I’ve been talking about this for two years now and it really bugs me.  I have a book to write. And I am going to write it before the end of the year.

Ambitious? Yes. I have been writing pieces of it on this blog, I have an outline. I have pages upon pages of notes scattered across multiple Moleskine’s.

As are many companies, HP is mandating a two week holiday that starts Friday the 19th and we’ll return to work on Jan 2nd. I have decided that since it doesn’t look like the local ski resorts will be open by then (can we blame this on Al Gore for inventing Global Warming?) I’m going to use this time to write my book.

Phase 0.5 – Get ready

I will break my outline into individual chunks. I’ll quit reading the 5 or 6 books I’m reading. As much as possible I’ll clear my calendar and To-Do lists (I’ll still have to break for the Holiday festivities, of course).

Phase 1 – Blog more

I have decided to cover the bulk of the content I haven’t written down yet in blog posts. These will be rough and ugly first drafts that may not even be totally coherent. I invite any and all feedback and criticism to these posts.

It’s my goal to write multiple posts everyday. I’ll start just in the evenings and weekend until the break, then write as much as possible during the day as well.

Phase 2 – Scrape up all the loose pieces

Before the end of the year I hope to have the bulk of the content written so that I can then scrape together all this content and try and organize it into some semblance of a first draft.

I’m making this public so that I am more motivated.  In that spirit I encourage you to harass me as much as possible if you do not start seeing multiple book/blog posts between now and the end of the year.

You can also follow updates on Twitter of course.

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