Book MarketingCybersecurity experts know their field cold; most just cannot turn that knowledge into writing that builds authority or draws clients. The expertise is there, the communication is not, and that is the gap. Drawing on 20+ years in security operations…
GhostwritingA holiday poem in the spirit of Clement Clarke Moore, rewritten for the author with a book trapped inside them and the ghostwriter who shows up to coax it out. It is light seasonal reading, but the relief running through…
FictionWhat if there were parallel worlds where everything went differently? Seductive, and a trap. The multiverse is the most powerful idea in fiction and the easiest to wreck, because anything is possible is an excuse to avoid the choices that…
Book MarketingMost clients ask about literary agents while still learning how publishing works, and for most the honest answer is that they do not need one. But agents matter in traditional publishing, and knowing what they actually do helps you choose…
WritingIn 1969 I saved for months to buy the big red Lord of the Rings, and my parents bet I would never finish it. I read it twice back to back, and it rewired how I understood story. Fifty-five years…
GhostwritingMost people who contact me already know their subject; what they do not know is how to turn a subject into a book. An executive who wants to write about leadership has territory, not yet a topic. Here is how…
GhostwritingEvery writer knows the blinking cursor at 11 PM and the client's face falling over a draft that missed. A handful of old laws from engineering and military strategy, Murphy's, Kidlin's, Gilbert's, explain almost everything that goes right and wrong…
FictionTelling a complete story in under 1,000 words is brutal, and that is exactly why flash fiction teaches you to write. With no room to hide behind backstory or description, every word has to pull weight or the story breaks.…
ObservancesSeptember 6 is National Read a Book Day. A 113-book author on why reading is the single most important thing a writer does besides writing.
GhostwritingNo ghostwritten book gets made alone; the client brings the ideas and the voice, the writer brings craft and structure, and the quality of that partnership decides the quality of the book more than talent on either side. After fifty-plus…
FictionWriters feel guilty about watching television, and they should not. Done with intention, it is one of the most accessible craft lessons available, a master class in dialogue, pacing, and structure. The key word is intention. Here is how to…
WritingIn 2005 I aimed a cheap Olympus at the moon, chasing the thing I had stared at since the 1969 landing. The moon punishes consumer cameras, but I got the shot, and something unrelated to the shutter clicked into place.…
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