GhostwritingThe manuscript landed and the voice is wrong, the argument is yours, the structure is yours, but the prose reads like a stranger wrote it. Here is why that happens, the four root causes to diagnose before you react, and…
GhostwritingVoice mismatch is the number-one reason ghostwriting projects fail, and the questions you ask before signing decide whether the manuscript sounds like you when it lands. Here are ten questions focused narrowly on voice and style, each built to reveal…
GhostwritingMost authors who think they need full ghostwriting actually need a hybrid: ghostwriting on the chapters they cannot write, the technical, complex, or sensitive ones, and coaching on the chapters they can write but need help shaping. Here is when…
GhostwritingThe 50/50 co-author split is the lazy default and rarely correct. Four variables decide the right one: who brings the audience, who brings the substance, who does the writing, who runs the launch. Here is the math behind 50/50, 60/40,…
GhostwritingInterviewing your ghostwriter before you sign is not a formality; it is the single step that decides whether you get a great book or an expensive disappointment. I offer a free consultation to every prospect, as good ghostwriters do. Here…
GhostwritingEveryone carries a verbal fingerprint: favorite words, repeated phrases, the slang that surfaces without thought. Those are the raw materials of voice, and getting them right is what makes readers believe the client wrote the book. Miss, and every page…
GhostwritingA ghostwritten book usually takes four to eight months from the first interview. Here's the calendar view: the kickoff, the interview weeks, the outline, chapters arriving one at a time, the final read, and what slows a project down.
GhostwritingPeople ask me to ghostwrite for free more than you would believe, offering exposure, royalty splits, or a vague favor in exchange for a supposed bestseller. The answer is always no. Here is what the money actually buys, why cheap…
GhostwritingYou can buy a ghostwritten book on Fiverr for a few hundred dollars. The arithmetic of what that buys is not a secret and not a matter of opinion, and it explains what arrives. This is the buyer's side, written…
GhostwritingWhen your company pays for your ghostwritten book, ownership depends on the paperwork, not the byline. Here are the three common setups and what happens to the book if you leave.
GhostwritingA ghostwritten business book can be a deductible business expense, and a family memoir generally isn't. Here's how the treatment depends on how the book is used, and what to ask your CPA before you sign.
GhostwritingYour ghostwriting interviews hold the most private material you'll ever share. Here's where the recordings go, whether they can end up training AI, and what to ask before you sign.
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