Category Archives: clients

Technical Writing and Event Management, Revisited

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Bart Leahy

I’ve written about event management a couple of times before (here and here, for example). However, I’ve not written about the activity in a comprehensive way because I have this lurking fear that if people see me writing about event … Continue reading →

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Interview Questions: Caroline G, University of Limerick Student

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Bart Leahy

A while back, I got a request from a student at the University of Limerick (Ireland) who wanted to interview me for her class. The magic of Zoom allowed this to happen. We were constrained by a time limit, so … Continue reading →

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Contracting Realities

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Bart Leahy

I do my best to share the less-than-ideal side of freelancing on this blog so you aren’t caught off guard when unfortunate things happen. This past month, I learned that one of my customers would not be renewing their contract. … Continue reading →

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Life in the Time of COVID

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Bart Leahy

I can see a point–maybe 2-4 years from now–where I’ll need to put out an updated version of the Heroic Technical Writing book because it was written with the pre-COVID world in mind. As we creep up on the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Editing Someone Else’s Book

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Bart Leahy

This past week I picked up a new customer. A mutual friend referred this gentleman to me as a potential editor for the book he wanted to write. Thanks to a mix of my own experience working with clients and … Continue reading →

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