Taming the AI Beast: How to make ChatGPT serve, not enslave you
We’ll review ways content creators can use ChatGPT’s capabilities; 2 major concerns about quality and 1 about copyright in AI’s output; and how to avoid those dangers.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOKS: A Reading List for Your Bedside Stand … or anywhere else
Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mother’s family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging that’s made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women—her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries—that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.
Writing a book only FEELS like herding cats
Take your book writing project from herding cats to the Hero’s Journey!
Antipreneur Dan Bennett Talks Video Strategy and Production for Small Business Owners
A Smart Conversation with Yvonne DiVita of Master Book Builders and Dan Bennett, the Antipreneur, and someone I think is a Video Master Dan Bennett […]
Antipreneur Dan Bennett Talks Video Strategy and Production for Small Business Owners
A Smart Conversation with Yvonne DiVita of Master Book Builders and Dan Bennett, the Antipreneur, and someone I think is a Video Master Dan doesn’t call […]
Are You and Your Book Ready for Prime Time?
Two: Your book must be complete. No wishy-washy maybe endings. Even in fiction, you must bring your story to a close. You may have more to say. You may already be starting another book or planning a series, but this book, the book you’re announcing, must be complete. If you don’t know whether or not it’s complete, ask your beta readers.
Weighing the investment in your book: Indie, Hybrid, or Traditional Publishing
This edition of Tips from Tom’s inbox flows from the questions we get all the time in emails, calls, and in-person, in two basic flavors: […]
Making the Most of Your LinkedIn Profile
The experts I talk to, and follow on LinkedIn, tell me this – it’s about what you can do for someone else, and not what you’ve accomplished in your life. Yes, there’s a place to validate your expertise (I would say it’s in your posts, but that’s a given, isn’t it? Isn’t it? 👀) . But put that after showcasing what you can do to solve a problem I have.
Cave Dweller to Counsellor? Oh, the Stories We Tell!
In this edition of Marginalia, we’ll be digging into some of the lessons – and mysteries – from our earliest ancestors as they developed the ability to tell stories. And consider how that evolution may guide us in telling our own stories about ourselves and our businesses.
The DREADED Writer’s Block and How To Overcome It
You’re intent. Focused. You know what you need to do. You have your schedule for the day and you’re close to completing your top 3 tasks… all of which involve writing, writing, writing; or, shall we say, creating, creating, creating.