{"id":10,"date":"2009-10-03T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/wordpress\/?p=10"},"modified":"2009-12-23T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:10:58","slug":"my-first-book-is-really-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"My First Book is Really Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-0470449314.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"MCTS 70-631 Study Guide\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MCTS 70-631 Study Guide\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/images\/MyFirstBookisReallyDone_B177\/3976757485_e2effd1bf91.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"4\">I turned in my last chapter in early June, but it didn\u2019t seem real.<\/font>       <\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">I finished reviewing the proof pages at the end of July, but I still wasn\u2019t convinced.        <br \/><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">I created ancillary material to promote the book two weeks ago, and I thought maybe I was done        <br \/><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">But when I got home from teaching this week and found a copy of my new book had been delivered by the publisher it finally sank in.<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"4\">&#160; <\/font><font color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"6\">I\u2019m a published author!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve contributed chapters to books for a number of years now and I\u2019ve always wanted to have at least one with my name on the cover.&#160; I\u2019ve started on books of my own at least twice before, but circumstances always interfered and I wasn\u2019t able to finish them.&#160; This year I promised myself would be different and I\u2019m happy to say it is.&#160; I spend the first 6 months of the year co-writing a study guide for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/exam.aspx?ID=70-631\">Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 MCTS exam (70-631)<\/a>.&#160; The book will be on store shelves October 19, 2009, just in time for the SharePoint Conference in Vegas.&#160; You can also order it direct from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0470449314\/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=0789739585&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=0EXYRGSSTD6PWSX1YNBY\">Amazon<\/a>. If you haven\u2019t certified on WSS yet, pick up a copy of the book and bring it with you to Vegas.&#160; You can find me in the Mindsharp booth in the vendor area.&#160; I\u2019ll be PROUD to sign your book. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I turned in my last chapter in early June, but it didn\u2019t seem real. I finished reviewing the proof pages at the end of July, but I still wasn\u2019t convinced. 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