This is not a book. It’s an initiation. You’re here because you love the alchemical process where your creativity and inspiration bleed onto the page. You’ve tasted the power of using letters to communicate ideas and cast spells, bewitching readers and captivating them with the powers of your mind. You’ve got a taste for it, but you want more. So you’ve sought me out, and here we are. This information took me decades to uncover, and I don’t reveal it lightly. Not every author is ready to hear the valuable lessons I’m about to share with you, but this book isn’t for them. It’s for you. Who am I? We’ll get to that later. Right now, let’s talk about you and what’s holding you back. You’re determined to improve your writing, because you respect your audience enough to give them your best work. You’re excited about the story you’re drafting, but not sure if you have the right skills to do it justice. You want to sell more books, without selling your soul or giving up the reason you started writing in the first place: that magical feeling of discovery, when the pages come alive in unpredictable ways.