writing the flake effect [11/05/2008 17:10:17]

Well, I'm finally doing it.

I didn't want to say anything because I didn't really know whether or not I'd I'd follow through, and I sort of felt guilty about spending time on this when there's so much else I'm supposed to be doing for other people.

But it turns out I am following through (in fact, I'm way ahead of the already aggressive schedule I set for myself)...

And also, it's helping me sort through the problems that have kept me from delivering for my clients, customers, and even myself.

Long story short: I signed up for NaNoWriMo, and I'm finally writing The Flake Effect - the book about getting things done that I promised myself I'd write some day, whenever I figured out how to get things done.

Since I don't really know how to get things done (despite reading countless books and struggling with the problem for years), that's the central conflict of the book. It's about problem solving, bootstrapping, neuro-linguistic programming, creativity, the theory of constraints, running a business, and basically all the stuff I normally write about anyway. :)

I posted the rough first chapter. It's 10,000 words and full of my usual rambling. It doesn't really fit with the rest of what I've written, and I'm not planning on posting any more text until it's done, but you can read it and my little status blog on the writing effort over at flakeeffect.com.