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339: ‘2006: Hard Work’, With Ken Kocienda

The Talk Show With John Gruber

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Do You Have a Book in Me?

i've always, even before daring fireball became a thingt i always felt like a columnist is the scope of my aptitude. And it's not stephen king, whose book on writing is one of the best writing books i've ever read. I just have never started digging on an idea where it feels like this is a 60 thousand word book broken into chapters. But maybe i approach it wrong. Maybe you shouldn't think i shouldn't think about writing a book, but instead think about an idea for a book that is composed of chapters. and go back to stephen king because he found his book extraordinarily helpful. Those of you in listening who are unfamiliar with the book, it's

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