How to Market & Sell Short Fiction is an ideal book for writers who want a no-nonsense primer on how to start selling short ...

This chapter from Steve Hudson’s Work in Progress on Advance Word Usage covers topics such as when to use (and when not to use) master documents, as well as “The Ten Heretical Rules of Masters,” which ...

From the beginning in 1993, TECHWR-L has been a community of technical writers devoted to technical communications and technical writing discussions—our members share experiences, feedback, opinions ...

I’m about to start doing my taxes on my own for the first time. How hard can it be? All I do is put a bunch of info on a form and send it to the IRS. Oh no! Oh, what a mess. I wonder who’s watching me ...

Recently I asked our current students to share a brief story about how Northern Arizona University coursework has been helpful in their current workplace writing endeavors. Our program serves students ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) manages Tennessee’s Grey Cliffs lake and wilderness to control flooding and generate hydro power. For generations, it’s also been a beloved recreation area. At ...

In the modern “fake news” era, “facts” are increasingly flexible rather than tangible, provable, stable things. People increasingly accept opinions and gut feelings as more valid than expert knowledge ...

Most technical communicators have worked for employers that mistook activity for productivity and have tried to teach our bosses the difference between churning out words and crafting useful ...

As a creative, I struggle at times with many stereotypical issues other creatives face in the technical writing field. I work best at night, my brain is thinking of zillions of things at once, I ...

Here’s the scenario: You’re finishing up your latest HTML Help project…no more late nights or weekends…back to a “normal” 50-hour work week. That’s when the development team lead strolls into your ...

Aptara, Inc. introduced PXE4.1 Digital Publishing Platform, designed to streamline production and delivery of digital and mobile content, including technical content. The new version of the PXE ...

Editor’s Note: The following piece, by Jean Hollis Weber, is part of our collection of “classics”–articles that stand the test of time no matter how many technologies come and go. Don’t forget to ...