Show HN: I'm writing an ebook about adventure and giving it away for free
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Show HN: I'm writing an ebook about adventure and giving it away for free
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#2Registered. Just came back from an eight-month backpacking trip. Looking for something a little more unique though. :)
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#3Clark, this is a neat idea. I signed up.
A bit off topic, but what tools (if any) are you using to write, publish and distribute the ebook? Are you using version control, by chance?
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#4I love the look of this. A small suggestion: why not challenge the notion of 'adventure'? From the site copy, I'm thinking you'll be writing mostly about scenic voyages abroad. It would be cool to see some city adventures documented as well (e.g. urbexing, underground scenes, the kind of stuff not usually covered in travel guides).
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#5I love the look of this. A small suggestion: why not challenge the notion of 'adventure'? From the site copy, I'm thinking you'll be writing mostly about scenic voyages abroad. It would be cool to see some city adventures documented as well (e.g. urbexing, underground scenes, the kind of stuff not usually covered in travel guides).
Its an ebook. An extra page doesn't cost you much. The first thing I thought of when I saw the title was:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure
And aside from the text adventure aspect, its based (in part) on a real cave system, one you can crawl inside. As you can see in:
Re: Show HN: I'm writing an ebook about adventure and giving it away for free
#6I love the look of this. A small suggestion: why not challenge the notion of 'adventure'? From the site copy, I'm thinking you'll be writing mostly about scenic voyages abroad. It would be cool to see some city adventures documented as well (e.g. urbexing, underground scenes, the kind of stuff not usually covered in travel guides).
You mean something like:
http://www.ninjito.com
http://sleepycity.net etc?
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#7Interesting, but you should probably add an example on your landing page.
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#8If you've got something that I can do with a wife, a 6-year-old, and that won't make me lose my job or blow through my savings, I'm interested. Otherwise, I'd just be reading fantasy.
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#9Clark, this is a neat idea. I signed up. A bit off topic, but what tools (if any) are you using to write, publish and distribute the ebook? Are you using version control, by chance?
> A bit off topic, but what tools (if any) are you using to write, publish and distribute the ebook? Are you using version control, by chance?
Precisely what I meant to ask, given that you've the critical journey at hand to work and focus on.
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#10If you've got something that I can do with a wife, a 6-year-old, and that won't make me lose my job or blow through my savings, I'm interested. Otherwise, I'd just be reading fantasy.
You sound as if you don't believe you can have adventures with a wife and a kid?