{"id":6902,"date":"2026-01-14T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=6902"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:04:56","slug":"technical-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2026\/01\/technical-win\/","title":{"rendered":"technical win"},"content":{"rendered":"Is this impressive enough?<br \/><br \/>I\u2019d like to write something extraordinary and profound. Metaphors, images and similes so you, my reader, could feel what I\u2019m feeling. I\u2019ve done it before. But here I sit, the night before my arbitrary deadline for this essay, I am clogged up feeling pressure and running dry on inspiration. <br \/><br \/>I\u2019ve always hated the last minute. But this week I had a good reason to delay: two other writing projects.<br \/><br \/>I\u2019ve spent the last week working on updating my resume. That is so painful and awkward I\u2019d be to see profound resume. This genre of writing is meant to deaden all emotion. I will confess I took advice from artificial intelligent on verb choice. The bots are the intended audience so using then as beta readers is only right. So why does it feel so wrong?<br \/><br \/>The other project is far more satisfying. This Tuesday I went on a podcast to promote my latest book. I\u2019ve been working on it for 5 years now, and I\u2019m so eager to publish it. It\u2019s a handbook for project management, my career for more than 15 years now.<br \/><br \/>There is a dark little voice telling me that it doesn\u2019t count, that it\u2019s not a REAL book, because it is a technical how-to book.  That dark voice tells me myself and I that I haven\u2019t written the right kind of book.<br \/><br \/>That same voice comes at me for most of these blog posts. Each week I win on a technicality because I do write.  I make the post.<br \/><br \/>So this book is technically a win because I did the work of finishing it.<br \/><br \/>Practically profundity is meaningful too. When I am in the deep with a problem I don\u2019t have an answer for, and a book comes to hand with a solution\u2014or even a new approach\u2014I feel a physical wave of relief.<br \/><br \/>This is my 5th book. I have experience with the hard work to get a big idea into the world. The effort is categorically different than a short form essay.<br \/><br \/>These weekly wonder essays are my promise to myself. I keep going on them, because they keep the pipes clear for the big ideas I am trying to have. It\u2019s the fate or the artist to have more ideas than time.<br \/><br \/>Today\u2019s offering is newsy rather than a cohesive concept. I\u2019m learning to trust you, my audience to accept my  peanut butter and jelly offering. I appreciate you coming alongside as I try, and we can share a little stick-to-your-ribs art today.<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this impressive enough? I\u2019d like to write something extraordinary and profound. Metaphors, images and similes so you, my reader, could feel what I\u2019m feeling. I\u2019ve done it before. 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