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<p>Writing a book is a sacrifice. It takes a lot of time, represents a lot of missed opportunities, and does not (directly) pay very well. If you do a good job it may pay back in good-will, but producing a serious book is a great challenge.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.win-vector.com/site/staff/nina-zumel/">Nina Zumel</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.win-vector.com/site/staff/john-mount/">I</a> definitely troubled over possibilities for some time before deciding to write <a target="_blank" href="http://practicaldatascience.com/"><em>Practical Data Science with R</em>, Nina Zumel, John Mount, Manning 2014</a>.</p>
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<p>In the end we worked very hard to organize and share a lot of good material in what we feel is a very readable manner. But I think the first-author may have been signaling and preparing a bit earlier than I was aware. Please read on to see some of her prefiguring work.<span></span></p>
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<li>September 4, 2012 <a target="_blank" href="https://ninazumel.com/2012/09/04/on-writing-technical-articles-for-the-nonspecialist/">“On Writing Technical Articles for the Nonspecialist”</a> </li>
<li>September 19, 2012 <a target="_blank" href="https://ninazumel.com/2012/09/19/on-being-a-data-scientist/">“On Being a Data Scientist”</a></li>
<li>October 11, 2012 <a target="_blank" href="https://ninazumel.com/2012/10/11/i-write-therefore-i-think/">“I Write, Therefore I Think”</a> </li>
<li>December 6, 2012 <a target="_blank" href="https://ninazumel.com/2012/12/06/good-news/">Good News: We’re Writing a Book!</a></li>
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