by Greg Turnquist | May 30, 2014 | asciidoc, book, learning spring boot, spring boot
After writing gobs of documents over the past year with AsciiDoc, I was strongly motivated to make that work as I embark on writing Learning Spring Boot. Writing a book with a word processor is one thing if you’re talking about a trade novel. That format is...
by Greg Turnquist | May 29, 2014 | book, learning spring boot
I just signed a contract with Packt Publishing to write “Learning Spring Boot”. Hooray! After having written couple blog posts about Spring Boot, I realized that I was super passionate to write a title on the same topic. It would give me more space to show...
by Greg Turnquist | Jan 29, 2014 | book, darklight
I have found titles the first step in my desire of whether or not to read a particular book. It isn’t the whole choice, but I can remember strong titles like “Foundation” and “Dune”. I came to the Jack Reacher series by way of the movie,...
by Greg Turnquist | Jan 27, 2014 | book, darklight
I previously talked about first thoughts of a sequel to Darklight. So far, I drafted the opening hook. This is basically the part of the book where you set the tone and try to rope in a potential reader by “hooking” them such that they can’t put it...
by Greg Turnquist | Sep 4, 2013 | book, software
A friend of mine recently asked me if I had a list of books I would recommend. A key part of his criteria was: “What books you have read to let you work in peace in SpringSource?” I have been giving this question some serious thought. It’s a...
by Greg Turnquist | Dec 30, 2012 | book, darklight
Courtesy of http://franckernewein.com/ I have been working on a techno fantasy novel called Darklight. Summary A rag tag group from the old empire have fled into mysterious tunnels underneath the city. It is there that the former head of the royal guard, the slain...
