- Edited
Hi hi~ I generally lurk around, but I decided to actually enter the light today (it burnnns) and introduce myself before disappearing again. Don’t expect anything as awesome as Gem’s introduction. She had cats; I do not. Or do I…? waggles bait Keep reading to find out.
Let’s see. I’m one of the editors for AFE (Avalon of Five Elements) and MPAW (I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World). I’m currently a grad student, and I live in a certain city on the east coast of the U.S. of A. By the way, please excuse the dead tone. I’m normally a very bubbly girl, I promise. This little train that can’t is running on coffee fumes and very little sleep.
(By the way, can you guess where I live? Five hundred points to Gryffindor if you can!)
I chose Lis as an editor pseudonym back when I first joined QI in April and later decided to make it my real name, so now I’m actually called that by my friends and Uber drivers—the two groups of people I would tearfully dedicate my successes to if I were to ever win an award. I’m even considering whether I want to go through with the legal mumbo-jumbo to make it official, but that’s neither here nor there.
My love affair with words began in my early childhood. Reading was an escape for me, as it was for many of you, I’m sure. Imagine my surprise when QI came knocking around. What, I can do what I love and make some side-money? Sounds too good to be true!
But it wasn’t. It was so more much than I could have hoped for~
I first applied on the QI website, back when their website was a bit janky huehue~ teasetease They sent me a document to edit, I edited it, and they came to me on their knees, begging me to join them because that’s how awesome I am. cough It totally happened like that. Oh man, their test made me want to gouge out my eyes. Tenses, subject-verb agreements, and even names switching around willy-nilly…. Whoever made that version, don’t reveal yourself to me. I’m afraid of what I’ll do to you.
But actually, sometimes that’s how the editing process is. Because the author’s original work is first translated before being handed off to an editor, there’s a bit of a sense of playing the game Telephone. It takes a lot of teamwork, and when the TLC does the final check over the chapters only to find a terminology error, well… let’s just say that I’ve had to go back and change one or two things a hundred chapters ago. I have to admit, I’m a bit of a nag to my translators and fellow editors haha~ They actually thank me for pointing out errors though, and I appreciate it when they do the same for me as well. We’re all masochists here. Smh.
But you know, the people that I’ve met here are some of the weirdest and nicest ever. As much as I love the stories themselves, I stay in QI despite my busy schedule because of the translators and editors. I can’t interact with them that much anymore because I sleep five to six hours and spend the rest hunched over a desk, but I treasure the connection I have with them in this small corner of the world.
Now to break the sappy mood, I’ve come to deliver a cat to you!
“Nice to meet you. My name is Lis. I am dead inside.”
Notice that blank stare…. Not even a Phoenix Down will save me nyaow.
Aha. A hidden tribute.
Anyways, I got two suggestions from my editors: upload a photo from my childhood, or one where I photoshop what I think I’ll look like in the future.
I do this for you two.
And as for how I see myself in twenty years? I answer this the same way I do for job interviews.
I’m gonna be a freaking Gundam. Props to those who recognize it. You are my people, and you have my permission to use this for your job interviews as well. Go for it, champ, and you’re welcome.
And lastly, a special shout-out to the peeps reading my series. You guys are always saying thanks, so here’s my chance to tell you guys that I appreciate your support and encouragement to the team. This little train is chugging away to Sleepsville.
