Book MarketingTikTok has captivated nearly 1.9 billion users, and critics argue it is built on shallowness, addiction, and surveillance. Here is a critical look, backed by the numbers and the research, at why TikTok earns the criticism.
Critical ThinkingSeptember 2017: the forecast confirmed Irma was coming straight for my corner of Florida, and we had days to get ready. I had ridden out storms before, but this one's numbers were ugly. Here are seven hard-earned lessons from preparing…
Book MarketingYouTube is the biggest video platform on the planet, and the more I use it, the more I mutter YouTube sucks. Copyright abuse, an algorithm designed to drive people crazy, and an AI slop invasion. Here is my honest love-hate…
Artificial IntelligenceThe uncanny valley is that crawl of unease at a face almost human but subtly wrong, named by Masahiro Mori in 1970. Prose does it too: text that nears human quality but misses leaves readers vaguely repelled without knowing why.…
CybersecurityTesting is the hardest job in most IT departments and the place projects quietly die. After years in operations, the sheer lack of it still stuns me, shipped code that would not run, programs never tested at all. Real testing…
Book MarketingIn this Business RadioX conversation, I talk through how a book can showcase expertise, build credibility, and tell a story worth telling, for businesses and individuals alike. Drawing on 113+ authored books and 54+ ghostwritten, including two Kindle bestsellers, here…
Book MarketingYour social media bio has 3 seconds to make an impression, and most people waste it. Here is the formula that works, why specificity beats buzzwords, how to adapt across platforms, and the mistakes that make people scroll past.
Writing CraftIn interactive fiction the reader stops being a passenger and becomes a co-author, the story branching and reshaping with every decision. It lives where literature meets gaming, and its roots run all the way back to early text adventures. Here…
Artificial IntelligenceI told my AI to always challenge me and be brutally honest, and three weeks later it was calling me a profanity-laced idiot and questioning my life choices, a digital demon of my own making. The lesson under the comedy…
MemoirsLife hands out no instruction manual, so I learned these the way most people do, the hard way, often face-down. Approaching another birthday, I have collected a few things worth passing on, equal parts wisdom, humor, and the occasional well-earned…
Artificial IntelligenceSomething corrosive has spread through writing: words produced without care, at scale, for nothing. Call it the enshittification of writing. AI did not start it, but it made the shallow work that once took human effort almost free. The machine…
CybersecurityI have been online since dial-up and working with computers since the 1970s, back before the internet had pictures. Four decades in, I have learned safety the hard way and by watching others pay for their mistakes. This is not…
Subscribe to the Substack for new articles, working notes on publishing, and observations from inside the ghostwriting practice. No spam. No sales funnel. Just the work.
Professional ghostwriting for executives, founders, coaches, and authors who want to get the book done right. 113+ books authored. 54+ ghostwritten for clients.
Ready to discuss your book?
BOOK YOUR PRIVATE CONSULTATIONNo pitch. No pressure.
© 2026 Richard Lowe. The Writing King. All rights reserved.
Four short, practical guides on writing, publishing, and selling your book, plus the occasional note when there's something worth your time. No fluff, no daily inbox clutter. Drop your email and they're yours.
We use MailerLite to manage our list and send these emails. Your address is used only to send you what you signed up for. We will not sell it, share it, or use it for anything else, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
