Newsletter 124. When the AI bubble inevitably bursts, what happens next? Plus, a book written on a mobile phone while hiking, Epstein fallout in the book business, three people to follow and three books to read. And if you’re interested, join my webinar today (Wednesday) at 1pm ET on AI and the Writing Profession. After…
AI has significantly influenced the types of clients I have now. But the fundamentals of what I help people with — clear, accurate, engaging communication — remain exactly the same. How AI has changed my projects These are the projects I’m working on right now and how AI has changed them. Writing workshop I’m conducting…
We all know that coauthors — or authors and their ghostwriters — need a close relationship. Here’s are the qualities that make that relationship work, starting with trust. Trust is the foundation of an authoring collaboration Trust is the unshakable foundation of every book collaboration relationship. That is true regardless of whether you’re talking about…
I am so freakin’ sick of all the services trying to get your to write a book. It’s as if people are coming up to you and saying “You should be an Olympic athlete” or “You should marry a fashion model.” I don’t want you to write a book. If you want to write a…
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Trust me when I tell you this: You need to manage who is going to see your book in progress and what they have to say about it. If you don’t manage this, you’ll have the same experience as a ping-pong ball. It won’t be fun. It will make you hate everything. And it won’t…
Why it’s boom time for ghostwriters. Plus, a ghostwriter’s grief, AI licensing advice, three people to follow and three books to read. Ghostwriters ascendant I just returned from the second annual Gathering of the Ghosts conference in New York. The room was filled to capacity and the discussion was fascinating, both in the panel discussions…
I’ve spent the last day walking around an events space in Manhattan at the second annual Gathering of the Ghosts. It wasn’t easy to get here. After two cancelled flights, I drove 6+ hours from Portland, Maine to New York. But I wasn’t going to miss it. It was worth it. It wasn’t just the…
The second annual Gathering of the Ghosts conference begins today in New York. In preparation for that event, I did a deeper dive into our AI and the Writing Profession survey, sponsored by Gotham Ghostwriters, to concentrate specifically on book ghostwriters. The survey reached a total of 1,481 writers, of which 1,190 were classified as…