I’ve been doing experiments with AI for a while now. I’ve done numerous meetups and sessions online about how AI can be a useful tool for writers. If you’re interested in learning more about ChatGPT, Canva, OpenAI, Quillbot and more join me in my other sessions. …

Chasing Himalayan Dreams - Never too late to fulfil a dream Watch Chasing Himalayan Dreams - Never too late to fulfil a dream via @adilovideoadilo.bigcommand.com Transcipt Summary You fulfil it by taking the first step — by walking! Chasing Himalayan Dreams takes you off to a part of the Himalayas that you might not be familiar with, a ridge overseeing a mountain called Kanchenjunga. It had been a dream of mine for 40 years to complete this trek…

Happy Valentine’s Day Books! These books are in search of any author — is it you? This year, I’m finishing two books, my latest hiking book about my Camino, and my historical fiction book. That came about because I love historical fiction, but there was no, or very little historical fiction about lands and…

I know everyone’s going crazy over ChatGPT, and if you don’t want to know about it, that’s okay. However, I’ve been having great fun playing with artificial intelligence and similar resources for nearly a year now. I’ve mainly been using it for art because I am a writer, not an…

Recently a favourite Camino author, Joanna Penn, shared a blog on how she chose her cover for her book. It was excellent, and very much in sync of how I believe we should research book covers that attract the right readers, and, how sometimes, you should follow your intuition too…

Scraping in through the Door of Mercy What is the Door of Mercy? The Door of Mercy is a door to the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela that is only open in a Holy Year. In Santiago, a Holy year is when the Saint’s Feast day, July 25th, falls on a Sunday. That happened in 2021, however, the Pope declared that it would…

How to be a Pilgrim on the Camino (and at Home) The Eight + 1 Things you Need to Know to Feed your Pilgrim Soul What makes a successful pilgrimage isn’t distance traveled but commitment to the journey itself, and you can do this with me, whether you are walking on the Way or at home. Hear the call and respond

It is never too early to establish your author brand. Get professional covers and graphics One thing that can destroy your brand is amateurish covers and graphics. While you can use Some tools, like Canva, for other graphics like your posts in social media or your emails always use a book cover professional for your…

An Idea and Outline for Your Book Today Spend some time brainstorming. You can try just drawing out a mind-map but first you need a main idea for your book, and an outline that shows each chapter, and a bulleted list for each chapter.