Writer's Block

Writer's Block, issued quarterly by NIVA Inc., deals with technical writing and the business of documentation. It contains material of interest to communications specialists, including writers, editors, graphic designers, and desktop publishing operators. For inspirational light fiction, and hard-hitting facts and information, Writer's Block is your creative reference tool.

There can hardly be a stranger commodity than books. Printed by people who don’t understand them; sold by people that don’t understand them; bound, criticized and read by people who don’t understand them, and now even written by people who don’t understand them.

George Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-99)

	Ten Steps to Getting a Writing Job What to do — and what not to do — when trying to land a job as a writer.
	Calling for Backup Professional writers already know the importance of backing up electronic files. But what about backing up the writer?
	Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers A "how-to" book aimed at editors and writers of technical documentation.
	Belly up to the Bar, Boys Beer-guzzling expressions to clink your glass to.
	The Good Samaritan In a cold world, there are sometimes pockets of warmth and caring.
	Your Business Could Be on the Line A look at how to conduct business via the telephone.
	Writing for a Busy World Only Words That Are Read Are Worth Writing Technical writing can be dry, but only if you let it. Helpful hints for getting your technical manuals off the bookshelf and into a reader's hands.
	Welcome to the Fall 1995 issue of Writer's Block