Writing a book is like writing a thesis. I decided I was going to write a book - it ended up being nine months, 55,000 words and 400+ footnotes. Every sentence

Writing a book is like writing a thesis. I decided I was going to write a book - it ended up being nine months, 55,000 words and 400+ footnotes. Every sentence was rewritten multiple times. And this was designed to be a breezy, accessible read - something you could read on your phone over the course of a day. I write a blog as well. Writing a post takes three to five hours, to come up with a good linkable article. I've got this down, I think. Today I tried uplifting a blog post to material for the next book. 1,500 words ... five hours, to bring the material up to date and up to book quality. I like and respect books a whole lot more now.