by Pat Iyer | Aug 26, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, Writing process
A client of mine — a consultant with twenty years of experience — sent me an outline for her book. It had an outline of 47 chapters. Forty-seven. She was drowning in ideas and felt she had to include everything. Every framework she’d ever taught, every client...
by Pat Iyer | Aug 20, 2026 | Blog, Book writing, SS, Writing process
A client came to me recently in a bind. He’d been working on his book for months, revising chapters, sending them to a publishing company, getting feedback from the editor, and saving new drafts whenever an idea struck him at midnight. By the time he reached out to...
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...
