{"id":5219,"date":"2015-08-01T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2015-08-05T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T15:07:42","slug":"so-you-want-to-write-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/01\/so-you-want-to-write-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"So you want to write a book&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5221\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-08-17-@09-16-20-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2011-08-17 @09-16-20\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-08-17-@09-16-20-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2011-08-17-@09-16-20-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I just recently submitted the final draft of my <a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/MagicBullet\/doku.php?id=book:book-toc\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming book<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0the editor, and I came across this page from Scott Meyers that has some good advice: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aristeia.com\/authorAdvice.html\">Scott Meyers: Advice to Prospective Book Authors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s long, but if you are thinking about writing a book, then it&#8217;s worth a read. It has some great advice.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5219'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5219);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5219);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5219);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I just recently submitted the final draft of my upcoming book\u00a0to\u00a0the editor, and I came across this page from Scott Meyers that has some good advice: Scott Meyers: Advice to Prospective Book Authors. It&#8217;s long, but if you are thinking &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/01\/so-you-want-to-write-a-book\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,360,9,14],"tags":[365,94],"class_list":["post-5219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-book","category-educational-technology","category-general","tag-books","tag-publishing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1mb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6347,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/10\/10\/new-book-choosing-and-using-digital-games-in-the-classroom-a-practical-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":5219,"position":0},"title":"New Book: Choosing and Using Digital Games in the Classroom: A Practical Guide","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I am thrilled to announce that my book is now available. 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