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| bio | website | jerrykindall.com |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
| age | 44 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | Apr 14 at 19:14 | |
| stats | profile views | 33 |
I'm a technical writer at Tecplot, Inc., makers of fine data visualization software for aerospace/CFD, oil and gas exploration, and general scientific/engineering uses. Python is my Swiss Army Knife of choice. I use it to help build and validate our documentation and help, among other things. I also have some proficiency with HTML, XML, AppleScript, C#, C, and if anyone ever has a question about 6502 assembly language, I'm your man. :-)
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Mar 12 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 4 |
answered | Should you use two spaces after a period, or just a single one? |
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Dec 28 |
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Publishing and selling ebooks +1. Going through a publisher has its pitfalls. I got burned on a book project I did for a major technical publisher (they canned the book after I'd turned in the final draft -- part of a mass purge of duplicate titles at the publisher's various imprints that, they said, had nothing to do with the quality of my work). Another writer I know of has had a NY Times bestseller; the publisher allocated no promotional budget for his most recent book and it sank with out a trace (he had to pay me to put up a Web site for it). With friends like these publishers, who needs enemies? |
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Dec 22 |
awarded | Editor |
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Dec 22 |
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The “Rules” of Writing added 1 characters in body |
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Dec 22 |
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The “Rules” of Writing Also, you need to be consistent in mangling your English so that the reader can eventually catch on to your rules. (See "A Clockwork Orange.") |
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Dec 22 |
answered | The “Rules” of Writing |
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Dec 22 |
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The “Rules” of Writing One example of a "telling detail" that has always stuck with me (it's probably from one of the Writer's Digest how-to books) is describing a shabby motel room by describing the Texas-shaped water stain under the window-mounted air conditioner. |
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Dec 22 |
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The “Rules” of Writing I would say that a large number of adjectives and adverbs are a "smell" that often indicates weak nouns and verbs. Strengthen these and the "need" for the crutches magically goes away. |
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Dec 20 |
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Something different: Help me find the unnecessary words. It is a pitfall of mine to not always respect the fine line between editing and rewriting. A word here, a word there, then another word here and another word there, and before long there are none of the original writer's words left. That said, I think I do a pretty good rewrite. :-) |
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Dec 10 |
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Do I need to register my work to retain copyright? The "drawbacks" of copyright you point out in your reply to HedgeMage are a consequence of standard publishing contracts, which are typically exclusive and don't have many escape clauses, not of copyright per se. Your time would be better spent warning writers against signing bad contracts instead. Today, writers can self-publish more easily than ever before, so there is no need for them to sign a contract that does not benefit them or that offers no way out. |
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Dec 10 |
answered | Do I need to register my work to retain copyright? |
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Dec 4 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Dec 3 |
answered | Something different: Help me find the unnecessary words. |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Dec 2 |
answered | When editing for a person, how much can be changed? |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
