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Educational
Programs
The Writer's Loft - an MTSU Creative Writing Program - This non-credit course brings writers together with mentors for an 18-month, low-residency program. A Creative Writing Certificate is the result, but getting writers published is the goal.
 
 

If you know of other educational programs in the Middle Tennessee area that are related to our profession, please send email to links@stcmidtenn.org
Professional Associations
The American Medical Writers Association  
The American Society for Information Science and Technology
The Association for Computing Machinery, documentation SIG  
The International Association of Business Communicators  (Local chapter)
Public Relations Society of America     (Local chapter)
Usability Professionals Association  
Writers' Online Reference Tools
Dictionary.Com — Quick dictionary/thesaurus searches, portal to other reference works sites.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations 9th edition — Searchable, with an index by authors.
Elements of Style — If you could have just one reference for writing, this might be it.
InterGO Free Library — Full text of many literary classics, links to the free online versions of some popular reference works.
WorkWrite — Excellent compilation of resources for help authors including a bibliography and lists of recommended books for web design, online help, visual design, tools, and utilities.
Technical Writing Bookstore — Amazon.com
Webopedia.com -
Style Guides
Sun Microsystems' Guide to Web Style — A cookbook for help people to create better Web pages.
IEE Style Guide — The Institute of Electrical Engineering wades in on the topic of what makes good documentation style.
CMOS Online FAQ — Frequently asked questions of the biggest of all style books: The Chicago Manual of Style.
Elements of Style — If you could have just one reference for writing, this might be it.
iNetLingo — An online dictionary and compendium of internet and technology terms.
Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide — A comprehensive style manual grounded in the principles of multimedia, graphic interface, and book design from the Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media.
Consultants
William Horton Consulting, Inc. — Home page of a well-known expert on online documentation, this site includes hints and tips.
World Wide WInnovations — The Web presence of local chapter member M.J. Plaster, a Nashville-based trainer and consultant whose expertise includes Doc-to-Help, ForeHelp, JavaHelp, RoboHELP, and Microsoft HTML Help.
Online Communities
Technical Writing — Special interest area on The Mining Company’s web: Product reviews, tutorials, articles, war stories, case studies, and links.
HTML Writers Guild — Claiming over 50,000 members in more than 100 nations, the Guild is the largest international organization of World Wide Web designers.
Techwr-L Mailing List — Searchable archive of the Techwr-L mailing list. To subscribe to the Techwr-L mailing list, fill out the form at http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/
WinHlp-L Mailing List — Searchable archive of the WinHlp-L mailing list, To subscribe to the WinHlp-L mailing list, send a message to: listserv@admin.humberc.on.ca
Writing That Works – A Web-based offering with information for free, information for fee. Great source for occasional inspiration and insite. Home of the Apex awards, print and online newsletters

 
  

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