“Becoming Invaluable” Is an Invaluable Self-Help Book!
Congratulations to my valued clients Steven J. Bowen and Terry Lyles, Ph.D., on the publication of their new book, Becoming Invaluable: Develop the Willitude to Navigotiate Success. What does it mean to be invaluable? The authors suggest that it’s entirely … Continue reading
Write a Book and Rise Above the Crowd
We live and work in a business environment that is intensely competitive. Top-tier business schools churn out thousands of new graduates every year, all looking to make their mark in the corporate world. New hires fight their way up the … Continue reading
Best Selling Business and Leadership Books Often Tell Stories
If you’re thinking about writing a business book (or hiring a ghostwriter to do it for you), you might assume that you want either expository writing or persuasive writing. Expository writing is when you explain a concept or share information, … Continue reading
How Long Should My Non-Fiction Book Be? Pages? Word Count?
One of the most frequent questions my valued clients ask me is how long their book should be. This is a complex question, and the answer depends on many factors. The bottom line is this: It should be exactly as … Continue reading
“The Power of Strategic Influence” by Gary C. Laney
My valued client Gary C. Laney is experiencing tremendous success with his breakout book, The Power of Strategic Influence: 10 Success Factors of Highly Influential Leaders. With a foreword by Kevin Harrington, who rocketed to fame through his role as … Continue reading
“Higher Purpose Venture Capital” by Ron Levin
On September 13, 1970, in The New York Times, economist Milton Friedman published an article entitled, “A Friedman Doctrine: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” He began his article with a direct broadside at corporate social … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence Editing Services: The McDonald’s of Literature
Ah, the modern world! So many new technologies that make our lives easier! Some of the most interesting emerging services provide manuscript editing powered by artificial intelligence. A good example is ProWritingAid, which analyzes your text and not only flags … Continue reading
“Leading the Agile Enterprise” by Dr. Gail Ferreira
I have the pleasure to assist many wonderful authors with their book projects. I see each book in the manuscript stage, when it’s nothing more than a Word document, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point text. Then the author takes … Continue reading
The Length of Your Book: The Word Count Rules
As a professional ghostwriter and editor, a significant part of my work involves helping professionals write and publish books that will establish them as thought leaders in their fields. Lawyers, doctors, realtors, CPAs, and business consultants have found that publishing … Continue reading
Transforming an Academic Text into a Mass-Market Book: Not an Easy Task!
Academics who have written a peer-reviewed manuscript sometimes want to jump genres and have their thesis re-written into a popular book. A client once contacted me and told me that he had written a thesis on the history of the … Continue reading