustaf will be and is handling audio and video.
>    Sandra C is taking care of collecting the experiences links.
>    Sandra D is/was working on updating links, and Hillary helping.
>    Ted was working on the new site FAQ... not sure where he got to...
> probably waiting for me to give feedback.
>    Richard is... well, helping with a few things!
>    Percyval is supporting, because he was so involved with the
original
> creation he probably knows the course better than I do!
> 
> 

Hey thats great. :) Good idea to keep them organized like that too, so
you know what everybody is working on. I had a friend once who was
having a bunch of people help her with an online project, and it was
total chaos because she couldn't keep track of who was doing what. Lol 



>     That pretty much leaves editing the lessons and creating homework
> assignments, which must be mine to do... but hell, yeah I need an
editor.
>    I'm pretty happy with the first 6 lessons I am done editing, but I
> noticed tendencies I need an editor to watch for.
> 

Is there anything in particular that you'd like me to watch for?


>     Some lessons are very ADD! I jump from topic to topic like a
mountain
> goat fleeing a cougar.

Yeah, I noticed this when we first started taking the class. Gustaf had
no problem following some of these lessons, but I'm a more literal
thinker, and the skipping around tended to confuse me, which is why I
volenteered for this. :) LOL

>    I keep finding stupid email shorthand that I thought I had
deleted..
> like spelling though as tho.
>    Some essays were never spellchecked!! egad.  (you need a Canadian
> spellchecker!!)
> 

I'll keep an eye out for the internet slang, no worries there. I don't
have a Canadian spell check, but I think the one I have is British, so
it should be similar, spelling color with a u and all that. :) 


>    If you can go through each lesson essay and paste it into word,
clean
> it
> up, make comments about what can be cut-improved, redone, etc. with
the
> red
> ink then email it back to me directly so I can be laser... if you like
I
> will make the word docs and add comments, then send them to you for
> editing.
> 

Either way would be fine with me. I don't know what kind of time/energy
you have for this particular part of the project at the moment. If you
have the time and inclination to make the word docs and add your
comments first, that might give me a clearer idea of what you are
thinking on some of it to begin with. Or, if you'd rather, I'll just
start us off by editing whats out there and that might spark the ideas
or thoughts that you want to comment on. Just let me know which you'd
prefer. Would you want me to take the documents from the CD you sent or
from the web page?



>    I need an editor to clean things up and help me focus on where
> improvement is needed so I can be more efficient.
> 


Thats what I'm here for! :)


>     The other thing is a little printable PDF reference booklet I have
> been
> working on with Rich. It will be a freebie on K-teacher, but I am also
> planning to give out copies to workshop attendants.  It will take the
form
> of a little magazine printed horizontally on letter size paper, folded
and
> stapled.
> 
>     What is different about it for me, is I like headings to fall on
the
> top of the page whenever possible, and so I am writing to length...
which
> is normal for almost every sort of writing except web pages and
emails!!
> I
> don't like seeing half or 2/3 of a page blank before the next heading,
and
> I am not good enough at formatting in word to make things fit! I plan
to
> add an essay about Kundalini, other than that it is mostly done but
could
> be cleaner and prettier! Hmm, I may have sent you an older copy along
with
> the soap & CD.
>
>    It can wait a month. The course update is the first priority.
> 

I'd be glad to help with that too as soon as we've finished the update.
:)

Blessings,

Kimberly