Have I Got A Book In Me?

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re: Have I Got A Book In Me?

ScottIsAFool — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:48:50 GMT

What would you do it on?

re: Have I Got A Book In Me?

steve clayton — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:04:45 GMT

I think maybe I could do something along about my experience of working at Microsoft and what I've learned about being in the middle of that diagram - how to stay there, when to know you're shifting in to one zone or another etc. something like that maybe. not sure if people would buy it but regardless would be fun to write.

re: Have I Got A Book In Me?

J.D. Meier — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:38:57 GMT

You might.

Test it ... Mock up a TOC in a post and see how Softies and others respond.

You can try a Stephen King approach -- write it up quickly, shelve it for six months, then see if you still like the ideas. Or, do a Hemmingway and bang away at it each day for two hours (1 hour to edit the day before and 1 hour for creating new)

Although this is a different type of book, it's a rundown of the overall process, which might get you thinking -- http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2007/12/24/building-books-in-patterns-amp-practices.aspx

re: Have I Got A Book In Me?

steve clayton — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:40:21 GMT

thanks for the advice J.D. - may well do that TOC thing as a start.