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…
Newsletter 141. Is bombing Iran strategic, disruptive, or just chaotic? Plus, the emptiness of AI-generated mathematics, the Authors Guild labels human-created books, three people to follow, three books to read, and the coach that could get you back at the keyboard. Is the Iran war a strategic disruption? When you and your organization make a…
Newsletter 140. How a pervert assembled the world’s most consequential network of influence. Plus, legal rules for authors using AI, bestselling book covers, three people to follow, three books to read, and the world’s most versatile (and cost effective) book coach. What attracted all those prominent people to Jeffrey Epstein? Let me get this out…
Newsletter 139. What does it mean to be an author in the age of AI and instant publishing? Plus, the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write articles, AI detectors are a joke, three people to follow, three books to read, and one bot with infinite answers. What is an author? I wanted to be…
Newsletter 135. Companies (and Super Bowl coaches) behave rationally, even when it seems otherwise. Plus, how to write a romance novel in an hour, a terrifying prediction about AI job loss, three people to follow, three books to read, and one bot to rule them all. Rational actors, Super Bowl edition People are irrational. Organizations…
Newsletter 134. AI is overtaxing experts, and we’re all going to pay. Plus, the irrationally of the bestseller list, what books sold in 2025, three people to follow, three books to read, and one coach to rule them all. AI and the expert’s burden. A friend, who is a fellow ghostwriter and editor, recently came…
Newsletter 133. Even in neutral spaces, ICE is generating outrage. Plus, is Anthropic planning to mutilate and devour your book, the world’s worst Crocs/Lego crossover, three people to follow, three books to read, and a virtual author coach. Could social media overpower a masked police force Eighteen years ago, Charlene Li and I published an…
Newsletter 132. Trust comes from a shared worldview. Plus, will AI replace analysts, the start of the Barbieverse, plus three people to follow, three books to read, and one wizard with all the answers for authors. How editorial professionals and clients learn to trust When the relationship between a freelance editor or ghostwriter and their…