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Author Archives: Bart Leahy
Things Students Can Do to Prepare for a Technical Writing Career
This is directed toward my younger readers who are still attending school and seeking advice on things they can do now to be a technical writer once they’re done with their formal education (quick hint: your informal education never ends!). … Continue reading
Posted in careers, education, freelancing, technical writing
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Other Duties as Assigned
You see it in the job description: “other duties as assigned.” You assume it’s boilerplate language. I mean, how outlandish could those other duties actually be? As someone whose career has seen its share of unusual jobs, I can say … Continue reading
Posted in clients, Office Politics, personal, volunteering, workplace
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Providing Positive Feedback
Giving negative feedback can be a sensitive subject because you never know how someone will react, even if you couch your criticism as gently as possible. Yet giving positive feedback can be a challenge, too, because people also vary in … Continue reading
Posted in peers, personal, workplace
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Book Status, Publication +245 Days
It’s been a while since I talked about the book. It’s been out there for 245 days, as the title says, but I thought I’d take the opportunity of a review appearing in the May edition of Technical Communication to … Continue reading
Posted in book writing, marketing
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Grammar Pet Peeves, Revisited
Note: Updated 13:24 p.m. 4/29/21 to address some minor corrections. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly ten years since I wrote a post addressing grammar, mechanics, and punctuation pet peeves. Because I’m doing more editing than writing these … Continue reading
Posted in editing, education
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