Re: Writer vs Author (was Techwriting after the boom)

["Mark L. Levinson" <mark_levinson -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Bonnie writes:
> Technical writers are not technical authors.

I thought that technical authors were the same
as technical writers but in England.

What's supposed to be the difference between
a technical writer and a technical author?
Are you considering that a technical writer
is more like an editor?  (And if so, where
does that leave the technical editor?)



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