In recent years, computers have become locked down and harder to program, so young people don't have the same opportunities I had. My first published works were games and other programs in the leading magazines of the day, Amstrad Action and Amstrad Computer User. It gave me a creative outlet I wouldn't otherwise have: the ability to make the computer do anything it was capable of, that I could figure out. I had an Amstrad CPC computer when I was growing up, and learned to program in BASIC and machine code using it. One reason I wanted to write about it was my own childhood computing experience. From the moment I heard about it, I loved the idea of it and knew I wanted to write a book about it. The Raspberry Pi is a cheap computer that is designed for education and experimentation, and sold over a million units in its first year. If you are interested in any kind of non-fiction writing, I hope this will give you an interesting peek behind the scenes too. If you want to know how to write a For Dummies book, and perhaps you've just signed the contract, hopefully this will be useful. I was surprised to see that there wasn't much out there, despite the fact that there are over 1,800 titles available, so I thought I'd write this to share my experiences. Last year, when I came to write Raspberry Pi For Dummies, I checked online first to see what others had shared about their experience writing for the Dummies series. Sean McManus, co-author of Raspberry Pi For Dummies, reveals what it's like to write a For Dummies book.
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