Hi there. My name is Scott Duffy, and welcome to my book writing log. I have documented the process of writing my last two books on this site, and have started my third. This book will be called Visual Studio Team System In Action, and should be available in 2005.

Chapter 4 is winding down at 3,838 words (17 pages). I have one section to go, and that should take less than three pages. Thank God for short chapters. I should remember this for next time. Every long chapter should be followed by an extremely short one, to make my life easier.

This also marks the first time I completed an entire chapter start to finish in one sitting. I mean, I have pulled "all nighters" in the past, working from noon one day until 10am the next morning. But that doesn't count. That's insanity. Here it is, barely midnight, and I am almost done. Oh, I still have to capture the figures, but that will wait until tomorrow. Figures don't count! (I have a couple of hand-drawn figures in this chapter - that should be fun.)

Tomorrow's a holiday up here in Canada - Thanksgiving. I might even be able to get a few words written for Chapter 5 (User Defined Classes). We'll see.

Scott