Years ago I gave a cybersecurity talk at the Palm Harbor library, and two people showed up. I think they felt a little sorry for me. They asked good questions anyway, and I had a fine time. You take the room you’re given. I’m Richard Lowe, a ghostwriter based just down the road in Safety Harbor, and I’ve been in and out of Palm Harbor’s libraries and critique groups for years. I’ve authored 113+ books under my own name and ghostwritten 54+ more.
Why hire a ghostwriter in Palm Harbor?
Because I already know the place. Historic Downtown Palm Harbor packs more food, brew and good company into a few blocks than almost anywhere in the county. Stilt House and de Bine sit right off the Pinellas Trail, and the trail runs more than thirty miles up the coast. I’m a photographer as well as a writer, and between the trail, the water and the light, north Pinellas keeps a camera busy.
The libraries up here are part of my routine. I’ve spent years around a table in critique meetings, working through other people’s manuscripts line by line, and that’s the same muscle a ghostwriter uses every day. On September 20, 2016, I was one of the featured authors at the East Lake Community Library Authors Showcase, with my book Safe Computing is Like Safe Sex.
Who was Deanna Bennett of Palm Harbor?
Deanna J. Bennett (1945-2023) was a Palm Harbor author, and I knew her through the East Lake Writers’ Workshop, the critique group she founded in 2004 and ran for years. She wrote the Anna Immigration Trilogy, Anna: Going to America, Anna: American Journey and Anna: American Dream, historical fiction following a fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl through Ellis Island in 1914, inspired by her own grandmother. She also hosted a long-running author talk series at the East Lake Community Library, giving other writers a room and an audience.
She’s missed, and her books are worth reading. I wrote more about her on her tribute page, and her family’s memorial is at Curlew Hills. She took her grandmother’s story and made three books out of it. Most families never get even one.
“It was a great pleasure to work with Richard on the documentation to support our efforts to implement NIST-CSF. His depth of technical experience, and obvious writing skills made the work effortless.”
Sixto Bernal
How would a Palm Harbor book project work?
We start with a free call, and then lunch if you want it, at Poblanos Mexican Grill (2451 N McMullen Booth Rd, Clearwater; book a free call to set it up) or the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa. Both are a short drive south. Working sessions happen in a reserved room at the Safety Harbor Public Library, or by phone, and I record every one. You get a written summary after each session and chapters one at a time as they’re finished. Most memoirs take four to eight months. See how a ghostwriting project works for the details.
Can we meet in person in Palm Harbor?
Yes. Palm Harbor’s close enough that in person is easy, and a lot of my local clients want it that way. If getting out is hard, I’ll come to your home, and home visits add my travel time and expenses, agreed before we start. Phone works just as well if you’d like to skip the drive entirely. Phone sessions get recorded too.
Can a Palm Harbor ghostwriter handle a technical book?
Yes. North Pinellas has plenty of engineers and business owners with technical stories. I spent 33 years in enterprise IT, 20 of them as Director of Computer Operations and Technical Services at Trader Joe’s. The vocabulary comes with me. The reasoning is in why technical books need a ghostwriter who gets tech.
What does Palm Harbor give a writer?
I wrote about the East Lake Community Library and the room where Deanna’s group met. There’s the antiquarian bookshop in Ozona, a few minutes away. If you want a group of your own, there’s how to find one worth sitting in, and once the book’s finished, how to get it onto Pinellas library shelves.
The rest of north Pinellas and the bay is in my Writing in Tampa Bay hub, with libraries, bookstores and writing groups.
Frequently asked questions about working with a Palm Harbor ghostwriter
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Palm Harbor’s the north end of my local work. You might also be looking at Safety Harbor, just south, Clearwater, the wider Pinellas County area, or ghostwriting across Florida.
How do you start a book with a Palm Harbor ghostwriter?
Book a free call below. Tell me about the book. If someone else would suit it better, I’ll say so. If you’d like to see my writing on your own material first, the Book Discovery Intensive ends with a sample chapter in your voice.
Deanna wrote her grandmother’s story down, and a century later people are still reading about that girl at Ellis Island. Somebody in your family’s waiting on yours. Book the call.
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