Writing experience, does this count

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I have written and been paid for technical papers, does that technically count as being published? I am not writing a book on databases, analytical engines, software or data storage, but they are classified as non-fiction which is what my book is going to be.

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Any writing experience will help some, but you'll need to sell its relevance in your proposal.

I had never written a full-length book when I got my first book contract. I did have extensive experience in writing short works in the field, editing (both engineering papers and books in the content-area of my contract). I also had experience as a editorial assistant, managing and editing the submissions of a multi-author textbook and preparing the book for publication. My publisher wanted to see writing samples that consisted of the short works I'd written, rather than requiring a chapter of the proposed book.

I think that my experience writing short works in my subject area and editing and preparing large works of any type convinced them that I could write reasonably well and that I could finish a book-length work.
 

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Most things count... when they count. I would mention technical writing when querying a non-fiction book in a technical or scientific area.
 
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