Life as a freelance writer
In: Freelancing| Writing
26 Mar 2009Today Deb blogged about the excuses we all come up with as freelance writers. Things like “I don’t have enough experience”, and “there are no jobs out there”. The list got me thinking of my own personal reasons for not starting freelance work, so I’d like to add a few more from my personal files.
My [...]
In: TW| Working| Writing| technical writing
20 Feb 2009Today I was reading a post from Ugur Akinci about how wikis will transform the role of the technical writer, and it reminded me about the wiki initiatives I was trying to promote at a previous job. Wikis are great tools if they’re used correctly, as they can help alleviate a number of issues that [...]
You know you’re a technical writer when you get excited about writing a Developer Guide. This week I’ve been helping out two of our developers create a Developer Guide for one section of our software. And I am excited about it. Yes, you heard me, I am excited about it. While I enjoy handling style [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.