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Subject:Re: On topic, please From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- STARBASECORP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:19:58 -0800
Mark Levinson, in response to:
> IMHO, discussions of the business side of tech writing (insurance,
> negotiations with publishers, ways to obtain business--for those working
> as independent contractors, etc, are as much a matter of interest
wrote:
> ** So is the ozone count, for it may well affect future insurance
> premiums. But since there are a thousand of us whirlers, we'll be in
> trouble if discussions stray into areas that aren't specific to
> technical writing.
Sorry, Mark. I really must disagree with you. Although I am employed
full-time and don't have much time and energy left for extra-curricular
writing projects right now, the subjects of insurance, publishers,
submitting articles to magazines, etc. still interest me -- more, in
fact than whether consistency/accuracy/grammer/... should come first.
I've already made my peace with that subject, thank you! %-)
Sue Gallagher
Technical Writer
StarBase Corp, Irvine, CA
sgallagher -at- starbasecorp -dot- com
