A Blog? Why?
Why do I have a blog for this freelance editing business? Great question, I’m glad you asked! 😉
While doing market research, I noticed some freelance editors had blogs on their websites where they discussed editing and writing. They were nice to read because they gave an idea of their vibe and personalities. Since you’re on this website to look for an editor, I think the blog could serve as a “vibe check,” so to speak.
Yes, I plan on talking about writing, editing, and research. Additionally, I have a lot of thoughts on what I watch, read, and listen to. To give you an idea:
I watched Grey’s Anatomy for the first time, and yes, I am caught up with all twenty-two seasons. I have so many musings on the characters and the show's place in culture. When considering the show’s place in the culture and twenty-two seasons and counting, it does beg the question: What is the show about? There are many ways to answer this question. In part, I think Grey’s Anatomy is about the shift from medicalization to biomedicalization.
I finally listened to Brat by Charli XCX a few months ago. It is an incredibly insightful and self-reflective album. There is something to be said about how “Apple” grapples with intergenerational conflict while simultaneously being commodified as a TikTok trend. What does that mean for how we contend with difficult ideas?
I love giving books to the kids in my life, and I always read them first before giving. These kids are almost old enough to read Anne of Green Gables. I loved this book as a kid, but has it held up over time? I re-read it. I also read the rest of the series, for the first time. Lucy Maud Montgomery’s prose is captivating and breathtakingly beautiful, and kids should be exposed to that. However, I wonder if Anne’s late 19th-century and early 20th-century world is relatable to kids in the 21st century? I do not mean in a technological sense. Rather, the world that Anne inhabits is sociologically and culturally very different from today. Avonlea is a homogeneous environment, religiously and racially. While Glen St. Mary in the later books is more diverse across socioeconomic status, it is otherwise rather homogeneous along similar lines. Is Anne’s world so different from the lives of kids today that it would be more appropriate to read in school, where opportunity for scholastic analysis and additional socio-historical context is provided? I don’t know.
I think it’s important to engage critically with what we listen to, read, and watch, and to consider its larger cultural implications. How we talk about things and the stories we tell shape how we understand ourselves and each other. It is worth taking the time to think deeply about them.
If you are a writer, and this passes your “vibe check,” please react out! I look forward to hearing from you!