Beta here we come!
Jan 11, 2008 by Bill Dudney
I've been making great progress on the book. I have submitted chapters 2 to 7 for editorial review and 1, 2, 3 and 4 are very close to being ready for beta, so everyone that has signed up to help review (thanks again BTW!) you should be hearing something in the next week or so.
Some things that would be extremely helpful as you read the book and offer criticism.
- Does the chapter/book flow, do the ideas logically progress from one to the next for you?
- Is the pace too fast or too slow?
- Are the assumptions made to broad or too narrow?
- Grammar and Spelling
Despite our best efforts to make sure all this stuff is spot on its not possible to catch everything. And besides writing a book is all too often like the process described in this interview with Garrison Keillor in which he sums up writing as
Writing is revising. You just keep messing around, cutting the dead wood, forcing the plants to bloom, until whomever you're writing the piece for gets exasperated and then you send it to them.
And while Daniel is fairly hard to exasperate I am exceedingly good at it so your feedback is critical!
Not unlike software development.
"Throw it over the fence!"
Posted by Bill Shirley on January 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM MST #
Indeed, you know me too well Bill!
Posted by Bill Dudney on January 11, 2008 at 01:13 PM MST #