I'm Excited About Shani's The Alchemy of Prompting

asked me to edit his forthcoming book, The Alchemy of Prompting.

I'm a fan of his personally and professionally, so I obviously said Yes. (Or rather, Hell Yeah!)

I completed the first critical/analytical read-through today, and I'm excited about seeing it published.

(Shani said it's OK for me to comment on it here to his inner circle.)

General

I'm loving the book! (Can you tell?)
Part manifesto, part personal journey, part How To.
Short and sweet. 1 hour read.
Clear structure, sharp writing, good wisdom, practical tips, timely and topical, ...
One of my surprises: It's an original contribution to the "AI Writing" space. (Nothing new if all he had said was that AI chatbots generate good content and amplify the writer"s ability. Lots of books and articles and videos about that over the past couple years.)

Three Highlights for Me

His Focus: He applies AI to the CRAFT of writing. I haven't seen anyone else do that.
My Big Surprise + Takeaway: Mindset. He shows how writers using AI skillfully can improve as writers. This shifted my own mindset about how I view AI and want to work with AI.
My Favorite Part: Discovering Shani's own journey of how he transformed and grew as a writer through using AI to write the book.

I think the book will be relevant and appreciated by a few people here...

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I'm Excited About Shani's The Alchemy of Prompting