Beginner's Guide to Office Boxing is now available in several eFormats at http://www.smashwords.com/. The cost is $5.50. You can view 20% of the book free. The 20% starts at the beginning, so you get a lot of introduction text.... For the real meat of the book--the opponents--you'll have to make the purchase. A sample opponent--Sam the Saboteur--is provided here.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped me with this book. Sirrka Heikenen, my collaborator. Marty Olson did the opponent artwork. Jud Kite did the cover design. Sue DuCharme and Carol Rasor edited the book. Linda Gwaltney and Carol Aydelott made sure I didn't lose sight of the everyday world. Millions of you helped me with the examples, and a million more were readers who really helped me work out the kinks. Thank you all!
I'm now working on the paperback version. Due to be out... soon. :)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
About Office Boxing
I struggled for years with "what people should do" and "what is fair" and I was pretty stubborn when it came to letting the real world horn in on my rosy view of it. One day I was feeling particularly beat up by a person I was working with. I made a comment about it being like a fight, which led to boxing, which led to research and the book on Office Boxing.
Because I had such a hard time recognizing and dealing with people with personality disorders, and because there is so very much to know about each disorder, I decided I would call the book a beginner's guide. Once I got going, I used "beginner's guide" to help determine how deep to go into each area. The "beginner's guide" was also a helpful gauge for Sirrka, my collaborator with a doctorate and many years experience in psychology. Sirrka, who has northern roots, would say "only a foot of snow" deep -- which might seem like a lot in most places, but not the upper mid west. So, the book is like that: pretty deep if you're not used to it, but otherwise just the start of things.
Because I had such a hard time recognizing and dealing with people with personality disorders, and because there is so very much to know about each disorder, I decided I would call the book a beginner's guide. Once I got going, I used "beginner's guide" to help determine how deep to go into each area. The "beginner's guide" was also a helpful gauge for Sirrka, my collaborator with a doctorate and many years experience in psychology. Sirrka, who has northern roots, would say "only a foot of snow" deep -- which might seem like a lot in most places, but not the upper mid west. So, the book is like that: pretty deep if you're not used to it, but otherwise just the start of things.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Contents done, Cover done, what else can there be?
The writing is done and edited. The cover is near done (missing a bar code). I have only to format the extremely important flow chart so it not only fits on the page but is readable in eBook and paper versions; finalize the look of the opening page of the chapters, get the website (this blog) going, and a few hundred other things.
The extremely important flow chart is actually important. The book was written the way a person might train to become a boxer: learn the basics of offense and defense before hopping into the ring with opponents. BUT... that is rather overwhelming (and not nearly as fun) as reading about the person at work who is driving you crazy. The flow chart helps you figure out who you have and jump right to the description. You can always go back and learn about offense and defense later.
The flow chart will appear as a graphic (not text), so it will not resize in eBook format. Because of it's girth (it really takes up a full 8.5 x 11" page), that graphic would be pretty darn small on screen. So, I need to break it up. Actually it barely fits on the printed page either. I think I'll publish the original layout in the blog later as a handy reference tool.
The extremely important flow chart is actually important. The book was written the way a person might train to become a boxer: learn the basics of offense and defense before hopping into the ring with opponents. BUT... that is rather overwhelming (and not nearly as fun) as reading about the person at work who is driving you crazy. The flow chart helps you figure out who you have and jump right to the description. You can always go back and learn about offense and defense later.
The flow chart will appear as a graphic (not text), so it will not resize in eBook format. Because of it's girth (it really takes up a full 8.5 x 11" page), that graphic would be pretty darn small on screen. So, I need to break it up. Actually it barely fits on the printed page either. I think I'll publish the original layout in the blog later as a handy reference tool.
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