What’s New at The Writing King
September 27 to October 3. 105 new pieces this week: 96 articles, 2 episodes, 1 press release, 5 book reviews and 1 event.
Articles 96Leaders and Their Stories 2Press Releases 1Book Reviews 5Events 1
Featured this week
Oct 3 · Artificial Intelligence, Writing Craft
Is Writing With AI Theft? Stop Calling Writers Thieves
This week, whether writing with AI is theft: what the courts have said about AI training, and why the thief label lands on the wrong people.
Oct 3 · Memoirs, Publishing
AI Photo Restoration for Your Book: Fix the Photo, Keep the Original
This week, restoring old family photos for a book with AI: what cleanup is safe, what enhancement changes, and why the original scan stays the master.
Oct 3 · Artificial Intelligence, Society
Grandma Isn’t AI Slop: The Pile-On Over Restored Family Photos
This week, the pile-on over AI-restored family photos, what the colorized-movie war of the 1980s already settled, and why labels beat contempt.
Articles
Oct 3 · Artificial Intelligence, SEO
What Does AI Say When Someone Searches Your Name?
This week, what Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT say when someone searches your name, and how to check and fix it.
Oct 2 · Artificial Intelligence, Writing Craft
It’s Not X, It’s Y: The AI Tell Shakespeare Wrote First
This week, the AI tell Shakespeare wrote first: why chatbots overuse "it's not X, it's Y" and why a sentence pattern proves nothing.
Oct 2 · Artificial Intelligence, Technology
Who Gets Rich From AI Data Centers? The Local, National and Global Economy
This week, who gets rich from AI data centers: county tax windfalls, thin payrolls, state tax breaks, bubble worries and the global race to build.
Oct 2 · Artificial Intelligence, Society
Are AI Data Centers Bad for the Environment? What’s True and What Isn’t
This week, the real numbers on AI data centers and the environment, and which claims hold up on both sides.
Oct 2 · Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
AI Data Centers and Geopolitics: Chips, China, Spies and Power
This week, the geopolitics of AI data centers: chips, China, smuggling, espionage, Taiwan and the race for power.
Oct 2 · Fiction, Writing
How to Write a Plot Twist Readers Never See Coming
This week, how to write a plot twist readers never see coming, and why every good one is hidden in plain sight.
Oct 2 · Artificial Intelligence, Publishing
AI Derangement Syndrome: Who Cares If the Cover Was Made With AI?
This week, AI Derangement Syndrome, the AI book cover fight, and why the only question that matters is whether the book is any good.
Oct 1 · Book Marketing, Publishing
Book Ads Getting Clicks but No Sales? The Problem Is the Page
This week, why book ads get clicks but no sales, and what to fix on your product page before spending another dollar.
Oct 1 · Memoirs, Writing
Can Writing a Memoir Make You Sick? The Toll Nobody Warns You About
This week, why writing a memoir can make you sick, why it heals some people, and how to protect yourself while you write.
Oct 1 · Personal Growth, Writing
When Caregiving Ends and the Words Won’t Come
This week, why writers stop writing when caregiving ends, how long it lasts, and how to find your way back.
Oct 1 · Writing, Writing Craft
Do You Need a Writing Buddy? What Works and What Doesn’t
This week, whether you need a writing buddy, how to find one, and what to do if you work better alone.
Oct 1 · Book Marketing, Publishing
Can You Publish a Clean and a Spicy Version of the Same Book?
This week, whether you can publish a clean and a spicy version of the same book, and the safer ways to give readers both.
More articles this week
- Oct 1Can You Put Someone Who Wronged You in Your Novel?
- Oct 1Kindle Unlimited or Wide? Where to Publish Your Debut Novel
- Oct 1Writing Vampires: How to Build Your Own Vampire Rules
- Oct 1What Software Do Novelists Use to Write a Book?
- Oct 1What If Your Family Doesn’t Support Your Writing?
- Oct 1ARC Reviews: Real Follow-Through Numbers, and Do Reviews Sell Books?
- Oct 1The AI Singularity: Would a Conscious AI Even Care About Us?
