Welcome to TechCom Manager for July, 2005!  This is our eleventh issue and I’m happy to say I am impressed with the amount of feedback I’ve received over the last couple of issues.  We must be doing something right!  Please keep the feedback coming!!!!!  We need and value your ongoing input!

Also, we're still selecting authors to write for us through the end of the year. And before you know it, we'll be soliciting writers for 2006! So if you are wanting to get published and get your name out there, let us know!  Send an email to stevecapri@earthlink.net with TechCom Manager in the Subject line. Someone will contact you shortly and get you on the schedule!

 

Our Theme For July

After last month’s compelling, controversial topic on Technical Writer Certification, we’re taking on a softer, yet still high-impact theme centered around tips for helping new writers with their day-to-day projects.  At some point, we've all been the new writer on the block. Looking back, some of us probably had mentors helping us through the adjustments in our first technical-writing jobs. Then again, many of us had to fumble around in departments where we were the first technical writers on staff. As I look back on those days, I wish there had been a forum like TechCom Manager to help pave the way.

This issue provides some sound advice for new writers. And it makes some good points regarding how managers might like new writers to conduct their writing projects. Afterall, good planning and sensible processes are two ingredients for a successful writing career!  

Welcome Back Whitney Potsus, our Feature Writer!

Our feature article this month, Launching Into a Writing Project – Tips for New Writers, comes to us from Whitney Potsus. Whitney has written for TechCom Manager before, and we’re delighted to have her back!  Whitney works for a software company in Southern Connecticut, managing both technical and marketing content. When she’s not working on her attempt at the Great American Novel or a new technical writing book she’s co-authoring with an Australian counterpart, she spends her off hours on technical writing contract assignments and freelance writing for a variety of publications. She launched, and managed for several years, the Solitary Scrivener newsletter for the STC’s Lone Writer special-interest group and has contributed to several STC and IEEE publications.

Please join me in welcoming Whitney back to TechCom Manager!