Hi HN,

I'm cloud architect and webcomic artist Forrest Brazeal. My new book, "The Read Aloud Cloud", is a quirky cartoon intro to cloud computing for all ages!

Over a decade in the tech industry, I've installed software updates during a live cataract surgery, created robots that perform machine learning on pizza, and sung 168 AWS services in 2 minutes [0].

I couldn't be more excited to share The Read Aloud Cloud, which is out today from Wiley Publishing (the "For Dummies" people) [1]. It uses more than 100 cartoon illustrations, poems, essays, and who knows what else to explain cloud in terms even a CEO can understand.

Just for HN, I've uploaded a sneak peek of Chapter 2: "Evolution of the Cloud (A Prehistory)" [2]

Happy to answer questions about:

- How to write a nonfiction book proposal that sells

- The traditional publishing process (and why I went that route instead of self-pub)

- Cloud or tech careers in general

- Cartooning

- Whatever else!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtJAsvJOlhM&feature=emb_logo

[1] https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Read-Aloud-Cloud/97811196...

[2] https://www.dropbox.com/s/izyele6p60dfb68/Ch2.pdf?dl=0

I will definitely check if my employer will expense this purchase for me.