Live online course · 14 days

Write your bookin 14 days

Your whole book, written in fourteen days. Your ideas, your stories and your own tone, with AI doing the heavy lifting and you deciding every word.

When

Before the new year

Duration

14 days, 7 live sessions

Where

Live online, every session recorded

Price

Shared with the waiting list first

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Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen
Dr. Maheshika HalbeisenCommercial strategist · AI builder · Founder

Live online course: your book, written, in fourteen days

Most people who say they have a book in them never write it. Not because they lack the ideas, but because a blank page and a year of evenings is too much to ask of a busy professional.

AI has changed the maths. Over two weeks you map the book, capture your voice so the writing sounds like you and nobody else, then draft every chapter from your own ideas and stories. Seven sessions are live with me; the days between are for writing. By day fourteen the whole book is written, and you know exactly what happens next.

The fish and the rod

You leave with the result. And the skill to do it again.

“Give someone a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach them to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.”

An old proverb

What you leave with, by day 14

The fish

  • Your whole book written, every chapter, start to finish
  • In your tone, from your ideas and your stories
  • A working title and subtitle that say what it is
  • An introduction that makes people keep reading
  • A clear plan for the edit, the cover and publishing

What you can do again without me

The rod

  • A voice guide that makes AI write like you, for any future writing
  • Turn a talk, a workshop or a client story into a chapter
  • Edit an AI draft until it sounds like you and nobody else
  • Write the next book, or the second edition, without me

This course is for you, if…

You have a book in you and never started

You know the subject, you have the stories, and people keep telling you to write it down. These are the two weeks you do.

You want a book as your calling card

A book on your subject says expert before you say a word. It gives talks, clients and media a reason to find you that a CV never will.

You started a book and it stalled

Three chapters in a folder somewhere, last touched years ago. Bring them. We finish it.

Don’t just plan a book. Write it, live.

Every session is a writing session. I show the next step, you write, and I look at what you have written while you are in the room. It is designed so that by day fourteen every chapter is written.

Every session is recorded.

Miss a day, or want to go over a step again? The recordings are yours to keep, so nobody falls behind.

About the course

The method

Map it, capture your voice, draft with AI, make it yours. Every chapter starts from your ideas and your stories, never from a blank prompt.

Live writing sessions

Seven live sessions across two weeks, with writing days in between. You write in the sessions and between them, and your pages get looked at while you are still writing.

The finish line

By day fourteen your whole book is written, with a title, an introduction and an ending, and you know exactly what comes next.

Your instructor

Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen

Commercial strategist · AI builder · Founder

  • Award-winning author of The Job Well Done, winner of the BOOKFEST, Literary Titans and Goody Book Awards, and a Business Book Awards finalist.
  • Built Royal Author a platform for authors, for everything that comes after the book.
  • Keynote speaker on the subject of my own book, to professional audiences in the UK and abroad.
  • PhD in Chemistry and an Executive MBA
“Dr. Halbeisen backs her content with outstanding and meaningful life experience: she walks the talk.”On her speaking: Sriyani Liyanaarachchi, Conference and Seminars Committee, Association of Accounting Technicians, Sri Lanka

More about me →

Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen
Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen holding her book, The Job Well Done

The book I wrote

I have written the book. Now I will help you write yours.

The Job Well Done is my leadership study of Queen Elizabeth II: nine principles drawn from seventy years of leadership, published in paperback, hardcover, large print and Kindle.

  • Winner BOOKFEST, Business Leadership, 2023
  • Winner Literary Titans Book Awards, 2024
  • Winner Goody Book Awards, Leadership, 2024
  • Finalist Business Book Awards, 2024

See the book ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Syllabus

14 days. 7 live sessions. One finished result.

Session01

The book in one sentence

Who it is for, what changes for them, and the chapter map that gets them there.

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  • The promise of your book in one sentence
  • The one reader you are writing for
  • A working title and subtitle
  • The chapter map: every chapter in one line
  • Your stories bank: the examples only you have

Before the next sessionFinish your chapter map and list ten stories you could tell.

