Hi everyone -
I imagine you will gain a fair share of new members coming to you as dissatisfied STC members who decided not to renew their STC membership for 2008. Although I'm not thrilled with the current STC mood, I am nonetheless grateful for it because otherwise I would not have known about your group from the conversations on the STC lists. I did renew and remain an STC member (Lone Writer and Independent Contractor), but hope you will welcome me anyway. I work out of my home office near Austin, Texas and am well into my tenth year of technical writing (mostly part-time) and third year doing it full time as owner of my own business. I enjoy my work and my clients, especially my online help and e-learning contracts. I get scared sometimes when a contract is ending and I don't have another one (preferably two) lined up, but somehow I end up with enough work to meet my financial needs and even some of my wants. I do aspire to bigger and better technical writing contracts and enjoy learning new things. And a cruise to someplace exotic for about a month would be cool J. I look forward to reading your posts, contributing some of my own, and being a part of your group. Happy New Year! Shannon du Plessis ________________________________________________________ Shannon du Plessis President and Technical Writer/Documentation Consultant TechWrite OnTime www.techwriteontime.com <http://www.techwriteontime.com/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-217-7427 www.linkedin.com/in/techwriteontime ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com