- Oct 1“Forbidden” AI Prompts: Why Viral Prompt Lists Are Mostly Junk
- Oct 1Author Scam Emails: Fake Agents, Flattery and the $500 Pitch
- Oct 1Will AI Steal My Book? Turn Off Training Before You Upload
- Oct 1The Fear of Being Judged for Your Memoir: My Father Told Everyone to Burn Mine
- Oct 1Should You Only Use “Said” in Dialogue Tags? My Rules for Tags and Adverbs
- Oct 1Why a Good Book Isn’t Enough: Agents, Quiet Novels and What Sells
- Oct 1She Asked How to Format Her Comic for KDP. The Thread Went to War Over AI.
- Oct 1Why Are Writing Groups So Hostile?
- Sep 30My Ghostwriter Stopped Responding. What Do I Do?
- Sep 30My Ghostwriter Missed the Deadline. What Are My Options?
- Sep 30I Hate My Ghostwriter’s First Draft. Now What?
- Sep 30How Many Revisions Should a Ghostwriter Include?
- Sep 30Can I Get a Refund From a Ghostwriter?
- Sep 30Can My Ghostwriter List My Book in Their Portfolio?
- Sep 30My Family Doesn’t Want Me to Publish My Ghostwritten Memoir. Now What?
- Sep 30Should a Ghostwriter Write a Free Sample Chapter?
- Sep 30How Much Does a Ghostwriter Take Up Front?
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Get Me a Book Deal or a Literary Agent?
- Sep 30Can I Work With a Ghostwriter Over Zoom or From Another Country?
- Sep 30Ghostwriting a Tribute Book, Eulogy or Obituary for Someone You Lost
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Write My Book in Spanish?
- Sep 30Ghostwriting a Book for a Dental or Chiropractic Practice
- Sep 30Why Keynote Speakers Need a Ghostwritten Book
- Sep 30Ghostwriting a Science or Research Book for General Readers
- Sep 30Ghostwriting a Book for Teachers and Educators
- Sep 30Hiring a Ghostwriter for a Musician’s Memoir
- Sep 30Hiring a Ghostwriter for a Pilot’s or Aviation Memoir
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write a Whistleblower Memoir?
- Sep 30Hiring a Ghostwriter for an Immigrant’s Story
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write About Losing Someone to Suicide?
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write a Depression or Mental Illness Memoir?
- Sep 30Hiring a Ghostwriter for a Special-Needs Parent’s Memoir
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write an Infertility or Adoption Memoir?
- Sep 30Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write a Memoir About Family Estrangement?
- Sep 30KDP’s Two-Book Weekly Limit Punishes the Wrong Authors
- Sep 30Why Is Selling a Self-Published Book So Hard?
- Sep 29Quora Sucks: How the Smartest Room on the Internet Became an AI Answer Farm
- Sep 29Social Media Sucks: Your Friends Left the Feed and the Algorithm Moved In
- Sep 29Facebook Writing Groups Suck: Where Writers Go to Get Torn Apart
- Sep 29Hypnotized by Social Media: The Feed Was Built So You’d Never Look Up
- Sep 29Reddit Sucks: Volunteers Write It, Bots Fake It, and AI Companies Buy It
- Sep 29Why Do Writers Care If You Use AI? A Thread Full of Answers
- Sep 29What to Do When Amazon KDP Closes Your Account
- Sep 29An Essay About AI Got Pulled for Using AI. Then the Crowd Showed Up.
- Sep 29OpenAI Is Still Counting What Its Rogue AI Agents Did
- Sep 29Hiring a Ghostwriter to Write Your Parent’s Life Story While They Can Still Tell It
- Sep 29Ghostwriting a Family History Book From Genealogy, Photos, Recipes and Immigrant Stories
- Sep 29Ghostwriting a Company, Church or Community History Book
- Sep 29Ghostwriting a Novel Based on Your Own Life
- Sep 29Ghostwriter Rates Per Word, Per Page and Per Hour: How Book Ghostwriting Gets Priced
- Sep 29Ghostwriting a Short Book, Ebook or Lead Magnet: What Length Does to the Price
- Sep 29How People Pay for a Ghostwritten Book: Savings, Business Funds, Crowdfunding and Credit
- Sep 29Can a Ghostwriter Finish a Book You Started, or Turn Notes, Blog Posts and Voice Memos Into One?
