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Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:
@mwl@io.mwl.io

My 2019-2022 things in print. 7 nonfiction books, 5 novels, 6 chapbooks, 13 anthologies, 1 omnibus. Plus a collection of my footnotes for 1 April 2021.

Oh, and: the Networknomicon, of course.

I need a hobby.

2019: one novel, "Terrapin Sky Tango." Two tech books, "Sudo Mastery 2/e" and "FreeBSD Mastery: Jails." Four anthologies, one chapbook.

2020. One tech book, "SNMP Mastery." One special edition, the Networknomicon. One biz book, "Cash Flow for Creators." One novel, "Drinking Heavy Water." Three chapbooks, four anthologies.

2022: One tech book, "DNSSEC Mastery 2/e." Two novels, "Prohibition Orcs" and "Frozen Talons. One book on writing, "Domesticate Your Badgers." One anthology. One collection.

2021. One tech book, "TLS Mastery," in Beastie, Tux, and combined (hardcover) editions. One novel, "$ git sync murder." One omnibus, "Aidan Redding Against the Universes." One April Fools' collection, "Only Footnotes," containing all the footnotes from prior tech books. Two chapbooks, four anthologies.

Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:
@mwl@io.mwl.io

I write books to pay the bills. No consulting, no leeching off family members, no paid teaching or speaking: only writing books.

How do I pull it off?

1) Understand cashflow - https://mwl.io/nonfiction/biz-craft

2) Treating it as a business - https://mwl.io/archives/4557

More on publishing, writing, etc at my FAQ - https://mwl.io/faq#publishing

The big secret: MAKE MOAR WORDS! 50 books out as of 2022, shooting for 100 by 2032.

cover for Immortal Clay, by Michael Warren Lucas -- dude with tentacle-eye hair in front of a wrecked party store, holding beer and chips

front cover of Absolute FreeBSD, 3/e, by Michael W Lucas, showing FreeBSD horned orb with Beastie's faint reflection in it

front cover of SSH Mastery 2/e, by Michael W Lucas, showing the OpenBSD blowfish as the Mona Lisa

front cover of PAM Mastery, by Michael W Lucas, showing Beastie and Tux spoofing American Gothic