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RE: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
Subject:RE: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Gene Kim-Eng' <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:25:25 +0000
Agreed.
From: Gene Kim-Eng [mailto:techwr -at- genek -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:25 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig
Cc: Keith Hood; Andrew Warren; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
What's wrong with that? I've written lots of books, and the fact that someone has never read or heard of any of them doesn't make them any less "book."
Gene Kim-Eng
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
The only problem with telling people you are a professional writer, from what I can see, is that they immediately assume you write novels, not procedures or instructions or user guides.
Me: "Hi, I'm a professional writer."
Them: "Wow! That's great! What books have you written?"
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