Five years ago today, Why New Systems Fail (my first book) was released. Since that time, I could call myself a professional writer. (A little over a year later, Cengage published a revised edition of that book.)
It seems like a propitious time for personal reflection. In no particular order, here are nine things I've learned over the past five years:
Writing a book of substance is hard work.
Sure, it's not difficult to turn a blog into a book. Ditto for writing 70-page texts. Writing what you think is a quality book of any reasonable length, however, takes a great deal of time and effort. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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