The Writers' Desk
AI skill cards for authors, one for every genre
22 cards, $19 each. Add the card for your genre to Claude and it knows what that genre promises its readers and how it is paced, so your draft starts on solid ground. The story stays yours.
How a card works
- Pick the card for your genre.One card, one genre: the promises readers expect from it, and the pacing that keeps them.
- Add it to Claude.It arrives as a .zip you download from My books and from your order email. Upload it to Claude as a skill.
- Write, then sell it here.When your book is finished, it can go on this shelf with its Making Label.
Fiction 10 cards
WD-01 Crime & Thriller
The Thriller Writer
A thriller promises danger that keeps rising and a clock that keeps running.
Tested in Claude on Free Tune-Up.
WD-03 Romance
The Romance Writer
A romance promises a love story at the centre and an emotionally satisfying, hopeful ending: happily ever after, or happy for now.
WD-04 Contemporary & Literary Fiction
The Literary Novelist
Literary fiction promises a person changed by pressure, seen closely.
Tested in Claude on Floodright.
WD-05 Historical Fiction
The Historical Novelist
Historical fiction promises a past that feels lived in.
Tested in Claude on The Mill at Ashworth Clough.
WD-06 Fantasy
The Fantasy Writer
Fantasy promises wonder with rules.
Tested in Claude on The Hedge-Witch's Husband.
WD-08 Horror & Gothic
The Horror Writer
Horror promises fear that grows: dread first, then terror, then a reckoning.
Tested in Claude on Hollow Run.
WD-09 Humor & Comedy
The Comic Novelist
A comic novel promises laughter that grows from character and situation.
Tested in Claude on The Great Gravy Heist.
WD-10 Adventure & Action
The Adventure Writer
Adventure promises a journey toward a goal through danger and wonder.
Young readers 4 cards
WD-11 Young Adult (ages 13–16 and up)
The Young Adult Novelist
Young adult fiction promises a teenage protagonist facing something for the first time, told with urgency and honesty.
WD-12 Middle Grade (ages 8–12)
The Middle-Grade Novelist
Middle grade promises a kid hero who solves their own problem.
Tested in Claude on The Secret of Fogwood Island.
WD-13 Chapter Books (ages 6–9)
The Chapter-Book Writer
Chapter books promise a new reader a whole book they can finish.
WD-14 Picture Books (ages 2–7)
The Picture-Book Maker
A picture book promises a story told by words and pictures together, read aloud by a grown-up to a child, again and again.
Verse and short forms 2 cards
WD-16 Short Stories & Novellas
The Short-Story Writer
A short story promises a single strong effect in a small space: one moment of change, seen clearly.
Nonfiction 5 cards
WD-17 Memoir
The Memoirist
A memoir promises a true story from one life, shaped around a question or a change.
WD-18 Self-Help & How-To
The How-To Author
A how-to or self-help book promises a result and a way to get it.
WD-19 Business
The Business Author
A business book promises an idea that changes how the reader works, and proof that it does.
WD-21 Faith & Inspiration
The Faith Writer
A book of faith or inspiration promises companionship on a question of meaning.
Learning 1 card
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What you get
- A skill file for Claude
- A .zip for Claude: idea sparks, a premise, the beat map for your genre and a plan to check your draft against.
- Yours to keep
- Download it from My books whenever you need it. One purchase, no subscription.
- Not a ghostwriter
- A card helps you plan and check. It doesn't write the book for you, and it never decides the story.
- Made with Claude
- Every card was built with Claude (AI) and checked before it went on the shelf. Public craft only.
Finished a book?
Sell it on AIBOOKS beside the house shelf, with a Making Label that says who made it and what the AI did.
Sell your book here