TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: To Laugh or Cry? From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 21 Oct 1996 06:38:23 PDT
Dan Wise writes:
>A quick punch of the little solar-powered number box tells me we can expect
>to earn a whopping $2500 for five weeks work. Sounds simple. All you have
>to do is do the research and crank out 1428.5714 finished, acceptable,
>usable words per day, seven days a week.
Hey, that's top dollar in some markets! If you were to write, say,
Harlequin Romances for a living, you'd probably get around $3000
flat-rate per book, and there are plenty of markets that go even
lower than that.
Tech Pubs pays top dollar -- and is steady money -- compared to the
rest of the writing world. (If you want to emulate the chance for
riches that fiction writers have, spend a few bucks on the lottery
once in a while.)
-- Robert
--
Robert Plamondon, President/Managing Editor, High-Tech Technical Writing, Inc.
36475 Norton Creek Road * Blodgett * Oregon * 97326
robert -at- plamondon -dot- com * (541) 453-5841 * Fax: (541) 453-4139
