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OK - thanks, I'll keep that in mind for my future writing and for the second edition of TCLCS (if it happens). The first edition was written pretty fast (a tota

OK - thanks, I'll keep that in mind for my future writing and for the second edition of TCLCS (if it happens). The first edition was written pretty fast (a total of six months?) and it did not have enough time to have enough of the "few weeks breaks" that you mentioned, so I can understand that it suffers from lack of text maturity. I'm curious about "a book implies something much more" though. I have seen multiple series of blog posts that then grew to the point where they were actually published as books. What's the difference between the two when one wants to tell them apart via their content? What's this implication that you mention?

sglisp 6y ago
At least for me, those blog posts that become a book are not of very high quality. Very bad actually. For example, books (at least used to) have editors, and reviews by multiple specialists in the field. I can’t think of distinct step between personal writing and something publishing, so I cannot add meaningful comments to your question.
- phoe-krk 6y ago
  I've had the book reviewed and edited by several people (mentioned in the front matter), and you're not the first person to complain about the long-winded style. This likely means that we collectively screwed up with regard to the English layer of the book. Thanks for the feedback; I'll let my reviewers/editors know, get this fixed in the second edition, avoid doing that in my future writing.
- amanaplanacanal 6y ago
  Perhaps you could link to one of your books for an example of how it should be done?
  - jhgb 6y ago
    While I think that arguments by sglisp could have been much more persuasive, I also tend to think that arguments along the lines of "If you don't like it, show us your own work" are disingenuous. One does not need to be a good baker, or even a baker at all, to recognize and reject stale bread.

sglisp 6y ago

At least for me, those blog posts that become a book are not of very high quality. Very bad actually. For example, books (at least used to) have editors, and reviews by multiple specialists in the field. I can’t think of distinct step between personal writing and something publishing, so I cannot add meaningful comments to your question.

phoe-krk 6y ago
I've had the book reviewed and edited by several people (mentioned in the front matter), and you're not the first person to complain about the long-winded style. This likely means that we collectively screwed up with regard to the English layer of the book. Thanks for the feedback; I'll let my reviewers/editors know, get this fixed in the second edition, avoid doing that in my future writing.
amanaplanacanal 6y ago
Perhaps you could link to one of your books for an example of how it should be done?
- jhgb 6y ago
  While I think that arguments by sglisp could have been much more persuasive, I also tend to think that arguments along the lines of "If you don't like it, show us your own work" are disingenuous. One does not need to be a good baker, or even a baker at all, to recognize and reject stale bread.