I hate it when I find a good blog only as it is ending (same happens with shows on TV..) “Just another electron pusher” is one such blog. As of Dec 31st Leigh Krietsch Boerner is moving on to other things but she has a wealth of useful info in her older posts!
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Another useful blog on science writing
Posted in alternative careers, blogs, writer on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
even twisty roads lead somewhere
Posted in personal story, writer on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Altrenative Scientist has another good personal post. The author began with a dream of becoming an academic but twists and bumps in the road landed her in a writing career. But that doesn’t mean she is far from science – as she puts it: I am now a scientific writer and editor for a [...]
a man for all seasons – or how to reinvent yourself!
Posted in administrator, personal story, university professor, writer on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Wolke just wrote his swansong Food 101 column for the Washington post. He writes: In my several careers, I have always followed the advice of the great philosopher Yogi Berra: Whenever I came to a fork in the road, I took it. Some of the forks have led to designing laboratory buildings, writing textbooks, [...]
ghost writing
Posted in writer on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Did you enjoy writing up your research and thesis way too much? How about using your science background to become a ghost-writer? This is already common in the medical fields (with some issues being reported.) However there is also a need in the sciences. Sometimes profs or researchers are too busy doing the research to [...]