Maybe telling the truth is the most revolutionary thing we can do

My novel was recently nominated for a women’s fiction award, which honestly came as a lovely surprise.

Not because I don’t believe in the book. But because I never actually set out to write an “award-winning” novel.

If anything, I tried very hard to make it LESS literary. Less polished. Less concerned with sounding impressive.

Instead, I tried to tell the most honest, truthful story that I could tell at the time.

And the fact that that seems to be what resonated most — with readers, with reviewers, and now with judges — has made me reflect on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately.

Especially in the age of AI.

Because we are entering a strange era where content is becoming infinite:

Books. Posts. Newsletters. Videos. Articles. Opinions. Commentary. Everywhere. All the time.

And increasingly, much of it is starting to sound the same. Which I think is why so many people are craving something else now. Not more content, but more humanity.

Specificity.

Meaning.

That’s harder. And riskier.

And I think this applies to a lot more than books:

Leadership.
Communication.
Business.
Speaking.
Art itself.

Perhaps in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, optimization, and AI-generated content…

telling the truth is one of the most revolutionary things we can do.