As detailed in my last post, I wrote a book. But how exactly did plans for the book start to form?
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Book!!! "Shine a Light on Me: A Story of the Blues, Friendship, and Memory"
I guess it's pretty rare to see a programmer (and aspiring mathematician) write a fictional novel... but here I am. I'm one of the co-authors on the new historical fiction book, Shine a Light on Me: A Story of the Blues, Friendship, and Memory (2026).
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How we planned a book
As detailed in my last post, I wrote a book. But how exactly did plans for the book start to form?
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TL;DR This is the blog of John, a 14-year-old (as of writing) programmer and tinkerer who likes to untangle things and understand them.
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A neat little calculus theorem, then a practical application.
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I post here semi-frequently. But it's summer, and there's other things I may be doing, like grinding through math problems (as you ...