Thriving Together: Caring for Kids and Ourselves
Stephanie Malia Krauss on her #newbook How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World https://t.co/dp09iKD6dT @Getting_Smart
Midlife Wellness Blueprint: Nutrition, Sleep, Mindfulness, Exercise
Looking for information about menopause? This book is for you. 📕 From Amazon- "Women in midlife and beyond are bombarded with multiple stressors: aging parents, children or childlessness, health issues, work, and home issues. To live a healthy and vibrant life, women must...
1926 British General Strike Lessons Echo Today
1/12 On the centennial of Britain's 1926 general strike, the FT reviews three new books that discuss and explain the events that year. I haven't read them (although I'd love to do so), but it is worth noting what those events...
AI Picks Cautionary Robot Book for Engineers
I think I need to have my AI look for great book and movie reviews. I have a stack waiting for me to read including "Decoding Robots: How to Build and Launch Robots in the Real World" by Prathamesh Khedekar. Founder...
Community Power Fuels Resilient Leadership Book Launch
@daniellemwalden’s book launch was incredible. Scratching the Surface is now on Amazon, and the audiobook is on the way. Her story is a powerful reflection of leadership, resilience, and what it takes to operate at your highest level in life. We laughed,...
Ideal Holy Week Reading for Today's
Kind of a perfect Holy Week read so far (especially in These Times ™️) https://t.co/FbjX30pJqj
Excellence Is a Continuous Process, Not a Destination
Hugh, thanks for sending me Brad's new book. It's a great coaching tool that I'll cite in Early Looks "Remember, excellence is not a destination; it's a process of becoming." @BStulberg
Signed The Lean Startup, Gearing up for Incorruptible
Someone bought The Lean Startup at @BooksIncStores in SFO today. I happened to be right there, so I signed it. Haven't done that in a while... Soon it'll be a different book to sign when Incorruptible comes out on...
Great Book Ideas Fail When Pitching Goes Wrong
I’ve heard thousands of book ideas over my 10+ years as a book editor. Some of them were brilliant. Others were so boring I forgot about them instantly. But that doesn’t mean those books were actually boring—in fact, most writers have a...
We Mistake Fluent AI for Our Own Consciousness
🔥Christof Koch says we're trading away our inner life. I think it's worse than that. We're not trading it away. We're accepting a convincing replica and forgetting there was ever a difference. The machine doesn't need to be conscious to...
Three Must‑Read Books by Women for Everyone
It’s only fitting that next up in my book series we celebrate Women’s History Month with three books that made an impact on me by women for EVERYONE. If you’re looking for something meaningful to read, I’d start with one...
Author Diary Podcast Returns, Reveals Chick Lit Preview
After a 10-month hiatus... ...The Author Diary Entries podcast is back 💁🏻♀️ Sharing the inside scoop on my upcoming why choose chick lit novel: https://www.buzzsprout.com/400015/episodes/18931757
A 25‑Year‑Old Book Predicted Modern Neurosymbolic AI
Read the book that anticipated neurosymbolic AI (which afaik underlies everything from AlphaGeometry to Claude Code) 25 years ago.
Writers Miss the Hidden Work of Marketing and Publicity
This is really true. Writers tend to have no idea about the behind the scenes stuff that marketing and publicity does.
Find Deeper Meaning: New Book Guides You and Others
Today is launch day. I wrote The Meaning of Your Life for anyone who feels like something is missing and wants to turn that feeling into something deeper. This book is a path. Not just to more meaning in your own life,...
Help Promote My Novel by Adding It Online
Folks, I get a lot of views for stuff that is not my books but this is how I pay my bills. So here's some stuff you can do to help me out: 1. Add my novel The Intrigue to...
Apply Chess Strategies to Master Life Decisions
This book is about using chess principles to make better decisions in life. Excellent read so far.
Read Every Review: Even 1‑Stars Reveal Plot Gaps
"Authors should read their reviews so they can learn from them." Okay but someone gave my first book a 1-star because they loved it all the way through but there were still loose ends by the end of the book and...
Tana French's Latest Novel Is Outstanding
In my newsletter, I'm happy to let you know that the new Tana French is excellent. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-98/
New Paperback Release: Get Good With Money + Bonus Gift
I just think it’s funny how y’all really didn’t believe me when I said I was getting a facelift. 😂 Whole time I was talking about the book sitting on my vanity… so it was “technically” true. Get Good With Money got...
Embrace Slowness, Expertise, and Magic Over Cool Trends
Some highlights from this interview: - "We need a slowness revolution in our whole culture right now." - "If you want to be a non-fiction writer, you must also become an expert in something." - "The biggest challenge for a music writer...
Productivity Isn't About Word Count, It's About Momentum
A quick word on word count goals: Setting word count goals can help you keep you writing on track, but it can also be stifling. I've seen authors beat themselves up because they set out to write 1,000 words in their session...
New Book Honors Legacy, Offers Healing Journey
💜 #PubDay I wrote this with my whole heart… and with the stories of those who came before me. Today, it’s no longer just mine. The Cost of Healing in Silence is out now. May it meet you where you are 💜
LLM Plagiarism Cases Reveal Memoir Scandal Patterns
I wrote about the author fired for LLM plagiarism in a book review and Shy Girl, and how they connect to the memoir scandal debates. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/what-memoir-scandals-tell-us-about
Earn $5K in a Struggling Industry, Prove Them Wrong
Can you make a ton of money in a struggling industry? Most will say no. But most are wrong: Dustin recently landed a $5,000 ghostwriting client. The industry?
Top 10 Books Shaping Modern Wisdom Podcast
10 Most Mentioned Books on the Modern Wisdom podcast by @ChrisWillx 1. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear 2. "1984 by George Orwell 3. "The Precipice" by Toby Ord 4. "Deep Work" by Cal Newport 5. "Superintelligence" by Nick Bostrom 6. "The Moral Animal" by Robert Wright 7....
