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Subject:Fw: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness From:cewinch -at- aep -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:35:56 -0400
Sarah: I meant to send this to the whole list--sorry 'bout that.
I don't have a novel in the works, and I probably never will. I do have
several nonfiction book ideas, but--you asked about novels. ;-)
I do not--gasp--write for fun. I write for a living. When I write the
nonfiction books alluded to above, it'll be out of passion for the subject
matter, not because I *love* the act of writing THAT much.
Actually the profession I'd really like to be in right now is paralegal
(which does involve *some* writing), but these days, I'm mighty grateful
to have a job.
:-)
"Sarah Stegall" <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net>
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RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness
Mike:
I co-wrote three books, which spent several weeks on the NY Times Best
Seller list; my name is on the title page. They had nothing to do with
technology, but they got me my first technical writing assignment, from
a software manager who loved The X-Files. I can't see that they've done
much for me since then, at least not in the tech writing world.
As for writing books, are there any technical writers on this list who
*don't* have a Great American Novel in progress? All the ones I've
worked with over the last few years have one in the works. I'm on my
fourth.
Sarah
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Subject: Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness
As someone who who got into this game very late, and who also shudders
at
the very idea of being a manager (with apologies to those who enjoy the
role), I have one piece of advice: Write a book with your name on it.
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