GhostwritingJune 26, 2026
After 54+ books, I can tell you the topic is almost never the real problem. Most people who contact me already know what their book is about; they just do not trust the answer yet. The real question is whether…
Behind the BookJune 25, 2026
Never went looking for better, never went back to school, never reached past the edge of what I had. Comfortable is the wall people mistake for a career.
Artificial IntelligenceJune 24, 2026
Ask for an illustrative example and you get a plausible composite. Plausible composites are exactly what readers stop believing.
Artificial IntelligenceJune 20, 2026
A model knows what people in your field generally say. That is the one thing your book must not be.
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
Before the full manuscript, I write one chapter, send it over, and ask a single question: does this sound like you? Not is it accurate, not is it well-written, does it sound like you. Voice is what makes a ghostwritten…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
I turn down more projects than I take, because after fourteen years I have learned the wrong client costs more than no client. When Joe Rockey came to me about a business book, I already knew him through Eliances and…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
The biggest mistake ghostwriters make is starting too soon. Before I write a single word, I interview the author across multiple recorded sessions, more than twenty prepared questions plus all the follow-up, not to learn their field but to capture…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
Most business books fail at their real job, not selling or reviews, but producing clients, credibility, and conversations with the right people, because the author built the wrong book. There are two kinds: one written for the public, and one…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
People picture a ghostwriter having one good conversation and then writing the book. Mine is different. By the time Joe Rockey and I finished, we had spent the equivalent of a full workday across multiple structured sessions, and the reason…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
A business book's title is the first argument it makes, the concept the author attaches their name to in every conversation for as long as it is in print. Finding the right one for Joe Rockey's book took several candidates…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
Midway through discovery, almost every client asks the same thing: how much of this actually goes in the book? It is the right question, and the answer shapes the whole second half: principles, not application, share the thinking generously and…
GhostwritingJune 17, 2026
The interviews are done and the knowledge base is built, and now comes the hardest part: turning all of it into a structure that holds. An outline for a business book is not a table of contents; it is the…
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