Word up, down, sideways and way off the mark.

Wordy Worded Words looks questionable from the front to the back, and nearly every word in it is a variant of the word "word." It is a satire of crappy, wordy writing. It pokes at the flood of motivational, life coaching and success books where the quantity outweighs the quality.

Whether it's AI slop, where somebody prompts something in two minutes and has a book, or somebody writes a few chapters and then expands, or the regurgitation of older things, there's so many books out there that people use to push motivation and inspiration in place of information and intelligence.

This book is a parody. And yet at the same time, it's a horror story of how easily things can be done. It was put together in seven hours from one of my book models, popped into AI and laid out with chapters, Opening and Closing Thoughts, a Coda and one particular paragraph tucked deep in the book as an Easter egg. Yes, it's the word "word" in most places, adjusted a number of times. In my view, that's what so many people are doing, using other people's quotes to try to draw authority for themselves.

It's a joke. But in some ways, I almost hope it's an eye-opener. Look into what you're reading. Look into who you're reading. Do they have any authority? Do they have any experience? Are they holding themselves accountable to what they're sharing?

If you don't take time to vet the words and the person that wrote the words or prompted the words or plagiarized the words, you may be stuck looking at them and going nowhere. Consider looking a little closer before buying.