Dear book writing friends - what is the one thing you wish you'd done when you set out to write your first book? Or the one thing you *did* do that worked so well you'd recommend it to someone taking their first steps along on this treacherous path?
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Cc @berkun @mholzschlag @meyerweb @louisrosenfeld @jjg
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The best thing I did was to stop romanticizing "a book" - unlike other creations it has a mystical significance that gets in the way. The same approaches used to design/create anything else applies to books too. I tried to see the experience as a way to learn for the 2nd book :)
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Replying to @berkun @nickf @blprnt @lisacrost @meyerweb @louisrosenfeld @jjg
What an interesting comment! There is nothing romantic about writing Tech books. It's a lonely unprofitable for the most part. The gratification has to be from work itself and books do bring with them the opportunity to speak and expand a career so that's powerful.

May 14, 2018 · 5:06 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag @nickf @blprnt @lisacrost @meyerweb @louisrosenfeld @jjg
We agree Molly! The reality is not very romantic at all - my point was for most people their reasons for writing a book are terribly romantic, and the sooner they get past that the better.
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I guess I'm a little calloused to the romance of it at this point and forget what that felt like but I think I can remember a glimmer of it! ;-)
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Replying to @mholzschlag @berkun @nickf @lisacrost @meyerweb @louisrosenfeld @jjg
(This one isn't a tech book, but I get your point!)
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