For Executives & ProfessionalsFebruary 10, 2026
Why pay so much when they are just typing up my ideas? It is the most common assumption about ghostwriting, and the most wrong. The work is research, fact-checking, voice matching, mid-project pivots, and relentless collaboration, not transcription. After 54+…
Becoming a GhostwriterFebruary 9, 2026
Getting paid to write is harder than it should be, but hard is not impossible. The writers who earn well are rarely the most talented, they are the ones who treat writing as a business. Here is what that actually…
Author BusinessMarch 21, 2019
The March 21, 2019 Voice America interview: ghostwriting as method acting across six to twelve simultaneous voices, 50-cents-a-word pricing with 25 percent down, why one keynote pays the book back, the process from free consultation to handshake termination, and why…
Career StoryFebruary 27, 2018
Sage the Poet hosts Richard Lowe for a full interview hour on ghostwriting: the childhood Asimov dream, the leap from Trader Joe's, market research before writing, contract clauses that protect the writer, scope creep, revision limits, rates, pen names, plagiarism,…
GhostwritingDecember 1, 2016
Joel Helfer hosts Richard Lowe on Main Street Mavericks: LinkedIn headlines and keywords, outreach without the shoved business card, know-like-trust marketing, who owns your smart car's data, real ghostwriting rates, and the credibility economics of a business book.
Author BusinessOctober 28, 2015
The October 28, 2015 live presentation: why businesses buy books, the Afghani memoir story in its earliest telling, the ghostwriter as project manager, work-for-hire ownership, phased 25 percent payments with a re-quote, the amateur-newbie-or-desperate pricing rule, the $50 tattoo lesson,…
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