So I finally got another proofreading assignment from Wizards of the Coast. I’ve been without one for about six months, and I was starting to worry that I’d been blacklisted or something. But oh happy day, I’m back in!Even though I’m not really into fantasy novels, and some of the books I’ve had to proofread are downright awful, it’s still fun. It gives me an excuse to read a book, and I get paid as a bonus. Plus, I get to actually make corrections when I see the errors instead of merely seething in futile irritation.

This will be my ninth book. Because I’m desperate for content, and because it’s as good an excuse as any to figure out how to stick images in here, here’s a look back at the first eight novels I proofread.

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And we’re back.

(If you have no idea what I’m talking about and think I’ve lost my mind, you might be right. But first read yesterday’s blog entry, as it might clear up at least the first part.)

The enneagram types are placed around a circle in a particular order, with lines and arrows going every which way. If you want to know the details, read the book or look online or something (if you do look online, you’ll notice that some of the type names are different — Mediator is called Peacemaker, for example).

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On a whim, I got a book from the library (shocking, I know) called The Essential Enneagram. It’s basically a skinny little book that tells you about your personality. There were two things that struck me about this enneagram thing, as opposed to the jillion other personality tests I’ve taken.

First is the way it explains how the different personality types are related to each other, which I’ll get to later.

The other thing is the basic proposition of the whole thing. Each of the types is defined by the fundamental principle this person has lost sight of, what she came to believe instead, and the strategy she developed to cope with this belief. Again, I’ll explain more later.

First, a little overview.

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I read this wonderful little book called How to Avoid Making Art (or Anything Else You Enjoy) by Julia Cameron. It’s well over 100 pages long, but I read it in about ten minutes, which is because I’m a genius.

Actually, the book is more like a picture book, with each page containing a drawing accompanied by a sentence or two of text.

But I’m still a genius.

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Every once in a while I have a day (or week, or month) when my brain is so scattered I can’t keep anything straight. Too many thoughts and ideas and plans and wishes and fears and tasks and obligations all at once. It is at times like this that I resort to making lists. Sometimes, I even make a list of all the lists I need to make, or a list of all the lists I have made, indicating where each one is located and what its purpose is. Does this make me crazy?

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