HANDY JOB ADVERT
What if Doctor Funny Needed an Editor or Two … Wouldya? Couldya? Shouldya?
Your chance to peek beneath the drafty little gown
“So Mrs. Nih, when did all your fingers stick together?”
If you can do a better quote maybe you’re right for the job.
We’re mixing it up a bit at Doctor Funny and you may be just the secret sauce we seek.
In short, we need:
- A kind soul or two who communicates well and realizes that as a writer having your words messed with often feels like having your children kicked down a long flight of concrete steps — SO, BE FUCKING SENSITIVE, KIND, COMMUNICATIVE AND EMPATHETIC
- Bring the heat … with all your great ideas. Doctor Funny is always evolving, so we want and need your input. Keep it fresh and you’ll fit right in, like a thong during yoga poses.
- Write funny. Do I have to mention this? Really?!
- Be available to edit at least one day a week. (We currently receive anywhere from zero to six contributions per day and we’re always working to “up” this.)
- Be available to provide input/content to Doctor Funny’s monthly newsletter.
- Be available to attend a Whatsapp 30-minute monthly meeting. (Mostly what we do then is berate the editors who aren’t fully evolved humans and forgot to attend the meeting, oh, and the occasional asshat writer who’s nasty to us for no good reason.)
- There’s probably some other bullshitty details but I’ll cover those if/when you get selected to join the team.
- Previous editing experience or extensive writing experience wouldn’t be bad, but it’s NOT a requirement.
The perks
- There are none.
Actually
- Publish at will in Doctor Funny (your judgment and discretion are important here but no one is going to get in your way).
- Zero salary — so you’ve got the whole “altruism” and “karma” thing going for you to help you feel better about yourself.
- You get to work with: Kristine Laco, Adam Robinson, and Philip Ogley
- Sadly, you’ll be forced to work with Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) and he’ll bug you about nitpicky shit like proper title capitalization and whether or not “data is” or “data are” is correct. Yeah, shit like that comes up ALL the goddamn time. And, he refers to himself in the 3rd person, like some kind of dolt.
- You can fucking swear as much as you want.
- You can mock others on Medium as much as you want, secretly.
- You’ll get to read, support and engage with tons of great writers.
- Your great grandma will be proud AF of you.
- Your great ideas will get listened to (then quickly mocked and dismissed).
- You’ll be joining an international team of Doctor Funnions: Kristine Laco (the only impolite Canadian on the planet, but a stellar editor who’s funny AF), Adam Robinson (an English child who thinks “centre” is “center” spelled correctly, and Philip Ogley (a UK dude who has been exiled to France). Oh and me, Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) the ugliest of ugly Americans who’s trying to redeem himself by moving to Portugal.
The how-to
- Drop me a line at [email protected] and pitch it
- Don’t put your plea in the comments. Much as I love comments on my stories this is a test to see if you can read and comply with ONE simple request.
- Find all the deliberately placed errors in this story and fling them in my face in the public comments.
Thank you for listening.
You may now resume your regularly scheduled programming.