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The Modern Authors Playbook
The Modern Authors Playbook
The Accidental Book That Became a Playbook
By the time I published The Modern Author's Playbook, my 14th book, I had already hit saturation when it came to social media and book promotion. The noise, the endless push for visibility, the constant pressure to "stay relevant" — it had all reached a point where I simply didn't want to play the game anymore.
Ironically, it was at that very moment that I began writing a book about the game itself — about the realities of writing, publishing, and navigating the modern author's journey.
What became The Modern Author's Playbook wasn't originally meant to be a book at all. It started as a favour — a single email to help an aspiring author who had sent me her first chapter and asked for guidance on writing, publishing, and marketing. I did what I normally do: outlined a set of topics, arranged them into logical steps, and added key insights based on my experience.
That "one email" grew — and kept growing.
Before I knew it, I had built a complete, structured guide. Two months later, the manuscript was done. But in reality, it had taken me eight years to write — eight years of learning, experimenting, failing, refining, and observing the publishing landscape from the inside.
At first, I intended to release it only as an e-book — mostly because of its concise word count. But fate intervened at the Canada Literature Festival in Mississauga, where someone convinced me to publish it in print as well. I'm glad I listened.
Today, the playbook has crossed 900 copies across platforms and continues to find new readers. And the best part? It still feels authentic, unforced, and honest — because it began with the purest intent: to help one writer.
From a single email to a full-fledged guide, The Modern Author's Playbook has become a compact compass for writers navigating today's publishing landscape. It holds eight years of lessons, missteps, breakthroughs, and industry realities — distilled into something simple, practical, and usable.
I couldn't be more pleased with the result.
Sometimes the projects we don't plan turn out to be the most meaningful.
