salary info

[Brian Ford <subout -at- msn -dot- com>]

Hi there techwr group,I've been approached by an organization to help with a technical document as a contractor and haven't a clue what to ask for in terms of salary.  I read the article on http://www.winwriters.com/surveys/salary07/index.html, where it says the average contractor wage was $42/hr.  Sounds nice, but I don't know how I compare to a career tech writer.  The audience for the document would be IT engineers, and the subject is something I have extensive experience in.  For serveral years, I was a QA engineer for the particular area they want documented.  While doing that job, I wrote technical documents internally for the organization but I've never been a tech writer before.  What sort of skills/experience/background, etc are expected out of a $42/hr technical writer?  Thanks!!
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