Book CoachingA client once delayed a memoir of his 85-year-old father for six months. The day he finally committed, his father had a heart attack. He survived, and the book happened, but it nearly did not. Here is why the right…
Authority Through AuthorshipA ghostwriter with 54 completed projects and 113+ published books on what the profession looks like from the inside. March 1-7 is National Ghostwriters Week.
Book ProposalA book proposal is not a summary of your book; it is a business case arguing that the book will sell, the readers are real, and you are the one to write it, the document that lands a traditional deal.…
Becoming a GhostwriterI once wrote 25,000 words for $1,000 at a ghostwriting shop. In this interview I walk through how I went from there to a full-time ghostwriting practice, from the confidence to raise rates to the business decisions that made it…
Becoming a GhostwriterRight now someone is watching a webinar promising a six-figure ghostwriting career, run by a presenter who got rich selling courses, not writing books, and the certification costs thousands. After 54+ client books and 113+ of my own, I can…
Business BooksYou built the company, lived the story, earned the expertise. You also know you are never going to write the book yourself, and that is not a failure; it is a clear-eyed read on your time. Here is exactly what…
For Executives & ProfessionalsMost ghostwriters come from journalism or creative writing. I come from 33 years inside the technology industry. When your book touches systems architecture, cybersecurity, or data infrastructure, you should not have to translate it for your writer. Here is what…
Authority Through AuthorshipOne month after my blog went live, it landed me a $15,000 ghostwriting project, and that was the moment I understood what a blog could do for a service business. This interview, updated for current pricing, tells the full story…
Book CoachingMost of what you pay a ghostwriter for happens before a chapter reaches you: interviews, transcripts and summaries, research, structure, drafting, revisions and months of project management. Here's where the money goes, stage by stage, and what gets skipped when…
GhostwritingPeople assume that writing 10,000 words a day means I never procrastinate. They are wrong. I have stalled on chapters and dodged manuscripts I knew would be hard. The difference is not that I avoid the pull; it is what…
GhostwritingIt took me decades and 113+ books to learn the lesson that changed how I write: stop overthinking. The worst thing I can do starting a project is construct it intellectually before I feel my way in. Here is why…
Book CoachingSome clients hire me to write the whole book; others want to write it themselves and just need someone who has done it before walking beside them. That second path is coaching. Here is what it actually looks like session…
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