Session02

Your voice, captured

We make AI write like you, not like everyone else.

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  • Recording yourself talking through a chapter
  • Your voice guide, built from how you actually speak and write
  • Words you use, and words you would never use
  • Testing the voice until it sounds right

Before the next sessionFinish your voice guide and draft your first chapter.

Session03

Writing days: the opening chapters

The drafting method: talk it, draft it with AI, then make it yours.

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  • Talking a chapter out before writing it
  • Drafting with AI from your notes and stories
  • The edit that puts you back in
  • Keeping chapters the right length

Before the next sessionFinish your opening chapters.

Session04

Writing days: the heart of the book

The middle chapters, where your frameworks and stories do the work.

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  • Turning your method into clear steps
  • Stories and examples that make it real
  • Keeping the tone steady across chapters
  • When to cut, and what to cut

Before the next sessionFinish the middle chapters.

Session05

Writing days: the rest of the chapters

Every remaining chapter drafted, in your voice.

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  • Pace: finishing what is left
  • Chapters from talks, workshops and client stories
  • Checking the book still keeps its promise
  • Getting unstuck on the hard chapter

Before the next sessionFinish every remaining chapter.

Session06

The introduction and the ending

The two parts readers judge a book by.

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  • An introduction that makes people keep reading
  • An ending that leaves them with something to do
  • The read-through: one voice from start to finish
  • Fixing repetition and gaps

Before the next sessionFinish your introduction and your ending.

Session07

Finished, and what comes next

Your book is written. Now the route from manuscript to published book.

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  • Final title and subtitle
  • Editing and proofreading: what to do yourself and what to pay for
  • Cover, formatting and self-publishing or a publisher
  • Turning the book into talks, clients and next projects

After the courseSend your finished manuscript to your first reader.

What you need

  • A laptop or desktop. This is a writing fortnight.
  • About two hours a day for fourteen days, including the live sessions. It is an intense fortnight, and that is the point.
  • An idea for a non-fiction book business, expertise, leadership or a story that teaches something. This course is not for fiction.
  • Your stories and notes talks, articles, client stories, old drafts. Anything you have is raw material.
  • An AI assistant I show you which ones work for this and how to set them up. A paid plan helps and is not required.

Questions

Is it really my book, or the AI’s?

Yours. Your ideas, your stories, your tone. AI helps you get words onto the page faster; you decide every word that stays. The voice work in session two is what makes it sound like you and nobody else.

How long will the book be?

A practical non-fiction book of this kind usually runs to somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 words. Yours will be the length your subject needs, and we map that in the first session.

Is it ready to publish on day fourteen?

It is written, every chapter, start to finish. Before you publish you will still want a professional edit and proofread, a cover and formatting, and the last session shows you exactly how to do each. Royal Author (opens in a new tab), a platform I built for authors, can help with what comes after.

I am not a writer

You do not need to be. This course is built for experts, not writers. If you can explain your subject out loud, you can write this book.

When does it run, and what does it cost?

Before the new year. The dates and the price go to the waiting list first, before they appear anywhere else. Joining costs nothing, and it is the first place you will hear.

What if I miss a session?

Every session is recorded and the recordings are yours to keep, so you can catch up in your own time.

Why live, and not a video course?

Because a recorded course is easy to buy and easy to abandon. Live, with a deadline and someone looking at your work, you finish.

What if it is not for me?

Come to the first session. If it is not for you, ask for a refund before the second one and you get every penny back. The details are in the refund policy.

Join the waiting list

Before the new year. The dates and the price go to the waiting list first, and joining costs nothing.

Write Your Book in 14 Days. 14 days, 7 live sessions, and a finished result at the end.

  • Seven live writing sessions across two weeks
  • Writing days in between, with your pages looked at in the next session
  • Every session recorded, yours to keep
  • Your voice guide, so AI writes like you
  • Your whole book written, every chapter, by day fourteen

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