Writing and Selling Feature Articles

Writing Journal Articles

As Fritz Schaefer used to say, “if it isn’t published, it doesn’t exist.” Although you might present unpublished work as a poster or a talk, only a publication will elevate it to the status of a legitimate, completed project worthy of discussion. One of the most important items on your resume is how many publications you have and what journals they appear in. The first goal for a paper, then, i...

Writing Technical Articles

The abstract must not contain references, as it may be used without the main article. It is acceptable, although not common, to identify work by author, abbreviation or RFC number. (For example, "Our algorithm is based upon the work by Smith and Wesson.") Avoid use of "in this paper" in the abstract. What other paper would you be talking about here? Avoid general motivation in the abstract. You...

Feature Articles

Satellite dishes like this owned by Wood Television Corp. in Bowling Green, Ohio, receive broadcast signals and retransmit them through the cable to subscribers. Rural local governments tend to regulate cable television (CTV) far less effectively than suburban local governments. That is the major conclusion from a survey of 119 small municipal governments in Maryland. Rural governments need to ...

Feature Articles

Tips for Writing Readable Articles

s are best written after the facts, once you actually have something to abstract: write down the key points (for example by listing each paragraph’s first sentence), tie them together, add an opening sentence, then edit drastically. Sometimes, though, you may have to write and submit an abstract to a conference long before the paper is written or the research even carried out. Such promissory a...