title: Editorial.
abstract: Writing for publication can be a tricky business. Finding the time, finding the words, submitting your work to be disfigured by the sharp red pens of reviewers and editors, and doing a day job at the same time, can conspire to deter even the most motivated and diligent potential author. However, and at risk of boring you on a topic that has probably been done to death, writing for publication is an important issue. Especially for researchers. So important in fact, that at the Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers (WENR) conference in Helsinki earlier in July scientific writing featured heavily in workshops and symposia.