THE CYBERSECURITY GHOSTWRITING SYSTEM
PHASE 1: WHY WRITE?
(Your Book’s Reason)
- Put your real thinking on the record
- Document what only you know
- Become the reference others cite
- Control how your work is framed
- Build authority outside your field
- Outlast the threat cycle
PHASE 2: DISCOVERY
(Surfacing What You Know)
You Talk
→
I Listen
→
It Takes Shape
→
I Listen
→
It Takes Shape
- Structured interview sessions
- Decisions, incidents, judgment
- The reasoning under the talking points
- The real material emerges
PHASE 3: ARCHITECTURE
(Structuring the Book)
- Argument and through-line
- Chapter sequencing
- Technical depth calibrated
- Accurate for experts, clear for the rest
- The hook and the close
Your expertise + proven craft = a book people keep
PHASE 4: CREATION
(The Division of Labor)
You: 20%The Writing King: 80%
- You: expertise, direction, review, approval
- The Writing King: structure, research, prose, polish
PHASE 5: REFINEMENT
(Accurate and Yours)
- Draft review rounds
- Your corrections integrated
- Technical detail verified
- Final approval: YOU decide
Draft
Done
PHASE 6: PUBLISH
(Optional Package)
- Publishing path guidance
- Ebook + print editions
- Distribution setup
- Launch strategy
✓ Signs You’re Ready
✓Two decades of judgment in your head
✓You started a book but stalled out
✓Your expertise lives in scattered decks
✓You want authority outside the field
✓Tired of being quoted out of context
✓Ready to invest in quality
📈 What Your Book Can Do
🎤
Speaking Slots
🪑
Board & Advisory Seats
📰
Press & Authority
🎧
Audiobook & Translations
🏆
The Reference in Your Field
🎉
A Finished Book You’re Proud Of
💎 The Investment
Priced per word
Transparent per-word pricing with monthly advance payments. The current rate is on the ghostwriting services page. Books typically run in these word-count ranges:
30K-50K words
Short Book / Focused Guide
(30,000-50,000 words)
(30,000-50,000 words)
→
60K-90K words
Standard Book
(60,000-90,000 words)
(60,000-90,000 words)
→
90K+ words
Comprehensive Work
(90,000+ words)
(90,000+ words)
Timeline: 4-8 months from kickoff to finished manuscript. You own the manuscript completely.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to ghostwrite a book?
Most books take 4 to 8 months from kickoff to finished manuscript. Length and technical complexity are the biggest factors, along with how much access I have to you for interviews. When a real deadline drives the project, a conference keynote, a product launch, or a publisher contract, shorter is possible. I’ve turned manuscripts around in 90 days when the situation called for it.
Do you understand the technical material?
Yes. I ran enterprise security for two decades and handled annual PCI compliance at Trader Joe’s, with 33 years in enterprise IT overall. I was the technical editor on Cyberheist for KnowBe4 and wrote Family Cybersecurity and Sins of the Internet. You won’t spend the engagement explaining what a threat model is, and I won’t flatten or misstate the material to make it easier to write.
Whose thinking ends up in the book, mine or yours?
Yours drives it. The expertise, the opinions, and the direction come from you. My job is to develop that into a structured, well-crafted book, handling craft-level decisions like chapter order, pacing, and prose. I write from your interviews so the voice is yours, and nothing goes in the book without your approval.
Who owns the rights to the book?
You do, completely. I’m hired to write your book, not to share in it. All rights, royalties, and intellectual property belong to you. I don’t take a byline or cover credit unless you specifically want one. This is standard professional ghostwriting practice and it’s written into the Statement of Work before any work begins.
What if I only have a partial manuscript or just an idea?
Both are fine starting points. If you have a stalled draft, a pile of articles, or old talks, I can work from existing material, fix what’s there, or rebuild from scratch. If you have only a general sense of “I should write a book,” the discovery process develops that into a clear structure. You don’t need a finished outline to start.
How does the collaboration work?
It starts with structured interview sessions over video call, recorded with your permission. From there I build an outline you approve, then write the book in stages, sending chapters for your review as the work develops. You read each one, correct the technical detail, and direct revisions, so the book never drifts away from what you mean.
Is everything we discuss confidential?
Yes. Strict NDAs are standard and confidentiality is the default. Your name is on the cover and mine is nowhere on it unless you decide otherwise. Anything sensitive you share in interviews stays between us, and we agree in advance on what does and doesn’t go in the book.
What makes you different from other ghostwriters?
Most ghostwriters don’t know your field and will flatten the technical material to get through it. I ran enterprise security for two decades, served as technical editor on Cyberheist for KnowBe4, and wrote Family Cybersecurity and Sins of the Internet. With 113+ books authored and 54+ ghostwritten, you get a writer who understands the material cold and won’t fake his way around it.
Ready to get your expertise on the page?
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