Field notes from authors writing with AI
Practical guides, honest tool roundups and craft essays for the indie author using AI to publish faster without sounding like a robot.
How to Write a Novel with AI in 2026: A Complete 8-Step Guide
The 8-step workflow bestselling indie authors use to plan, draft, cover-design and publish a novel with AI — without producing generic “AI slop.”
AI Book Cover Prompts: 12 Templates That Actually Sell
Twelve battle-tested prompt templates for generating book covers with Gemini Nano Banana and Midjourney — organized by genre, with the exact words to use and the words to avoid.
KDP Keyword Research for AI-Written Books (2026 Playbook)
The keyword workflow indie authors use to find categories, seven-slot keywords, and long-tail search phrases that convert on Amazon KDP.
Writing a First Chapter That Actually Hooks (with AI or without)
The five moves every strong opening chapter makes, illustrated with real examples, and how to ask an AI to do them without producing generic setup.
The Best AI Writing Tools for Authors in 2026
A shortlist of the AI writing tools worth paying for in 2026, honestly compared — with the specific job each one is best at.
Voice-Matched AI Writing: How to Make Chapters Sound Like You
How voice training actually works, how much sample text you really need, and the three edits that separate voice-matched AI prose from generic AI prose.