{A guest Blog from YBB Chief Creative Officer, Jen Tate}

MeiMei and I have been besties for 30 years. We’ve had many a costumed adventure and have ridden life’s roller coaster together through all of...

I was thrilled to secure a spot at TEDxBocaRaton in 2024. This is a large and highly-respected TEDx event, with 600-700 attendees, three camera people, and a very professional production staff. 

But ...

I recently came across this writing advice from Mark Twain: “Words like really and very are rarely useful.… Substitute damn every time you’re inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the...

As the year draws to a close, I find myself thinking less about fleeting material gifts, and more about lasting treasures—gifts that truly matter, legacies that endure not just for today but for gener...

In Your Bestselling Book, my highly-acclaimed book authoring course for change makers like you, I teach a proprietary method for storytelling that I call the “Movie Moments” Method. 

This involves we...

My beautiful creators. Hear me now, and please take my message to heart.

Your voice is your most powerful gift to the world. 

Your voice is what sets your writing apart from A.I. Slop (I’m editing t...

I just came across the largest-ever study of business book authors speaking to the return on investment (ROI) of this endeavor. 

And the results are fantastic! Though, as I often tell people, the mon...

The first draft of my now-viral TED Talk wasn’t great. 

In fact, while I thought it was pretty good, the speaking coach provided to me by the TEDxBocaRaton organizers had a different reaction. When I...

When I was a child, the four of us would sit around the dinner table every night, eating my mother's incredible home-cooked meals and discussing politics. These lively debates were the heartbeat of ...

So, this is how fast generative AI is moving these days.

As I was working on this newsletter about how easily I can recognize it when my coaching clients copy and paste from ChatGPT or Google Gemini,...

I just watched this super short clip of a talk given by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to some very surprised students at NYU.

According to these storytelling legends, here is biggest...

I’m a fan of harnessing AI as a tool in writing your books, but NOT of actually using what AI generates to write your books. In fact, I call the writing AI generates “AI Slop.”

Well, my dear friend a...