Heather,
Welcome.
Three things:
Read Strunk and White, maybe once a year until the cover falls off.
Read Fowler's "English Usage" once a decade.
Get the Chicago Manual of Style, skim it once, and use it once or twice a
week forever.
That was the three main things. The basic things that every editor needs.
George Orwell's "Why I Write," and his diaries won't do you any harm,
either. Carol Loomis is one of my heroes, both as an editor and as an
interviewer: she's the one who demonstrated for the whole world to see what
joyful devastation you can commit simply by knowing more about banking,
say, than the poor shlub banker in the other chair. The many books and
articles on Shawn at the New Yorker can also teach you what the standards
are...
Knock 'em all dead.
Good luck with your career.
-dlj.
On 15 November 2014 15:24, Heather Bloomer
wrote:
> Hi my name is Heather. I live in Rockland County Ny. I have an A.S.
> degree in Internet Technology with an option in E-Commerce administration.
> I have decided that I would like to pursue the career path of Technical
> writing in the Information Technology field. I would like to volunteer my
> time to gain experience and help the open source project Apache Open Office
> and further my skills and knowledge base. I have experience with :
> Usage and knowledge base of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, HTML 4.0 & 5, CSS 2 & 3,
> Java, and CGI/Perl, Technical Writing
>
> Ability to work with Microsoft Windows, Mac OSx and Linux environments
>
> Knowledge of and experience with comprehensive computer skills and
> troubleshooting
>
> Experience in being able to research and implement solutions
>
> Ability to work independently, make informed decisions, ask for guidance,
> if needed and follow given instructions
>
> PC maintenance, build, add, replace internal components
>
> Installation and configuration of wireless/wired network adapters in
> Windows, Mac OSx, and Linux
>
> Good organizational and communication skills
>
> Good customer-relations background
>
>
>
> I look forward to becoming part of the volunteer community!
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Heather Bloomer
