I Wrote a (Technical) Book and So Can You

We're back in July for a new talk featuring Dylan Hildenbrand! Dylan will be talking about his experiences publishing a technical book. As always, a special thanks goes to Improving for generously sponsoring NebraskaJS!

Talk Description

Being approached by a publisher to write a technical book was a big deal for Dylan. Having never taken on such a task before, he was energized to tackle the project. In this talk, Dylan will outline his experience writing a technical book, from start to finish. Sparing no details, Dylan will discuss research, contract negotiations, advance payments, and how he overcame writer's block. If you've ever been even slightly curious about what goes into writing a book (technical or not), this you won't want to miss this talk!

About the speaker

Dylan Hildenbrand is a freelance full-stack web developer with a penchant for understanding how things work. Over the past decade, that desire to know "how things work" has led Dylan to a robust skillset ranging from front and back-end development to database administration, Linux server administration, and automation of application deployments and testing procedures. He recently authored the book SvelteKit Up and Running which teaches readers how to build high-performance web applications with a next generation JavaScript framework. Dylan can be found on the Fediverse @closingtags@mastodon.social or via his website at https://www.closingtags.com.