Newsletter 151. Why we love to give advice, and how to do it fairly. Plus, authenticity through typos, AI publishing contract clauses, three people to follow, three books to read, and one LinkedIn Live about the publishing journey. Solving other people’s problems Yesterday, my wife asked my advice regarding a business challenge she’s having. She’s…
I received this email: I wanted to share [name redacted], an AI writing partner for books. For the business authors you coach, this could be an interesting tool to add to their writing workflow . . . Building [name redacted], I focused on making AI assistance actually useful for book-length projects. It wasn’t the first time I…
I give out a lot of free advice. Somebody thinks they might want to write a book. Or their boss does. So they contact me and we discuss how the book business works, and how it might work for them. What’s your objective? Who is your audience? What is your idea? How does ghostwriting work?…
What’s the best way to promote a nonfiction book? It seems like every expert I talk to has a different take on this. I asked ChatGPT. The list it came up with is, frankly, a reasonably good survey of everything you, as an author, might consider, including 100 different tactics. Platform & audience building Content…
Newsletter 150. Why my list of trusted partners is so small. Plus, an ethically developed AI tool, Tulsi Gabbard’s password, three people to follow, three books to read, and one super-duper AI coach. My exclusive, closed partner network I recently got an unsolicited email. This is what it said: We know that high-caliber ghostwriters like…
If you ask me to work on your book idea and it’s crap, I won’t. And I’ll tell you why, too. Sure, it takes me time to do more than just say “No.” And it creates unnecessary conflict in my life, but that’s who I am. If you ask me to work on your idea…
It’s easier than ever before to publish a book. But not all versions of “published” are equal. So let’s run through the continuum of options available to you, how hard they are to get access to, and how likely they are to accomplish your goals. (In creating this chart, I’ve simplified things enormously — there…
Newsletter 148. An AI negotiation tool for ghostwriters and their clients. Plus, resurgent indie bookstores, AI news regurgitation, three people to follow, three books to read, and one extremely worthwhile doppelgänger. How to talk to your clients about AI How should writers use AI? That is a far more complicated question than it first appears….
Here’s a simple four-question test of whether the idea in your head is an advice book: If you can answer all four questions with a resounding “Yes,” you’ve got the potential to write a book that can help make you more successful. If you cannot answer all four questions “Yes,” you have work to do….