In that case start brain-dumping. Don't worry about organization or flow; do that later.
And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week Elton John "Rocket Man" > On Oct 16, 2013, at 17:19, "Rankin, James R" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm going to do an administrator's guide for AppSense DesktopNow. There are > no books on it in existence besides the product manual, and I get regular > emails from admins asking if there is a book I can recommend to them. So I > guess I've got a bit of demand for it. > > I was going to use Google's publishing arm to publish it electronically > first, and go from there...all advice around this is gratefully accepted. > > Sent from my BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's > reliable as hell for email delivery :-) > From: Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:48:17 +0000 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Technical authoring > > I’d start with what are you planning to write about, who is going to buy it, > and who is going to publish it? > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > [email protected] > > w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of James Rankin > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Technical authoring > > I forgot to say thanks to everyone for the excellent help regarding public > speaking a month or so ago....the event went well, although I now know I have > a distressing tendency to lapse deeper into my native accent when under > pressure, but I am at least aware of that now :-) > > Anyways....my next project, now that my doctor has told me to drink less and > sleep better, is to put together a technical book. So as with the public > speaking, I am a total virgin in this arena as well....do any of the list > members (obviously, particularly those with publications to their names) have > any pearls of wisdom or resources or best practices to share? I'm a fairly > accomplished writer - it's more layout, style, content, tips and hints I am > after. I'm very quick at putting words down on paper so I'm hoping not to > spend more than a few months on this, but I recognize this may be an unduly > short period for a properly authored resource. > > As always, the help of the list is greatly appreciated and of immense value. > > Cheers, > > > > JR > > -- > James Rankin > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
