: About Me

I'm a newspaper editor in Dallas. Wife's name is Gina. Son's name is Nathaniel. Daughter-in-law's name is Yumiko.

I compose and record music for guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals. I'm a member of taxi.com and still hoping to land something. Check out my music page and blog at myspace.com/jkellyjr.

I love that I'm married to a woman who has the ability to inspire me to write silly love songs.

Without hesitation, I was at my best as a person while raising our son to be a man! And I picked up some working knowledge of psychology along the way. (Mostly for my own sanity during his teen years!)

I'm passionate about anything music related. With the limited time I have after indulging that, I read a lot of physics theory. I dig history and most anything about Japan, poetry, politics, animals and sports. But then, I always say that as a journalist, I know a little about a lot of things. We're just drawn that way!

I like to roast green coffee beans in a breadmaker machine. Saves money; tastes better.

Something People Usually Find Interesting: I'm the only boy out of eight children. I'm fifth in line, or Cinco de Guyo.

Desert Island CD: The Beatles' White Album. (If I were published, I'd take my own "Restless Wind.")

Best Dog in the Universe: Shadow, my Australian shepherd and my best friend after Nathaniel left the nest.

My passion is ...

Music

I know too much about ...

Grammar

My parents always told me ...

Do what the nuns say

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer

My favorite memory ...

This just in: My son's wedding in Osaka in April

Why I write ...

Why did Jordan play basketball?

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Musicophilia (Dr. Oliver Sacks)/Graceland (Paul Simon)/

My first job ...

Busboy

My best moment ...

Birth

My inspiration ...

People close to me who find some reason to believe every day!

Arts & Humanities > Writing Jobs What to look for in a freelance copyeditor

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The best measure of a talented copy editor, freelance or otherwise, is broad general knowledge. A colleague of mine some years ago at a major Florida newspaper used to boast: "As a copy editor, I know a little about a whole lot of things." Combine that main ingredient with a pound of educational background, a dash of editing testing, a tablespoon of common sense, a pinch of humor, an optional squeeze of travel, and you have a quick and easy recipe for hiring success. And as you let your candidate options cool a bit out of the oven, look for the one who has reporting or other writing the th...

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