What happened to the book previews?
For those who may have noticed -- yes, the book previews have stopped appearing here on my site. I'd like to say this will have no effect on my getting this book done, but the reality is that the book's future looks very bleak. I've been discussing this some with my editor who has been both understanding and a complete pleasure to work with. The short point of this is that the book is on hold until I sort through some things.
For those who want more information, I may write a longer post in the future or continue the previews later, depending on how all this works out. I've just got several major projects looming at work between now and May 15, and these projects are taking all my time and attention. I certainly hope the load at work won't sneak up on me like this again, but until I clear out some of these projects, that element in this equation isn't going to change. No use pretending it will.
I have to say, too, that writing a tech book takes much more attention than other activities or even other types of writing I've done. I could write 300 words a day on fiction or for this blog if I really put my mind to it. I find this hard to do with a technical book, though. I'm sure this has something to do with my own writing process, but it seems that writing a page in a tech book requires more from me in terms of ramp up time, writing, and wind down than does writing some code, a short story, or a blog post. This may have something to do with my own paranoia at the quality of the content and its accuracy more than anything else. I have found the process quite paralyzing as compared with other types of wirting.
At any rate, I'll be sure to post here when something definitive happens with the book. Thank you, my imaginary-ideal-blog-reader friend, for understanding!
Posted by deryck on March 9, 2007
Comments
Chris S on March 9, 2007 at 2:35 p.m.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that your footer contains a Python graphic on a Ruby background :)
deryck on March 9, 2007 at 9:43 p.m.
Actually, the red is the same color I used for link highlights on samba.org. I originally mashed up Samba and Django colors on here because I spent so much time with the two. (Samba I contribute to; Django I use a lot.)
Now that you mention it, it does smack of the Ruby on Rails site coloring.... hmmm, makes me want to change it. :-)