FictionOne reviewer abandoned a historical novelist forever over a single anachronism: a spinning wheel in 13th-century England. One wrong object in one character's hands, and trust evaporated. While writing a novel about the Roman civil war between Vespasian and Vitellius,…
Artificial IntelligenceMost people use AI writing tools wrong: vague prompts, vague output. A prompt is an instruction, and its quality decides the output's quality. Here are the five elements of a good prompt, ten you can copy, and what to do…
GhostwritingMoehringer moved to Las Vegas for two years and logged 250 hours with Andre Agassi to write Open, a memoir that aired the hatred of tennis, the abusive father, the drug use, everything a sanitized celebrity book leaves out. The…
WritingThe most powerful writing tool I ever used cost me nothing: a small group of writers meeting regularly to read each other's work and tell the truth about it. I started one for science fiction through Meetup and learned what…
Book MarketingHow to put real numbers on a ghostwritten book before you commit: what to measure it against, which returns you can estimate, which you can't, what belongs in the cost, and how long it takes to pay off.
GhostwritingHiring a ghostwriter is a smart decision, but it is not like hiring a contractor and walking away. The best books come from clients who know how to stay involved without getting in the way. Here is how to support…
ObservancesA personal tribute to my mother, her lasting influence, and the true meaning behind Mother’s Day, past the cards and flowers.
FictionWriters love picking a team: plotter, pantser, or plantser. I'm none of them. I write the first chapter, outline, then write whatever chapter grabs me and connect them together. Here's why the outline still matters, what happens when writers skip…
MemoirsMy grandfather never spoke about the war, three years a prisoner, marched through Manila, held in Japanese camps, not at dinner, not when asked directly. It stayed locked inside for decades, until one day I asked the right question and…
Artificial IntelligenceMIT tracked 54 brains for four months as people wrote essays, and the ChatGPT group came out worst, weakest neural connectivity, poorest memory, growing dependency, many unable to quote their own writing minutes later. It is not peer-reviewed yet, but…
Artificial IntelligenceWhy not just write my book with AI? I hear it weekly from CEOs dazzled by ChatGPT's word count. The answer never changes: AI has no heart, the prose it makes is soulless, and soulless writing builds no authority at…
GhostwritingThe creative side of ghostwriting gets all the attention, but the projects that go smoothly are the ones where the business was settled before the first interview. Scope, payment, expectations: get those clear up front and everything else works. Here…
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