I'm also open to hearing from programmers who write non-fiction as well. I've been working on my first book for a series and feel like I don't hear enough about programmers doing the same. What has been your experience trying to get published and how do you manage your writing life with your coding life?
On a related note, I've noticed several manga and anime that focus on a career/profession in such a way that they seem to be geared toward encouraging youngsters to take it up. I would think they do a good job of it, at least, because I finish them with a new respect for and knowledge of whatever profession the story was about.<p>An example of this is the manga Act-Age that explores acting, or the anime Shokugeki no Soma for cooking, or Yakitate!! Ja-pan for bread baking.<p>Stories like these sometimes involve some kind of realistic, profession-related "superpower", like the protagonist in Act-Age being very talented at method acting, and the protagonist in Yakitate!! Ja-pan having optimally warm hands that allow him to knead dough better.<p>Is anyone working on something similar for programming or can recomend one? A story that involves programming that is realistic (as in no magic, etc, but can be exaggerated to a point) and that a reader can learn significantly from?
There's a manga series on STEM topics:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahashi/dp/1593271905" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahashi/...</a><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Electricity-Kazuhiro-Fujitaki/dp/1593271972" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Electricity-Kazuhiro-Fuji...</a><p>I actually learned more from the manga database book than from many other serious database books.
I've always wanted to write. I started this year with the goal of writing one - two pages per day. I read somewhere that Stephen King shoots for six pages per day. My goal for this year is just to establish some kind of writing habit and produce any kind of manuscript at all. I like science fiction and fantasy.
Yes, I write short stories for fun and have attempted to write a novel a few times. So far I have only dabbled in publishing on blogs and such. PM me if you want to exchange notes!
Check out Ted Chiang. He did technical writing for programmers, and science fiction writing for the public. His famous piece, "Story of Your Life", was turned into the film, "Arrival".