Newsletter 152. Old people’s message to their successors in the workplace, plus the Authors Guild gets prescriptive about AI, mathematicians face up to their limits, three people to follow, and three books to read. Young vs. old I’m old. I was once young. I remember what it was like to be young in the workplace,…
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…
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…
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….
Newsletter 147. If you want to build business, go out on the edge where it’s not completely safe. Plus, book launch weariness, 100,000 Anthropic plaintiffs, three people to follow, three books to read, and how to connect with me at the IBPA conference. Get to the edge. That’s where the heat is. As an analyst,…
Newsletter 146. Writing trains minds, while outsourcing it to AI leaves you stupefied. Plus AI as writing collaborator, editors who upload your manuscript to AI, three people to follow, three books to read, and how you can establish that you’re not just data. Writing is thinking. AI can’t do that for you. “I didn’t really…
Newsletter 144. Why writers must embrace “less is more,” and what to do about it. Plus, how Shy Girl was outed as AI-generated, why AI illiterates will be unemployable, three people to follow and three books to read. Shorter I don’t know what’s wrong with what you wrote. But I know how to fix it….
Newsletter 143. The three ways to shore up your idea leadership in the age of AI. Plus, LLMs’ fatal flaw as writers, Wiley’s true business, three people to follow, three books to read, and one step to control your persona. Owning your identity in the age of AI Authors and other thought leaders, your identity…
Newsletter 142. Think paying to escape ever-shittier monopolies is the way out? You might not like where that ends up. Plus, women subverting the publishing establishment; escaping the author spending spiral, three people to follow, three books to read, and one way to jumpstart your writing career. You can’t pay to escape enshittification forever Everything…