Nine novels. Nearly all adapted for film or TV. Millions of devoted fans on BookTok. Reese Witherspoon's Book Club.

This is Taylor Jenkins Reid—one of the most popular authors today.

And here's wha...

 What if I told you that one of the most common regrets people have as they lie on their deathbeds could be prevented by something you can do right now, from your kitchen table?

In her powerful book ...

 A member of the Spring 2025 Cohort of Your Bestselling Book sent me a recent article from Vanity Fair about how AI has deemed that 7 million books have “no economic value.” 

OUCH.

Here is an excerp...

I've been having the same conversation with different authors for the past couple of years, and it's breaking my heart.

These are writers who landed their dream deal—six-figure advances from Simon & ...

There's a stark reality in the publishing world that most aspiring authors never hear: 

If your book doesn't reach 10,000 readers within the first two years, there's an 86% chance it never will. 

Th...

 To my great amusement, I read an article recently about how Silicon Valley tech workers are increasingly leaving handwritten notes in driverless SF taxis.

Some are love letters. Others are job posti...

Have you ever dreamed of standing on stage, watching a line of people—some with tears in their eyes—waiting to connect with you after your talk? There's truly no feeling quite like it. As authors, we ...

I follow a fantastic Substack for authors called The Creative Shift by Dan Blank. Please subscribe!

Recently, Dan covered the controversy surrounding Mel Robbins’s bestselling book, The Let Them Theo...

How do you cope with the spiraling madness of today’s world, with its monthly climate catastrophes, insane news headlines, and the emergence of an AI reality we don’t even know how to comprehend?

A f...

My fabulous friend Jordan Reeves, a founding member of The Story Cure online storytelling community, recently sent me this video of Dr. Becky speaking to students at Duke University. 

If you aren’t f...

I’ve had coaching clients ask me about using AI to do scientific research, so I was excited when I read about OpenAI’s new “Deep Research” feature in the New York Times. 

“It can do complex research ...

I just got an email from the Women In Publishing Summit (WIP) recommending that authors invest in paid editorial book reviews from Chanticleer.

Some snooping on the internet reveals that this is, ind...