Editor's Message

by Alliene Turner

Alliene is a returning STC member and long-time East Bay resident..

Welcome. This is my first edition as your managing editor, and I am very pleased with the variety of articles in this edition. Here's the rundown:

First of all, let me thank associate editor, Joe Humbert, and contributing editor, Susan Moxley, for helping with this edition.

We have some great articles in this edition:

Laura Dahlinger, Central Ohio Chapter STC member, shares with us the unique position technical writers occupy within an organization and how they must become their own project manager.

T.R. Girill, East Bay STC Chapter STC Fellow, "looks back on the first year of [an] adventure in literacy outreach by e-mail" in which he joined a Yahoo e-mail list of teachers to more widely share EBSTC's technical literacy project materials and strategies.

Meryl Natchez, owner of TechProse, has written us a letter of sorts that shares her "exit strategy" from the company she has built over the past 26 years.

Stephen Oppenheimer of Oppenheimer Communications in Rockville, MD, explains that after "more than fifteen years working as a freelance technical writer, I discovered another career option that draws heavily on my technical writing background and potentially offers significantly better money." His article describes everything you need to know about becoming a patent agent.

Danett Weishhelbaum shares a lovely poem she wrote that echoes the colorful springtime that is blossoming around us now. Danett is a member of the East Bay STC Chapter and a writing consultant. She specializes in documenting scientific instruments and software, and enjoys writing poetry in her spare time.

Finally, if you would like to contribute an article for a possible July/August issue (deadline June 2, mid-June at the very latest), or the for-sure September/October issue (deadline August 2, mid-August at the very latest), contact me, Alliene Turner, at hairston.turner@gmail.com.