The paperwork is what protects you when a deal goes sideways. These articles cover the contracts every writer should understand: ghostwriting agreements, publishing deals, and the clauses that matter most. Boring until you need them, and then they are everything.
Contracts and AgreementsTalent is not what separates writers who get paid from writers who do not. Here is what really moves the needle, from voice and story to selling your work.
Contracts and AgreementsMemoir, business book, or exposé, if your manuscript touches your time at a former employer, you have to reckon with NDAs, non-disparagement clauses, trade secrets, and defamation. Here is what your old NDA actually restricts, what non-disparagement really prevents, what…
Co-AuthoringThe 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,…
Contracts and AgreementsSometimes the ghostwriter relationship fails, wrong voice, stalled pace, broken communication, lost trust, and a mid-project firing, while rare, happens. Here is how to tell a genuinely broken relationship from a rough patch, how to extract the work you have…
Co-AuthoringCo-author and ghostwriter are not the same deal dressed differently; they are structurally different agreements with different IP outcomes, revenue splits, and effects on a book's commercial life, and choosing wrong locks you in for years. Here is how to…
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