ABSTRACT
New and multiple ways of interacting have been made possible by computer technology, and writing center consultants have been experimenting with ways to incorporate these new technologies into their practices for some time. It is becoming apparent, as Blythe pointed out in 1997, that these computer-mediated interactions fundamentally change the nature of the consultant-client relationship and that we are only beginning to discover how such changes affect writing center practice. This chapter contributes to this discovery process by describing some of the potential pitfalls of e-mail consulting.
