Stories from the road trip: Seattle To Denver 2004
I needed a break from working on my first book. I decided to drive from Seattle, WA to Denver, CO…
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Struggling to write this sentence
Struggling all day to write. Little bits of nothing. It feels like I’m reaching into a bag looking for…
Break: denver road trip
I’m on schedule. At around the half way mark. Part of my schedule was to take a week or…
Sheer will
Sheer will mf. One large primal scream later, I feel much better. Trying the chin up thing – when…
The schedule
The timeline is 7 months. 6 to write a first draft, one to handle revisions. We’ll set up a…
Signed
Contract was signed earlier this week. Second publisher was interested but wasn’t as fast as O’Reilly. I’m now a…
They’re interested
Got responses back the same day on the PM proposal. Both are tech book publishers and accepted submissions via…
Sent PM proposal
Finished revising the PM book proposal over the weekend. New Riders, and another publisher weren’t interested (probably rightfully so,…
Changing focus
With several chapters of the London book in the bag, and proposals out there, I’ve decided to switch gears…
Mailed London book proposal
Mailed out the London book proposal to several publishers. Dropped them off in the drive thru mailbox. Heard them…
PM Book proposal finished
Got the proposal for EPM (working title “The education of a project manager”) finished on Wednesday, and sent it…
Project Management book beginnings
When I put together my 2004 plan, and listed my book ideas, a book on my experiences as a…
Chapter 4: London
Just finished Chapter 4. Wrote a total of 10000 words, but the current version is only about 5000 long.…
Daily writing plan Part 2
The daily rhythm is better now. I get up – I write. When I get stuck, I run or…
Chapter 3: London
I’m working on chapter 3, and it’s been slow. Pulling teeth. Not fun. I get little ideas, and run…
Drafts of drafts
Showed a first draft of chapter one to Frank and Jill – lots of questions and comments. The hardest…
Daily writing plan
The plan I want to have, the daily plan, is something like this: 9:00am – get up. Run or…
Berkun plan 2004
It’s been 3 months since I left Microsoft – I promised Jill a “Scott 2004 plan” and I finished…
Writing plan
I have half a moleskin journal filled with my notes and observations from the London trip. I have 250…
Power is out
Power is out. On the old Sony laptop. Fire going. Reading and writing. When the power goes out every…