I use Apple Pages for all my writing, but I was cautious about using Pages with Apple Intelligence. Checking grammar, spelling, and punctuation is an important part of my workflow, but I’m usually reluctant to use AI tools for the task. However, I was curious to see if Apple’s built-in approach, like the Apple dictionary…
Pen name privacy is often seen as a digital mask, but a name alone isn’t enough to protect your true identity. Every article you publish can drop “invisible breadcrumbs,” from hidden image metadata to innocent anecdotes that can lead readers straight to your door. If you aren’t actively protecting your digital footprint, your professional firewall…
Pen Name Privacy: How To Cover Your Digital Footprints Read More »
If you’re a self-published author, you might be asking yourself: “Has AI stolen my book?” With AI and large language models (LLMs) everywhere, it’s natural to worry that your hard work could be used without your consent. Here’s the quick answer to your question. It’s highly unlikely that your book has been copied and used…
My number one tip for new writers is to think about using more sentence structure variations. If too many sentences look and sound the same or similar, the quick cure is to use more variety in how you write your sentences. The best part is that it’s a quick and easy fix for any form…
10 Easy Sentence Structure Variations For New Writers Read More »
Should I keep my blog despite AI and Google decimating my organic traffic and income? Would I let over one million of my words bite the dust? Could I use a third-party platform to reduce or even eliminate my costs? These are just a few of the questions that have been racing through my mind…
Every writer experiences invisible repetition in writing because it is subtle and often structural. It is easy to spot repeated vocabulary or tic words during a quick edit using a simple “Find” search. However, at a deeper level, repetition can occur in sentence structures or grammatical patterns, which are not as easy to detect. This…
Invisible Repetition In Writing And How To Find And Fix It Read More »
Have you noticed book title keyword stuffing when searching for a new book or ebook on Amazon? It’s getting harder to miss. If you’re not sure what stuffing looks like, here’s a perfect example. “My Million Dollar Experiment: The World’s Largest Metaphysical Money Experiment—Where Mindset, Intuition, and a Million-Dollar Plan Helped 1 in 268 Participants…
Why Book Title Keyword Stuffing Is Everywhere On Amazon Read More »
AI assistants are tools, not people. Because they are so conversational, it’s easy to think of them as a friend or coworker. You might even imagine a personality, a voice, or a gender. It’s harmless fun at first, but it can affect the way you make decisions about your writing based on what an AI…
Are you using words by habit in your writing? If the answer is yes, you’re in good company, and you’re being honest. Almost every writer does it. I’m guilty of the crime and often catch myself using the word often way too often. I sometimes remember, but frequently forget to change or remove my pesky…
Trying to figure out how to promote your writing now isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. That’s because online discovery has changed more in the last few years than in the decades before. The arrival of ChatGPT and other AI tools was a clear turning point for writers and authors. Almost overnight, anyone…
