My educational work helped me get a job at Techsoft UK Ltd where I was support manager for eight years. Back then TechSoft was smaller than it is now, and everyone multitasked. My tasks included writing advertising copy, catalogue bumf, advertorials and training manuals. Quite often it included the photography, illustration and DTP work too.
I left TechSoft at the end of 2005 to become freelance writer.
With eight years experience in IT, writing for computer magazines was the obvious first step. I had been contributing to Micro Mart regularly for a couple of years by then, so it was relatively easy to get more work there. That led to work on MM's sister publication CTO and since CTO was sold to Intent Media and merged with PC Retail I have written for that too.
I have also written for Personal Computer World, several IT related websits and now have a regular feature in PC Utlilites.
I still contribute occasional features and reviews to the TES, write semi technical features for the Western Mail and during the last year have written for a couple of trade publications, BioFuels International and Tank Storage Magazine.
When not writing I do a bit of part-time teaching and a lot of DIY. And even the DIY has now become a topic to write about.
