Hi, I&#x27;m the author of this post, and have shared it on HN in hopes of getting your feedback!<p>This advice isn&#x27;t (or at least shouldn&#x27;t be) anything new to those of your building your own businesses. However, the idea of &quot;getting out of the building&quot; and talking to others may be less obvious when it comes to producing technical writing works like books (or even blog posts).<p>There have been times where I&#x27;ve worked on a long complicated article for a hundred hours or more and released it to the sound of crickets.<p>In my more recent works, I&#x27;ve been actively getting involved with people in my target audience, and might have dozens of conversations for a single ten page article before it even lands on the public internet.<p>Needless to say, the difference between those two extremes is huge! Happy to discuss more if anyone has thoughts or ideas to share.