Katie

So I didn't use AI to help with the writing of the book, but one of the elements of writing a nonfiction book that I really underestimated the time that it takes is going back and creating all of your end notes and citations. So there is a lot of data in the book and most of the data comes from reports that in many cases are very long.

So I didn't use AI to help with the writing of the book, but one of the elements of writing a nonfiction book that I really underestimated the time that it takes is going back and creating all of your end notes and citations. So there is a lot of data in the book and most of the data comes from reports that in many cases are very long.

And so I had read them enough as I was writing to be like, I think this says what I think it says. I think this supports my point. But as we all know, data can be manipulated to prove pretty much any point you want. So when I went back through and I had to actually build out all the end notes and kind of beef that up a little bit, I wanted to kind of double check every single one.

And so I had read them enough as I was writing to be like, I think this says what I think it says. I think this supports my point. But as we all know, data can be manipulated to prove pretty much any point you want. So when I went back through and I had to actually build out all the end notes and kind of beef that up a little bit, I wanted to kind of double check every single one.

And so I had read them enough as I was writing to be like, I think this says what I think it says. I think this supports my point. But as we all know, data can be manipulated to prove pretty much any point you want. So when I went back through and I had to actually build out all the end notes and kind of beef that up a little bit, I wanted to kind of double check every single one.

I wanted to make sure that I had not misinterpreted anything. And when it took me six hours to do half of one chapter, I was like... okay, I am not going to be able to finish this in time. So part of what I ended up using AI for at the very, very end was helping me parse like, okay, here's the source. Here's what I think it says. Does it really say this? Is there anything that I'm missing here?

I wanted to make sure that I had not misinterpreted anything. And when it took me six hours to do half of one chapter, I was like... okay, I am not going to be able to finish this in time. So part of what I ended up using AI for at the very, very end was helping me parse like, okay, here's the source. Here's what I think it says. Does it really say this? Is there anything that I'm missing here?

I wanted to make sure that I had not misinterpreted anything. And when it took me six hours to do half of one chapter, I was like... okay, I am not going to be able to finish this in time. So part of what I ended up using AI for at the very, very end was helping me parse like, okay, here's the source. Here's what I think it says. Does it really say this? Is there anything that I'm missing here?

So I kind of would go back and forth and make sure that if there is some 60 page report that I'm taking like one little factoid out of the middle of it, help me make sure I'm understanding this correctly and that I'm not misrepresenting what this data really says. So that was toward the tail end, but yes, it was very helpful. It probably saved me 60 hours of work.

So I kind of would go back and forth and make sure that if there is some 60 page report that I'm taking like one little factoid out of the middle of it, help me make sure I'm understanding this correctly and that I'm not misrepresenting what this data really says. So that was toward the tail end, but yes, it was very helpful. It probably saved me 60 hours of work.

So I kind of would go back and forth and make sure that if there is some 60 page report that I'm taking like one little factoid out of the middle of it, help me make sure I'm understanding this correctly and that I'm not misrepresenting what this data really says. So that was toward the tail end, but yes, it was very helpful. It probably saved me 60 hours of work.

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Well, I was a little bit nervous about it because there is a lull when you publish a book. So it takes it does take years in many cases. I guess some people go faster, but I was also running money with Katie and doing other things on the side. So I this is just the kind of one thing that I was working on for the years that I was writing it.

Well, I was a little bit nervous about it because there is a lull when you publish a book. So it takes it does take years in many cases. I guess some people go faster, but I was also running money with Katie and doing other things on the side. So I this is just the kind of one thing that I was working on for the years that I was writing it.

Well, I was a little bit nervous about it because there is a lull when you publish a book. So it takes it does take years in many cases. I guess some people go faster, but I was also running money with Katie and doing other things on the side. So I this is just the kind of one thing that I was working on for the years that I was writing it.

You sell the proposal and then you spend 18 months writing and editing it. You turn in the manuscript and then it takes about six months from when you turn in the manuscript to the book actually coming out. So there's a bit of a lull. And I had been so immersed in it for the entire time that I was writing it.

You sell the proposal and then you spend 18 months writing and editing it. You turn in the manuscript and then it takes about six months from when you turn in the manuscript to the book actually coming out. So there's a bit of a lull. And I had been so immersed in it for the entire time that I was writing it.

You sell the proposal and then you spend 18 months writing and editing it. You turn in the manuscript and then it takes about six months from when you turn in the manuscript to the book actually coming out. So there's a bit of a lull. And I had been so immersed in it for the entire time that I was writing it.