Continuing:
Today, Tuesday, February 10th, I will turn in a manuscript with the author's revisions incorporated, an academic journal consisting of eleven different articles, and I will send the first pieces of text to the designer so she can start putting the catalog together by the end of this week. I have the eight promo pieces written, but still need some information on two of the books (ISBN, price, and whether the person mentioned is the author or editor so I know whether to write [Ed.] or [Eds.] after the name[s] or not). Val, one of my bosses at FIT will have written some background information for, I believe, seven more books/manuals/directories which are new to the catalog.
The rest of the week should be finishing up the catalog on my end: I have to cut down some of the older title descriptions, and reorganize the titles based on whatever precedence Matt (my primary boss) decides. This week should be less time-consuming, but a lot of tangible material will be produced. The most important skill one can have in this work, or should develop in doing this work, is time management, especially if doing the work as I am, sort of making the hours up as I go. Sometimes I work from about 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., other times from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. I enjoy doing the work this way, chunking it whenever I have time I can devote to it, but when there is a lot to do, days get full pretty quickly.
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Good point about the time management skills needed to do your work well. Is that a skill you addressed/developing in English 302? If so, what strategies are you able to employ that you learned in 302? If not, what specific things have you done to plan out and budget your time and make sure that you complete projects on time?
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