AI and WritingTwo Authors Just Nuked Their Careers
Two published books shipped with the AI conversation still sitting in the manuscript. The exact strings to search for before yours does the same, and where AI genuinely belongs in a book.
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AI and Writing
Book MarketingWhy Your Book Description Is Not Converting
A book description is not a summary. Readers do not buy a book to learn what happens, they buy it to feel something. What each genre expects, and the closings that quietly lose the sale.
FreelancingISBNs, Contracts, and the Ghostwriter’s Many Hats | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 256
The April 16, 2019 hour: editor before proofreader, cover designers versus graphic designers, Bowker ISBN packs and library cataloging blocks, styles-not-manual-formatting, the $1,000-a-book origin and the $15,000 contract one day later, seven hats priced honestly, the full contract walkthrough, and…
Book CoachingA Bucket Full of Seeds: How to Develop Ideas for Your Book | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 253
The March 19, 2019 session on developing book ideas: nonfiction from passion without term-paper style, fiction seeds gathered by the hundreds at faires, reenactments, museums, and old folks' homes, the rings-on-a-tree expansion method, research before writing, why only-3-left never applies…
Author PlatformMake a Living as a Professional Self-Published Author: The Complete Webinar | Yeadon Public Library
The full January 10, 2019 webinar for the Yeadon Public Library: why print-on-demand opened a golden age, brand-before-book, the Chicago Manual daily habit, word counts raised monthly, the woman-antagonist engagement play, Fiverr rights warnings, platform overlap traps, read-aloud proofreading, pen…
Book CoachingVanity Publisher Warnings and What Writing Actually Pays | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 233
The October 2018 hour on the economics of writing: vanity publisher and rights-grab warnings, the remote screen-share publishing walkthrough, why autobiographies rarely sell, series-first fiction strategy, what ghostwriting, LinkedIn profiles, copywriting, and blogging each pay, job board scams, and the…
Author PlatformSelf-Publishing, Traditional, or Vanity: Choosing Your Path and Proving Your Market | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 230
The September 2018 hour that started the monthly residency: self-publishing versus traditional versus vanity publishing, proving your genre sells when publishers say it will not, marketing poetry to the right public, the charity-event press trick, Fiction Masterclass, and the on-air…