by Pat Iyer | Aug 14, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, Editing, SS, Writing process
A few years ago, I read a memoir by someone with a genuinely compelling story to tell, sharing the intriguing details of her husband’s involvement with underworld criminals and his unexplained death. She had a unique story. But I almost put it down after I started...
by Pat Iyer | Aug 6, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, Writing process
“Michael was reaching for his son’s pack as he started to say, ‘Good job, Son’. But he couldn’t finish his sentence as he slumped to the ground like a stone. I ran over to catch him so his head would not hit the cement. After I laid him down, I ran inside to the front...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 29, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, Business Writing
When my client hired me to help him write a business book that was part memoir and part guidance on being a leader, I envisioned a book of about 40,000 words. The project ballooned to 70,000 words before we concluded that it was best as a two-volume set. Books Have...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 22, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, Writing process
A few years ago, I sat down for what should have been a routine book coaching project with a client — a professional speaker with expertise worth sharing. She hired me as her ghostwriter. Initially, we talked about her vision for the book and the content she wanted to...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 16, 2026 | Blog, Writing Skills, Writing Style
One of my clients, who is an attorney, questioned me recently on the use of dialogue. Trained to be precise, she was uneasy when I transformed long passages of narrative into lively dialogue. Her memoir was about events that took place several years before, and she...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 9, 2026 | Blog, Book writing
I just finished a novel about momentum: John Grisham’s The Confession. A young man in Texas is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. With days left before the execution, the real killer sets out to save him — and the entire book becomes a race to...
