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Subject:Re: What kind of names do you make up? From:"Campbell, Art" <artc -at- NORTHCHURCH -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:31:42 -0400
I always use members of the program team. People generally like to see their
names in print, and it gives them the ability to slap the manual down and
say
"I worked on this."
It also encourages a thorough review by team members.... ;-)
And finally, on a slightly different topic, people have been commenting on
how they can prove a certain book is _their_ work. For the last ten years or
so, at several companies, I've added (with permission from everyone who's
involved, a line in the front matter that lists the writers). In small,
copyright-size type.
No reason I can think of that tech writers shouldn't have bylines. ;-)
Art
Art Campbell
Technical Publications
Northchurch Communications
Five Corporate Drive
Andover, MA 01810
978 691-6344
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From: MAGGIE SECARA [mailto:SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 8:23 PM
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Subject: Re: What kind of names do you make up?
Heck, any name you make up is probably someone's real name--even Debie
Dallas. No one can sue you for that, can they? As long as you don't connect
them with the reset of their real information, like addresses or phone
numbers.
I use characters from my novel, or from my other life in the Renaissance
Faire...
