Okay so you wanna write your autobiography but you’re staring at a blank page wondering where the hell to start, right? I’ve helped like dozens of authors format their memoirs for KDP and honestly the biggest mistake people make is thinking they need to tell EVERYTHING from birth to yesterday in chronological order. That’s gonna […]

Okay so I just redesigned like 30 ebook covers last month and here’s what actually matters for digital-first design – and I mean covers that people see on their phones first, not in some bookstore. The biggest mistake everyone makes is designing for print dimensions. Your cover is gonna be viewed at 120 pixels wide […]

Okay so manuscript formatting is one of those things that seems super complicated but honestly once you get the template set up you never think about it again, and I’ve formatted like 200+ manuscripts at this point so let me just walk through exactly what publishers and agents actually want to see. First thing – […]

Okay so I just wrapped up a program booklet project for a client last week and honestly the template structure matters way more than people think. Most folks just grab whatever looks pretty on Canva but then wonder why their print files get rejected or the margins look weird. First thing you gotta understand is […]

Okay so I’ve been testing novel planning templates for the past couple months and honestly there’s way more options than you’d think, some amazing and some absolute garbage that’ll waste your time. The thing nobody tells you is that the best template depends completely on whether you’re a plotter or a pantser, and like… most […]

Okay so workbook templates are honestly where I make a stupid amount of passive income and nobody talks about the format variations enough. Like everyone’s obsessed with journals and planners but workbooks? Different beast entirely. The main thing you gotta understand is educational workbooks fall into like 5-6 core formats and each one performs differently […]

Okay so I just spent like three weeks testing different online recipe book templates because one of my clients wanted to pivot from journals to cookbooks and honestly the whole digital cookbook space is kinda wild right now. The Format Thing Nobody Talks About First thing you gotta understand is that online recipe books aren’t […]

Okay so copyright pages are honestly one of those things most self-publishers overthink but like… you actually do need one because it’s got some legal stuff that protects you and also just makes your book look professional. I’ve published over 200 books and my early ones had these super basic copyright pages that were basically […]

Okay so I just redesigned like fifteen reading tracker templates last month and here’s what actually works versus what people THINK they want. The Basic Structure Nobody Gets Right Most people start with this massive complicated spread that tracks everything and it’s just… look, readers abandon those in like three days. I tested this with […]

Okay so I just finished testing like five different cookbook template approaches last week and here’s what actually works for family recipe books without making yourself crazy. The biggest mistake people make is they start designing this elaborate thing in Canva or Word and then realize halfway through they have no consistent layout. You need […]