{"id":829,"date":"2014-11-05T07:12:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2015-01-06T23:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T04:05:55","slug":"how-to-start-writing-books-episode-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/11\/how-to-start-writing-books-episode-64\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Writing Books &#8211; Episode 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prolific writer and self-defined &#8220;shameless self promoter&#8221;\u00a0Tom Limoncelli joins us in this continued series from <a href=\"http:\/\/spiceworks.com\/spiceworld\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpiceWorld 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/thomas-limoncelli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-830\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/thomas-limoncelli.jpg\" alt=\"thomas-limoncelli\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/thomas-limoncelli.jpg 800w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/thomas-limoncelli-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/thomas-limoncelli-210x157.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The years before social media<\/li>\n<li>Publishing books<\/li>\n<li>Blogging before blogging was big<\/li>\n<li>Whether you need\u00a0authority to write a book<\/li>\n<li>LISA projects<\/li>\n<li>Power of index cards as a medium<\/li>\n<li>Enabling your coworkers &amp; boss to support your writing<\/li>\n<li>Self motivation<\/li>\n<li>Cocktail party ranting approach to book writing<\/li>\n<li>Getting feedback in a Lead Startup way<\/li>\n<li>Sys Admins vs IT Pros<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Vendor tribalism<\/li>\n<li>Beyond silos of vendor<\/li>\n<li>Empathy<\/li>\n<li>Conference organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tom had a number of memorable quotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Prepare for the impact on your career performance while you write the book&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou need to eliminate the things in your life that are more fun than writing a book\u201d<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As Tim O\u2019Reilly says: Produce more value than you take.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The more you give away about a book the more people want to buy it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And my favorite quote of Tom&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere\u2019s a myth in publishing that you have to know what you\u2019re talking about to write a book.\u00a0It turns out you get credibility having written a book. It\u2019s not the other way around.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tom is visible almost everywhere online, but here are some specific places to find him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+EverythingSysadmin\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>On<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yesthattom\" target=\"_blank\"> Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>On <a href=\"http:\/\/everythingsysadmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And his most recent book:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/the-cloud-book.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Practice of Cloud System Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s a book you&#8217;d like to write?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-831 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out-1024x627.png\" alt=\"it-turns-out\" width=\"642\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out-1024x627.png 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out-300x183.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out-210x128.png 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/it-turns-out.png 1325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_326\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-829-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=829-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prolific writer and self-defined &#8220;shameless self promoter&#8221;\u00a0Tom Limoncelli joins us in this continued series from SpiceWorld 2014. We discuss: The years before social media Publishing books Blogging before blogging was big Whether you need\u00a0authority to write a book LISA projects Power of index cards as a medium Enabling your coworkers&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/11\/how-to-start-writing-books-episode-64\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Start Writing Books &#8211; Episode 64<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_327\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-829-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=829-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Starting-Books-Tom-Limoncelli.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}