Authors Wanted (UK, April 1985)

We want to hear from you now, because YOU ARE A TECHNICAL WRITER.

Electronics Monthly is looking for new contributors. We need experienced writers who can explore different aspects of electronics in terms which the new student and even the complete beginner can understand, and who can design and write up projects which employ the fundamentals of electronics in an educational and original way.

We particularly need:

• simple projects using popular standard components, thoroughly explained.
• Features based on analogue circuit design, with circuits to build.
• Intermediate projects illustrating aspects of circuit design, with tips for experimenters.
• Entertaining or useful project designs, especially bench equipment.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A WRITER

There are plenty of people designing their own projects who have not yet thought of publishing them. Inexperience does not bar you from writing, and you will in any case receive plenty of guidance, both technical and literary, from us. You may be a long-time hobbyist, a newcomer or a teacher. In any case, if you have devised something for yourself, there is a good chance other people would like to hear about it.

We particularly need:

• projects based on CSE, 0 and A level courses, or other electronics courses.
• circuits which you have found useful in understanding particular electronic principles.
• gadgets which have proved to be useful.
• gadgets which have proved to be useless--but fun.
• project building and design tips from your own experience.

We offer competitive rates, which are negotiable. For details of what we need, and what's in it for you, please send your project outline or a sample of your work for my attention: Helen P Armstrong, Electronics Monthly, No. 1 Golden Square, London W1R 3AB.

Please note that while we take every care, work submitted passes through many hands (including the post). We cannot be responsible for the loss of un-commissioned work, so please keep copies of all paperwork submitted and, if sending hardware, please send it registered post (recorded delivery does not provide for compensation in the case of loss in the post).

Also see: Glossary