Also, one thing I learned about my process… starting a new chapter is always painful. Every Single Time, it’s an abyss of a blank page. But:
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At least I know it sucked before, many times, and every time I got through it. That knowledge makes it easier to endure.
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Just sent my first book newsletter! It’s a thoroughly exciting moment, and I am nervous as hell.
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I hate when I *really* want to continue, but my eyes, my brain, and my body are giving up since I have already been writing for five hours…
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I powered through it. Seven hours of writing, and I’m exhausted, but I covered the story of computer keyboards coming home. *drops dead*pic.twitter.com/NwBsigxFUf
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I am actually really happy about this. One of my fears when sitting down to this project was: what new can I even add to any of this?
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I read so many accounts of the birth of personal computing, from writers like Steven Levy who are way more talented than me.
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But I feel good about this chapter. I found a new way to connect all this, centered around the keyboard (and UI in general).
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In my research, I found little details that nobody ever mentioned before.
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And, I will tell the story of the infamous 1969 Kitchen Computer in a new way I have never seen it being told!
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Marcin Wichary Retweeted Keith Houston
Someone (@OrkneyDullard!) just reminded me of my first truly long-form piece, which I wrote in 2012:https://twitter.com/orkneydullard/status/903737224767963140 …
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It felt like such a complex piece, a personal milestone as a writer, and was one of the big building blocks that led to the idea of a book.
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When you’re planning for a new chapter and realize you might have a small continuity problem.pic.twitter.com/8cbS2085af
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