Yes, you can use ChatGPT to help write a book. And yes, Amazon allows it. But there’s an important distinction. If AI generates the actual text, images or translations in your book, Amazon KDP currently requires you to disclose that to Amazon when you publish. If you create the content yourself and use AI to brainstorm, refine, edit, error-check or … Read More
How to Turn Your Life Story Into a Christian Book
To write a Christian book about your life, the secret is: don’t write your whole life. Find the turning point that changed you, and build the book around what that experience can offer someone else. Your entire life may matter deeply. But your entire life does not necessarily belong in one book. Why life-story books stall Almost every woman who … Read More
How to Write a Book Fast (I Wrote My #1 Bestseller in Five Days)
The fastest way to write a book is to make the big decisions before you start typing. Speed comes from clarity. Not discipline. I wrote my #1 bestseller, Becoming a Vessel God Can Use, in five days. A couple from church lent me their cabin in the woods, and I came out with a finished manuscript. That book has sold … Read More
How to Overcome Writer’s Block (For Good)
Most writer’s block isn’t a shortage of ideas. It comes from trying to write and edit at the same time. I’ve been a professional writer for 40 years and written more than 30 books. I don’t wait for inspiration. I separate the different jobs involved in writing a book. Writing and editing are different jobs When you’re writing, your job … Read More
How to Finish Writing a Book You Keep Restarting
You’re not failing to write. You’re failing to finish. Those are different problems, and they need different fixes. Plenty of aspiring authors have worked hard on their books. They’ve prayed, studied, taken the courses, collected the notes, rewritten the opening twelve times. Effort isn’t the problem. The problem is effort with no finish line. A manuscript doesn’t become complete when … Read More