Life as a freelance writer
The STC announced this week that it was offering scholarships to 250 technical communicators that have “been laid off, let go, downsized, or have been forced to take a pay cut of 10 percent or more.” The money is to be used to attend the annual STC Technical Communications Summit. For more information on the [...]
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24 Feb 2009Yep, that’s right. I am now a Senior Member of the STC (that’s the Society for Technical Communication if you’re not familiar with the acronym.) Now before you get all excited and bring out the congratulations, it just means that I’ve been a member for 5 years straight. No additional submissions to the [...]
In: Writing| technical writing
21 Jan 2009In my almost 8 years of technical writing I have not been that involved in creating and maintaining user interface (UI) strings. I’ve only ever been asked to review and edit UI strings, but never asked to create them from scratch. I’ve created online Help, I’ve created context-sensitive online Help, administration & installation guides, user [...]
Wearing multiple “hats” at work is a hallmark of technical writers, and my current position is no exception. Right now I am:
a technical writer
a technical editor
the Style Police Chief
the Standards Policy Maker
the Translator
That last one is a new one for me at my current position because we haven’t had to use my language skills as [...]
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.