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Notes on writing, books, and the author's life. Three series — three angles on the same journey.

All Author's Diary Writer's Kitchen Letters to a New Writer

Writer's Kitchen

The professional side of making a book — editor, design, translation, cost. Not a how-to guide, just “here's how it went for me.”

01 How I Chose My First Editor March 10, 2026 02 Why Good Proofreading Is Almost Invisible March 24, 2026 03 The Synopsis: The Most Hated Part of the Writer's Journey March 31, 2026 04 The Island Where You Don't Have to Prove Anything: How Bali Taught Me to Write Honestly April 7, 2026 05 How I Chose My Cover and Illustration Designer April 14, 2026 06 What turned out to matter more than a beautiful cover April 21, 2026 07 Book Layout: The Work Nobody Talks About April 28, 2026 08 What Preparing a Book for Print Actually Looks Like May 5, 2026 09 What Turned Out to Be Harder — Writing the Book, or Single-Handedly Building the Team Around It May 12, 2026 10 Why a Good Translation Is Almost Co-Authorship May 26, 2026 11 How I Recorded My Own Audiobook Myself — and What Happens Next June 2, 2026 12 What to Do When Manuscript Versions Multiply on Your Desktop Like Rabbits in Spring June 9, 2026 13 Self-Publishing Is the Fastest Way to Find Your Reader June 12, 2026 14 What I Definitely Wouldn't Pay for Again Today June 16, 2026 15 How the Title of My Book Was Born June 18, 2026 16 If This Service Had Existed Earlier, I'd Have Saved Months of Work June 20, 2026 17 Why We Started Building a Helper for Authors June 22, 2026 18 A Blogger Wrote About My Book — and Sales Didn't Budge. Here's What I Learned August 19, 2026 19 How Much Should My Book Cost — and Why I Got It Wrong the First Time August 26, 2026