Bob Dylan Draft Lyrics in Ginsberg Book to Fetch $53K
Draft Bob Dylan lyrics found in Allen Ginsberg book expected to fetch up to $53,000 at auction https://t.co/fQojnxDsir
Read Gahan Wilson’s Tale, Then Thank Me
Do the following: 1. Get a copy of Blood is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism edited by Ellen Datlow 2. Read “The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be“ by Gahan Wilson 3. Thank me later
Burton’s 17th‑Century Depression Cure Beats Modern Medicine
The antidote to melancholy – Robert Burton's centuries-old salve for depression, far ahead of modern medicine https://t.co/7qVhWOAfdO
Project Hail Mary Delivers Family‑Friendly Sci‑Fi Thrill
Project Hail Mary lived up to the hype. I saw it yesterday with my kids (8, 10, 12) and we all loved it. If you can read the book first, do that. It's also amazing.
Epidemics Shaped Texas History From Cabeza De Vaca
ANS: Not sure I get your point? Much of my scholarship is on the history of science and medicine, and I’ve a passion for the history of Texas. Now I’m writing a new book with @mitpress on how epidemics have...
Caroline Bicks Hails Monsters in the Archives as Process Masterpiece
MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES, Caroline Bicks: this is the best book about my process that I have ever read. I think it comes out in April of this year.
Historical Ostrogoth Lessons Echo in Trump Coin Debate
The Trump coin and lessons from the Ostrogoths by Brendan Greeley is insightful from the Financial Times. More featured on today's Chartbook Top Links in the comment below. https://t.co/8N9FCZaQoB
Writing Books Feels Like a Marathon You Keep Running
Woke up and found myself writing an outline for my 8th book. This was me sleep walking, except instead of walking I was writing a book proposal. Writing a book is like running a marathon. When I finish I say...
Can't Wait to Read This Incredibly Awesome Book
This book is going to be so fucking awesome. I can't wait to read it. https://t.co/oP5XsNa7F9
New Book “The Meaning of Your Life” Releases Tomorrow
The wait is almost over. The Meaning of Your Life is out tomorrow. Get your copy here: https://t.co/C9Wt12ovRa https://t.co/ZIvaiaW7xv
Overwhelmed by 22 Upcoming Books, Few Reviews
A thing that's stressing me out today is that there are 22 books publishing next week that I'm excited about and, like, four publications still covering books.
Cinematic Teaser Reveals “Nice Girls Do Get The Sale”
Enjoy the Cinematic Book Teaser For Nice Girls DO Get The Sale by Elinor Stutz Pre... https://t.co/tvY2BPkmYB via @YouTube
Avoid Common Buyer Mistakes That Cost Millions
21 Stupid Things (2016): "my quick book on the stupid things I’ve seen business buyers do... [that have] led to many poor outcomes: working 80 hours a week... losing hundreds of thousands of dollars or being trapped in an [unsellable]...
Five Years of Writing, Now My Book Becomes a Sub
Alright, looks like my adult upmarket novel is going out on sub. Or since it’s a very Philadelphia book, going out on hoagie. “Eric you made a sub and hoagie joke a week after the discourse, we have to drop you.”...
Top 10 Books Shaping The Knowledge Project
10 Most Mentioned Books on The Knowledge Project podcast by @shaneparrish: 1. "Poor Charlie's Almanack" by Charlie Munger 2. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear 3. "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel 4. "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert 5. "Rich Dad Poor Dad "by Robert...
Buffett Credits “Intelligent Investor” As Life‑changing Guide
Warren Buffett on the book The Intelligent Investor. "It changed my life. If I hadn't read that book in late 1949, I would have had a different future. It instantly clicked with me that what [Ben Graham] was saying made sense."
Enter to Win an Advance
Want to win an advance review copy of my upcoming novel, The Intrigue? Follow the link below, open worldwide. https://gleam.io/oCX31/the-intrigue
Our Primal Drive to Matter Fuels Courageous Living
Joshua Steinfeldt and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (@platobooktour) spoke about her new book on Joshua's "The Courageous Life" podcast: https://t.co/lrz8pOY1AR Written introduction on Spotify: "There is a primal drive that in our species alone has been transformed into one of our most...
Wasting Hours on Michael Lewis' Slop, Except Moneyball
This + Blind Side + Burry Revalations + FTX So sad how many hours I spent reading Michael Lewis slop (Moneyball still great movie though)
Discovering a Must
When @our_decay alerted me to the existence is this book knew I had to get a copy https://t.co/hDCgVQPLoC
Emily Bender’s Reviews Reveal Authentic AI, Not Techbro Hype
Thanks to Emily M. Bender for these reviews that deeply resonate and provide a reason to see Ghost in the Machine and not the techbro PR.
Unforgettable Launch Night Celebrates Danielle’s Powerful New Memoir
It was truly special to support the launch of Danielle’s new memoir, now available on Amazon. The entire experience was nothing short of phenomenal. We laughed, we moved, we cried. The food was incredible, the space was beautiful, and the...
Profit Meets Purpose: Business Success Without Soul‑Loss
What are we reading? Title: “Profit seeks Purpose - How to make money without losing your soul: A modern business fable” Author: Harland Merriam @harlandmerriam #Books #Leadership #Sales #Marketing #SocialSelling https://t.co/Lm2LHWs2ya https://t.co/UPVbK5ZpgP
Remember: Naomi Klein Is Good, Naomi Wolf Isn’t
For those trying to remember which author and activist Naomi is the good one and which is the evil one, recall the simple heuristic: Klein is Fine, Wolf is Oof