I just finished the Index of my non-fiction book. That's right, I did it myself. People charge $75/hr and they want you to give them the list of words. What if you don't know all the words to put in the Index. The "professionals" use a computer program to search and include page numbers, but they don't take special care or read the book and that's why many times I can't find words I look for in Indexes.

I had the list of words so half of the work was already done (I thought). While putting page numbers to the Index words (now that the book is in its final stage), I found some web sites and words that I had overlooked. I know my book, made 3 runs through it, it took almost two weeks (cause I work), and I will do another run after getting the final pages.

It's a fascinating, labor-intensive job and I enjoyed it. I'm thinking about offering my services as an Indexer. You never know when another path will open up.