Using AI to get your book out of your head
The hardest part of a book is not the writing; it is getting the raw material out of your head and onto the page in a form a writer can use. AI is surprisingly good at this when used right,…
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GhostwritingThe half-cost AI-assisted book, explained honestly
An AI-assisted book through my practice runs at roughly half the per-word cost of full ghostwriting, and the savings are real, not a gimmick, because they come from automating a specific slice of the labor that never touches voice. Here…
GhostwritingThe AI labor split that actually works on a book
AI on a book is not use it or don't; it is a labor split, specific tasks the machine handles well under supervision, and specific tasks a human handles every time. The line is not arbitrary, it tracks whether the…
Artificial IntelligenceAI never writes in your voice
My entire AI-on-a-book practice runs on one sentence: AI never writes in your voice. It can do nearly everything else, and most of it well, but the voice belongs to a human every single time. That is not a compromise…
GhostwritingWhat if people find out I used a ghostwriter?
What if people find out I used a ghostwriter assumes two things: that there is something to discover, and that people will care. Both are weaker than the fear makes them feel. The practice is mainstream, your peers already use…
Book CoachWhy don’t I just write it myself?
Why don't I just write it myself is a legitimate question, and I want you to ask it seriously, because DIY genuinely works for some authors. It fails for most not from lack of skill but from the gap between…
GhostwritingWon’t I lose ownership and control of my own book?
The fear of losing control of your own book to the person you hired to write it is reasonable on its face and almost entirely solved by the contract. A real engagement is work-for-hire: you own everything from the first…
GhostwritingIsn’t using a ghostwriter cheating?
Isn't using a ghostwriter cheating is a different question from the dishonesty one, because cheating is internal, you are not afraid of lying to readers, you are afraid it will not count as yours if you did not type every…
GhostwritingWhat if it doesn’t sound like me?
What if it doesn't sound like me is the most common fear in any ghostwriting consultation, and the most preventable, because voice mismatch is a process failure, not a mystery. A real ghostwriter interviews you long enough to hear how…
GhostwritingI can’t tell my story to a stranger
Handing your most personal material to someone you barely know is a real fear, and it kills more memoir projects than any other objection. Here is how a working ghostwriter actually handles confidentiality, what the NDA does and does not…
GhostwritingIsn’t using a ghostwriter dishonest?
Ghostwriting has been mainstream for two thousand years. Caesar had help. Every president writes their memoirs with a ghostwriter. Most major business books on your shelf were ghostwritten or heavily edited. So the ethical question is not whether someone helped,…
Book CoachThe honest case against hiring a ghostwriter
Most should I hire a ghostwriter articles are sales pitches dressed as advice. This is the opposite. Real situations exist where hiring one is the wrong move, and you deserve to hear them named before anyone tries to sell you…
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