Editor's Message

by Alliene Turner

Alliene is an EBSTC Senior Member and long-time East Bay resident.She also runs an online bookstore, http://turnerbookstore.com.

Welcome back. This issue of the Devil Mountain Views contains the usual mix of articles. Thanks to Joe Humbert who published them in our award-winning newsletter format.

Gordon McLean, a technical writer in Scotland, shares a tool he's adapted from JoAnn Hackos' project management dependencies calculator that helps estimate how long it should take to write single source documentation. His writing team at Sword Ciboodle (a software company in Glasgow) uses the tool to plan their writing projects.

Melody Brumis, co-owner of Write on Time Solutions, LLC, offers, as a regular DMV feature, tips that she and Write on Time Solutions co-owner Adrienne Tange have picked up as business owners. This edition Melody shares tips about hiring friends.

Karen Reiser has returned as a guest editor. She shares an article about the progressive tense that first appeared in the editing suite of Suite101.com.

Rogers George, another guest contributor, reminds us how important accurate instructions are, and to proofread everything we write.

Next DMV deadline for the Jan/Feb issue is early December. Send your articles or ideas for articles to me at hairston.turner@gmail.com.