From Months to Weeks — How I Wrote Dozens of Books with Wababai

30 September 2025

I’ve always been that person with a head full of ideas—books I wanted to write but never quite found the time. My first serious attempt was back in 2011 with Digital Renaissance. It started as nonfiction, morphed into a novel about AI and creativity, and took six months to finish—three to write, three to revise. All on an early iPad using iA Writer, a minimalist markdown editor.

A few years later, I wrote a book in Spanish about the future of work. Same deal: half a year. Then a memoir in 2020. Rinse, repeat. Every book took about six months, give or take. This time I was using Scrivener—great for structure, but kind of heavy and sometimes distracting with too many options.

Then came Wababai. This tool gave me markdown simplicity plus an AI assistant that actually helped. Suddenly, years of notes turned into full books in weeks, not months.

Now, I draft faster, stay focused, and explore ideas without drowning in them. What used to take half a year now takes a few weeks, once I know where I’m going.

If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a book but felt overwhelmed by the time it takes, here’s the good news: tools have evolved. You can write more—and faster—than ever before.