When preparation meets opportunity.... at the bar LOL

See, it pays to not be a stuck up bitch LOL.

My company called the work day at noon yesterday so we could spend the rest of the day doing a teambuilding scavenger hunt. We were supposed to be in the streets, collecting photos of random ass shit for about 3 and a half hours. My team barely scraped 2 before we said, "Fuck it, let's go to the bar." LOL

Cutting to the chase, while we were there, a guy started a conversation with me that led somehow to me talking about writing. He asked the standard “so you say you’re a writer” questions and I gave the standard responses. Then he got more specific in his questions – specific like now I kinda gotta stop and think about my responses. He pulls out his card and hands it to me saying he might be able to help me get on. I only take him about 70% serious, because he was clearly flirting with me the whole time, but what he told me about his business sounded legit so I figure it couldn’t hurt to look into it. Then right before he left, he says he’s about to hire a freelance editor type to do these pamphlets and brochures for his clients and was I interested. It’s extra money, I can do it part-time AND it will give me experience to build on professionally? Hell yeah, Im interested LOL.

So we speak this morning and he breaks down what he would want me to do. He said he was going to send me a 5-page document that needed to be condensed and edited for content before he could send it off to be made into a brochure. Pretty typical of what I’d normally see from him, he said I should assess the time and effort required to do that one and thus determine what I am going to charge him. I say cool, we hang up. I do just the first paragraph of what he sent me, just to have him look at it and make sure that’s what he’s looking for. He calls back about 10 minutes later like “so……. I also have these business plans” LOL……

So my homework this evening is to revamp document 1 and then do some research as to the going rate of this kind of work. I came up kinda empty on ad hoc editing (I only found a range of salaries) but I think we’ll be able to work out something we can both be happy with. Anybody with suggestions, hit me up.