Writer's Block

For some, the term "career" conjures images of toil and retirement. For others, it means a lifetime of expressing their creativity. In this issue's feature, Managing Editor Dalya Goldberger speaks with three Hallmark greeting card writers and the Head Writer at The Onion, and discovers what it takes to write in these uniquely creative environments. Writer's Block has a fresh set of themes and topics for 2000.

	Who Writes that Stuff? Offbeat Writing Jobs Exposed In interviews with four writers, Dalya Goldberger explores the nature of two of the more offbeat writing jobs — the type of person behind them, how they came to be such a writer, and the creative writing process behind their work.
	Building a Technical Writing Portfolio Linnea Dodson provides innovative ways to build a technical writing portfolio for seasoned writers or those who are just starting out.
	Communications Is Everyone's Business Why Being a Good Communicator Is Key to Your Success Even if you're not in the writing business, clear, unambiguous communication is important in any job.
	Last Flesh: Life in the Transhuman Era Poet Christopher Dewdney seems to join the brotherhood of futurists with his third book of prose.
	The Clothes Make the Saying You can dress Origins Guy up but you can't take him out.
	Poems by Duane Locke.
	"Vigorish" and A Horse a Piece.