Bøker av Stephen Haunts

Embrace the future of writing with Using ChatGPT as a Writer's Assistant: Unlocking Creative Potential with AI.This guide delves into the revolutionary world of AI, demonstrating how the ground-breaking ChatGPT can enhance your writing process. From brainstorming fresh story ideas to crafting compelling marketing text, ChatGPT can be your dedicated companion in navigating the vast seas of creative writing. While AI can be a powerful ally, it also raises new questions about ethics, originality, and the very nature of creativity. This book not only guides you through using ChatGPT but also wrestles with these profound dilemmas. Whether you're an established author or a novice writer, this book will empower you to leverage AI in your creative journey, helping you write with greater flair, efficiency, and depth. Step into the future of writing and unlock your creative potential with AI.

On Writing Your First Novel: The Journey of a Wannabe Novelist is a must-read for any aspiring author. In this book, experienced nonfiction writer Stephen Haunts shares his journey of writing his debut novel, Diary of a Martian, and offers essential insights into how to successfully plan, write and prepare a novel for publication. From developing intriguing plots and complex characters to word processing and formatting tools, through to staying healthy and motivated as a writer, this book covers everything a first-time novelist needs to know. Whether you're just starting out or struggling to get your book off the ground, On Writing Your First Novel provides the guidance and motivation you need to turn your writing dreams into reality. Don't let the challenges and unknowns of novel writing hold you back-let this book guide you on your journey to becoming a published author.

Unlock your potential and understand how you can have an audience hanging on to your every word. Entrepreneurs and business professionals often have to pitch their products and projects to an audience - whether at a conference stage, meetup group, to VC firms or even at the office to their peers and leaders. Through this book, you will learn how to plan, rehearse, and deliver the perfect presentation for your needs. You'll review different presentation styles, how to craft and structure a talk and how to make it engaging for the audience. If you've ever wondered how you can be chosen to speak at a conference, this book will show you how and go in depth on how to craft a winning talk synopsis and proposal to stand out over the competition. You'll also examine many other details that go into giving a presentation such as face and hand gesturing, pre-performance rituals like visualization techniques, time management , addressing technical difficulties, preparing for question-and-answer sessions, gathering feedback, the differences between in person events and online talks/webinars and how to mold your presentation to the medium. Powerful Presentations will show you how to perfect your public speaking and presentation skills.What You'll LearnExplore the design and structure of presentations that retain an audience's attentionPrepare for a talk, including rehearsal, but also failure contingency planning for things like projectors, Wi-Fi, demo failure, etc.Review all of the useful tools and services available to help you develop and deliver a great presentationWho This Book Is For Professionals who want to design and deliver talks in their chosen fields of expertise, whether that be a software developer or an entrepreneur. 

If shyness is negatively impacting your life and you''re ready to break free from social awkwardness and fear, then you''ve found the right book.We''re not born knowing how to handle social situations. Social skills are developed through trial and error by interacting with others, and gradually we learn how to conform to the expectations of social life. But sometimes it''s not so easy to know what to say or how to act.Social skills are critical for success in life, but they can also be hard to come by. If you''re struggling to communicate effectively and overcome your fear, you need a guide to help you along the way. You need this book.Step by step, chapter by chapter, this book will help you learn how to let others know you''re interested in what they have to say, keep them interested in you, and achieve open and eloquent conversation. Along the way, you''ll also discover: How to keep a conversation going and avoid awkward lulls. Why eye contact is important.How to read a room or a person''s mood and determine the best way to communicate.Why laughter is essential in social situations.How to build relationships through respect and trust.Why your physical appearance matters when you''re conversing?How to end a conversation without making the other person feel unwelcome.And much, much more!Don''t let your shyness keep you from experiencing the richness of life. Social skills can be learned and refined, and they can change your life.About the AuthorStephen Haunts has been a professional software and application developer since 1996. Stephen has worked across many different industries, including computer games, online banking, retail finance, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, and insurance. Stephen is also an experienced development leader and has led, mentored, and coached teams in the delivery of many high-value, high-impact solutions. Outside of his day job, Stephen is also an experienced tech blogger who runs a popular blog called Coding in the Trenches at www.stephenhaunts.com, and he is also a training-course author for the popular online training company Pluralsight.