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I also have no literary ambitions. I am a techie who writes well and
enjoys advocating for the end-user. I more easily see myself becoming a
web developer than a novelist.
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I have no literary ambitions. My avocations are cooking and music. If
the
tech writing market dried up, I'd do something else technical.
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.
Behalf Of Mike McCallister Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:06 PM Cc:
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As someone who who got into this game very late, and who also shudders
at
the very idea of being a m...
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