Writing a book is hard. Seriously. I always knew it would be a lot of work, but not only is it a lot of work, but it’s hard work!

That said, I feel like in many ways I’ve passed through a plateau. I feel ready to start thinking about my next book. I’ve had several offers come my way, all of which I’ve turned down until I’ve delivered this first one on blogging to McGraw-Hill.

The ideas that have floated to the top of my mind for my next book are:

- Time & Task Management: Marc Orchant and I have been working feverishly on our first Microsoft course on this topic. Our first one (for Microsoft Learning) was so good that we’ve been tasked with developing the internal course on the subject. We’re thinking of maybe, possibly, doing a book afterwards from the perspective of “practical” time management.
- Internal Blogs: My current book is very externally focused. Sure, it talks about internal blogs, but really it’s as a sidenote. There are so many things to cover externally, that doing so will take more than one book. So, I’ve considered doing a follow-on book about internal blogging. Ideally it’d be heavily case study driven.
- Blogs for Churches: Some people may not be aware (based on this blog), but I’m a very, very spiritual person. I was a youth pastor for a while, and for nearly 5 years I was in charge of IT for a large church. The opportunities for churches and other NPO’s to use blogs is huge. And it’s one that I’d like to explore sometime. Maybe a book is the right place to do that.

That’s it for now.

What do you think?