Dave, I’m interested in writing a technical book and have found that there are two basic reactions people have when I tell them this: they either run in horror or laugh a peculiar, Exorcist sort of laugh then just walk away, shaking their head. Be that as it may, I really think I have something to say and have come to ask you what pitfalls may lurk for a new, naive writer?

Well, this is something you could write a book or two about, and in fact, they have been written! But let’s take this as a serious question, since I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the last decade or so writing computer books myself.

First off: don’t go into writing a technical book with the expectation that…

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