GhostwritingBefore I wrote books for a living, I spent 33 years in enterprise technology. What those years taught me that I use on every ghostwritten book: translating experts, running long projects, controlling scope, keeping confidences and staying calm.
FictionThe most important rule of killing a character is that the death has to be earned, and it is the rule writers break most often. Pile on the emotional score all you want; an unearned death still reads as cheap.…
PeopleIn this conversation with Fiona Mcvie, I trace the whole path: where I came from, how a career got built on words, and the unglamorous realities of professional writing and ghostwriting. Updated for current numbers, it is the full story…
GhostwritingConfidentiality is not a feature of ghostwriting; it is the foundation, and without it the whole arrangement collapses. Your name goes on the book and mine never does, but only if both sides understand exactly what that means in practice.…
ObservancesMy first ghostwriting project was my grandfather's story, a WWII POW who survived. Why veterans' memoirs matter and how ghostwriting preserves them.
FictionMost 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…
WritingThe 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…
FictionDozens 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, 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 CoachSome 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…
GhostwritingAt 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…
GhostwritingYesterday 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…
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