Book MarketingFebruary 12, 2026
For two decades I ran computer operations at Trader Joe's, came home drained, and had nothing left for the writing I wanted to do. I had the skills and the ideas but not the bandwidth. Making a living from self-publishing…
Book MarketingFebruary 12, 2026
The moment you publish, your book is global, Amazon hits a dozen marketplaces, ebooks land instantly, print-on-demand ships worldwide, and yet most authors quietly cap their own reach with avoidable mistakes. Having ghostwritten for clients across six countries, I have…
Book MarketingFebruary 12, 2026
Most authors picture readers in their own country and stop there, which is thinking far too small. An English book can reach every English-speaking market, and with translation, every market on earth, and the infrastructure has never been more accessible.…
WritingFebruary 12, 2026
For years I would not submit my fiction anywhere, not because the work was not ready but because the thought of someone judging it triggered a physical reaction I could not reason past. My chest would tighten and I would…
Book CoachFebruary 12, 2026
Should the memoir run chronologically, circle a single theme, or jump across time? Nearly every memoir project hits this wall, a lifetime of material and no obvious shape, and the wrong choice can turn a remarkable life into a book…
GhostwritingFebruary 12, 2026
I have written two YA novels about cyberbullying, one for a client and one my own. Writing for young readers about something so real forced a different set of skills than adult fiction ever did, and it made me a…
FictionFebruary 12, 2026
Plotters plan every scene; pantsers discover as they go; both produce hits and failures. I land in the middle, outlining the headers, writing the climax first, then improvising the rest. What matters is finishing with a structure that holds. Here…
Book MarketingFebruary 12, 2026
A client once delayed a memoir of his 85-year-old father for six months. The day he finally committed, his father had a heart attack. He survived, and the book happened, but it nearly did not. Here is why the right…
GhostwritingFebruary 12, 2026
Every modern president, and most senators, governors, and cabinet members, has used a ghostwriter. The memoirs that shape legacies and the policy books that build authority are collaborations, and that is simply how political communication runs. Here is how leaders…
BusinessFebruary 11, 2026
I built a pretend computer out of paper clips in kindergarten, already obsessed with how systems fit together. That obsession drove four decades of choices, from running tech for a $16 billion company to publishing 113+ books. Here is how…
FictionFebruary 11, 2026
The food scenes that stay with you were never about the food. What a character eats, how, with whom, and what they push away quietly tells the reader about class, culture, psychology, and power, no exposition required. A meal is…
TechnologyFebruary 11, 2026
Three hours arguing with a Commodore 64 about where to put a brass lantern, and I was not mad, I was impressed: Zork understood English, remembered my moves, and responded like it was alive. Text adventures were collaborative fiction; SimCity…
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