How did Sai Baba describe the author's role in the process of writing his life story?

Sai Baba described the author's role as being a "pretext" in the grander scheme of creating the sacred text. As detailed in Chapter 2, Baba instructed the author to dissolve his ego and surrender it completely at His feet. Upon this condition being met, Sai Baba promised that He Himself would enter with 'I-ness' and write the story with His own hand. This illustrates that the work of hearing, reflecting, and writing was not an act of the author's own intellect or creativity, but rather an act of divine will flowing through a surrendered vessel. Baba promised full assistance to one who acts this way.