- Sep 29Work for Hire or Copyright Assignment? How Ownership Transfers in a Ghostwriting Contract
- Sep 29Permissions, Release Forms and Libel Insurance for a Ghostwritten Memoir
- Sep 29Amazon’s AI Disclosure Question and Your Ghostwritten Book
- Sep 29Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing for a Ghostwritten Book
- Sep 29Can My Ghostwriter Interview My Family, Colleagues or Clients for the Book?
- Sep 29What Will My Ghostwriter Ask Me? Preparing for Interviews When You Hate Talking About Yourself
- Sep 29Interviews, Podcasts and Book Events When Your Book Was Ghostwritten
- Sep 29Can a Ghostwriter Help If Dyslexia, ADHD or a Disability Keeps You From Writing?
- Sep 29Can a Ghostwriter Write My Prison or True Crime Memoir?
- Sep 29Hiring a Ghostwriter for a Veteran’s or First Responder’s Memoir
- Sep 29Ghostwriting for Pastors and Faith Books: Sermons, Devotionals and Testimonies
- Sep 29Can a Ghostwriter Help Me Write My Cancer Survivor Memoir?
- Sep 29What Do You Call Someone Who Writes a Book for You? Every Name for a Ghostwriter
- Sep 29Can I Pay Someone to Write My Book? What Hiring a Ghostwriter Means
- Sep 29Life Story Writer, Personal Historian, Biographer or Memoir Ghostwriter: Who Does What
- Sep 29Collaborator, Co-Writer, Book Doctor or Developmental Editor: How Each Differs From a Ghostwriter
- Sep 29Where to Find a Ghostwriter: Reedsy, Upwork, LinkedIn, Referrals and Directories
- Sep 29How to Compare Ghostwriting Quotes and Proposals Line by Line
- Sep 29Amazon Publishing Scams and Fake Ghostwriting Companies: How to Check Before You Pay
- Sep 29Ghostwriter vs Publishing Package: Hybrid Publishers That Include Ghostwriting
- Sep 27How Much AI Is Too Much in Writing? 83 Writers Drew the Same Line
Leaders and Their Stories
Sep 29 · Business, Personal Growth
Matt Hawksley: Learning in the Open
Matt Hawksley spent 20 years in supply chain logistics before a 40-day trip across North America set him on the path to founding Leadogo, a reinvention consulting and coaching firm. He and Richard Lowe trade stories about taking chances, the cost of vanity metrics, and why a book becomes the foundation for everything else.
Sep 29 · Business, Technology
Riley Kaminer: AI Says It in Three Times the Words
Riley Kaminer has covered tech, startups and investors as a journalist for 15 years and ghostwrites short-form content for entrepreneurs and investors. He and Richard Lowe compare notes on why AI writing runs long, drifts and says nothing, and what early-career professionals lose when AI does their thinking.
Press Releases
Author Richard Lowe Launches Dogpile, a Series on Online Pile-Ons and Public Shaming
This week, Dogpile: a new series on online pile-ons and public shaming, and how to survive one.
Book Reviews
Sep 30 · Fiction
Anna: American Journey, book two of Deanna Bennett's Anna Immigration Trilogy, takes Anna from the Statue of Liberty through Ellis Island to a train to Chicago and a secret that endangers hundreds of lives.
Sep 30 · Fiction
Anna: American Dream closes Deanna Bennett's Anna Immigration Trilogy, following Anna through World War I, the great influenza epidemic and the fight for her own independence between 1914 and 1919.
Sep 30 · Memoirs
The Year of Firsts is Deanna Bennett's memoir of the first year after her husband Tom's death, tracing each milestone holiday from sorrow toward a new life on her own.
Sep 30 · Memoirs
Anna’s Daughter: The Memoir of Helen Dragunas
Anna's Daughter is the memoir Helen Dragunas began and her daughter Deanna Bennett finished, a nonfiction follow-on to the Anna Immigration Trilogy about a Lithuanian immigrant family's climb out of poverty.
Sep 30 · Fiction
Anna: Going to America opens Deanna Bennett's Anna Immigration Trilogy, the story of a fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl crossing to America in steerage in 1914, drawn from the life of Deanna's own grandmother.
Events
Sep 29 · Business, Ghostwriting
On The Impossible Puzzles Show episode 248, Richard Lowe and host Mike Merkur talked about AI-driven revisions, podcast guests who want free advertising, the Socratic method, and starting every sale with the customer's pain.