Veterans Day: Preserving the Stories That Deserve to Be Told
February 11, 2026
My first ghostwriting project was my grandfather's story, a WWII POW who survived. Why veterans' memoirs matter and how ghostwriting preserves them.
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FictionWriting Good Dialogue: Psychology First, Technique Second
February 11, 2026
Most dialogue advice gets the order backward, drilling technique and hoping authenticity follows. Real dialogue starts somewhere else: understanding why people actually talk the way they do. Get that, and the rules take care of themselves. Here is the psychology-first…
WritingWriting Book Recommendations: My Actual Reference Shelf
February 11, 2026
The wall behind my desk holds books I use, not books I display. Each one earned its spot by getting pulled down mid-project, while I draft novels, ghostwrite for clients, or build handbooks. This is not a best-of list scraped…
FictionHow to Write a Novel: From Concept to Finished Manuscript
February 11, 2026
Dozens of novels sounds impossible until you see the machinery underneath: no decision fatigue, no disorganized research, no characters left half-built, no waiting on inspiration. A novel is not a mystery; it is a series of concrete problems that respond…
FictionShow Versus Tell: What It Actually Means and How to Do It
February 11, 2026
Show, don't tell gets repeated like scripture and understood like almost nothing. Said as though it is self-explanatory, it leaves writers knowing they should show but unsure how. Here is what showing actually means on the page, what telling looks…
Book CoachBook Coaching: What It Is and How It Works
February 11, 2026
Some people want a ghostwriter to do the work; others want to write the book themselves and see their own name on something they truly made. For the second group, there is coaching. With 113+ books behind me, here is…
GhostwritingYou’re Not Too Old or Too Young to Write a Book: What I See From Both Sides of the Table
February 10, 2026
At 65, with 120 published books and eight novels in progress, age has never once stopped me, yet it freezes a lot of people on both ends. The young think they need more credentials before anyone listens; the old think…
Ghostwriting6 Remarkable Aspects of a Ghostwriter’s Life
February 10, 2026
Yesterday a client stood up at an event and thanked me publicly for his book, and I got tears in my eyes, because in 54+ projects the clients who have done that fit on one hand. The recognition is rare…
FictionGhost Stories and Why We Keep Telling Them: From Fiction to Philosophy
February 10, 2026
From ancient oral traditions to modern horror, ghost stories tap the same deep nerve: the fear of death, the question of after, the suspicion that the line between living and dead is thinner than we admit. I work in this…
FictionMetaphors in Writing: When They Work and When They Fail
February 10, 2026
A sharp metaphor compresses meaning and speeds the reader up. A clumsy one halts them mid-sentence to decode it. That is the whole difference between writing that flows and writing that snags. Here is how to tell a working metaphor…
CybersecurityHow a $3,000 Scam Became My Best Storytelling Lesson
February 10, 2026
Tony stole $3,000 from me at 26, and twenty-five years later that con probably saved me thousands more when a Facebook scammer came calling. I thought I understood deception, I had worked in early computer security. Tony taught me otherwise.…
Book CoachMy Cat Chased a Lizard for Two Hours, and It’s the Best Metaphor for Writing a Book I’ve Ever Seen
February 10, 2026
My cat chased a lizard for two solid hours, pouncing and missing while it darted through the shadows, never catching it, never quitting. After 54+ ghostwriting projects, I have never seen a better picture of writing a book, the persistence,…