Archive of Write Your Ass Off, my newsletter for writers who are done making excuses. AI strategies, craft breakdowns, industry news, and the stuff nobody else will tell you. Three times a week. No fluff.
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The newsletter covers what I’m learning from writing 113+ books, ghostwriting 53+ more, and watching the publishing industry tear itself apart over AI. Some issues are tactical. Some are rants. All of them say what I actually think instead of what’s safe to say.
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Richard Lowe. 113+ books published, 53+ ghostwritten for executives and thought leaders. Creator of the AI Writer’s Library with 44+ craft handbooks. Writing professionally for over a decade, reading obsessively for 45+ years.