{"id":181,"date":"2009-04-02T03:24:47","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T08:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=181"},"modified":"2009-04-02T03:24:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T08:24:47","slug":"lessons-writing-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/lessons-writing-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Lessons: Writing a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you know, I&#8217;m writing a book with Dominic. He and I have been hard at work since we verbally and legally committed to this back in November of 2008. He and I have an agent and hopefully some good news coming soon regarding the progress of the book. All of this aside, I&#8217;ve learned a few things so far when writing a book.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing a book is the complete opposite of blogging.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll write something and then re-write it over 50 times<\/li>\n<li>You will learn to respect the red pen<\/li>\n<li>You will fall in love with the thesaurus<\/li>\n<li>Ever had a passionate work of art critiqued by 50 people? It Sucks<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll value the time you get to sleep and the time you get to step away from the computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amidst all of these things, when a chapter is complete and you pour a cup of tea, print out the chapter, close your laptop, recline in a chair and start reading; it&#8217;s a beautiful thing. A raw stone you found in the woods has now been turned into a beautiful work of art and you quickly realize the dedication part of your book doesn&#8217;t have enough space to thank everyone who made this possible.<\/p>\n<p>I will learn many more lessons in the coming months but I&#8217;m stoked now more than ever to be working on this project with a terrific friend and with the support of\u00a0 my family. This is going to be a wild ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As many of you know, I&#8217;m writing a book with Dominic. 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