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On Books and Wicked Environments
Over the months or years required to write one, stability should rule the day. If chaos is your modus operandi, you’re in trouble.
The AI Razor
Thanks to today’s über-powerful tools, it’s not at all hard to shave off a few hours of manual work.
Fifth Racket Title Coming
Amanda Wick’s bold debut effort, The Catalysts, arrives soon.
The Author as Gatekeeper
Just because you can circumvent traditional publishers and write that book doesn’t mean you should.
On Rookie Authors and Criminals
A fantastic scene from the iconic show offers a key lesson for new scribes.
The Ten-Copy Rule
A simple litmus test on whether your book’s focus was sufficiently specific.
AI-Generated Amazon Book Review Summaries Have Arrived
The inevitable has happened.
The Discerning Author Revisited
Revisiting my recent decision to pass on an offer to write a new For Dummies book. Did I make the right call? And what can you learn from my decision-making process?
On Books and Wicked Environments
Over the months or years required to write one, stability should rule the day. If chaos is your modus operandi, you’re in trouble.
The AI Razor
Thanks to today’s über-powerful tools, it’s not at all hard to shave off a few hours of manual work.
Fifth Racket Title Coming
Amanda Wick’s bold debut effort, The Catalysts, arrives soon.
The Author as Gatekeeper
Just because you can circumvent traditional publishers and write that book doesn’t mean you should.
On Rookie Authors and Criminals
A fantastic scene from the iconic show offers a key lesson for new scribes.
The Ten-Copy Rule
A simple litmus test on whether your book’s focus was sufficiently specific.
AI-Generated Amazon Book Review Summaries Have Arrived
The inevitable has happened.
The Discerning Author Revisited
Revisiting my recent decision to pass on an offer to write a new For Dummies book. Did I make the right call? And what can you learn from my decision-making process?