Don McQuinn and I have mused about fiction techniques and writing practices since some time in the last century, usually in a Seattle watering hole or on Don’s porch, with a view of Puget Sound. This new series shares our conversations. Our discussion of dialog was over lunch at The Mark in Burien.
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Journey into Gold Country: Jugum nonfiction
The “Memories of a Forty-Niner” manuscript came to me through my friend Chip Barker: 1912 newspaper clippings from articles originally published in the Newtown Bee in Connecticut. Here’s a quick look at how this text became Journey Into Gold Country.
In today’s news: hand-coding beats machines
You have perhaps endured accounts of my travails over the state of tools for building ebooks. Today I just gave up and hand-coded everything. Continue reading
“Your only job is to make me look good”
I’m offering advice from a manager’s viewpoint for contract technical writers, appearing as a guest blogger for Steyer Associates on the last Thursday of every month. This first post ruminates on my novice experience upon hearing “Your only job is to make me look good.” Two truths: (1) a manager really said that; and (2) I was a novice once.
Check it out: “Getting Started: Managing Up” at Steyer.net
Your connection Don McQuinn has end
LinkedIn keeps giving me a heart attack.
I use my cellphone to wake myself up in the morning. And to enrich time while waiting in line, waiting for a friend, etc. Also, as part of my goal to write 3000 words (that matter) every day, I turn off wireless on my PC to block the Internet. Then I use my cellphone to sneak an illicit peek at email.
In these usage cases, LinkedIn keeps presenting dire messages in my cell-delivered email:
| Your connection [name_here] has end |
What?! It’s over between us? My dear [connection] has broken the link?
Or worse? My connection’s pull-by shelf date has expired? Continue reading
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