I mentioned to my En 12 class today that a good editor is worth her weight in gold. Then, remembering that gold is over $1000 an ounce, I realized I surely am not paying adequately for my editing services. I decided I’d better calculate it out.
Gold is $1690 Canadian (FYI that’s $1770 US) per ounce today, Sept 10,2012.
There are 16 ounces in a pound.
Round number of 200 lbs body weight multiplied by 16 is 3200 ounces.
3200 ounces multiplied by $1690 gold price is approximately $5.4 million.
Plainly, until book sales improve dramatically, I can no longer afford an editor.
Shawn L. Bird 