GhostwritingAt seventeen I wrote my grandfather's story, a Navy man captured when the Philippines fell, four years in a Japanese POW camp, and it set the course for everything that followed. A ghostwriter captures a person's voice, legacy, and impact,…
GhostwritingIf you are weighing whether hiring a ghostwriter is somehow illegitimate, history settles it: the practice predates the printing press. It has produced some of the most influential books and speeches ever written. Here is the full story, from ancient…
Book CoachingYou want a book; now choose the path. It comes down to time, money, and how much of the writing you actually want to do yourself. Ghostwriting, coaching, and going it alone each deliver a different result on a different…
AI WritingMichele paid a ghostwriting agency for a bestseller package and got back something unrecognizable, wrong voice, full of errors, clearly produced by someone who never read her draft. An assembly line, not a ghostwriter. Cheap quotes, stolen bios, and bestseller…
DialogueNorth America's comic and graphic novel market tops $2 billion a year, and creators are noticing it reaches readers traditional books never will. But a comic script is not prose, it needs visual pacing, tight dialogue, panel structure, and most…
Authority Through AuthorshipA book opens doors, names you the expert, and separates you from competitors, but the process can swamp you, which is where a ghostwriter earns their fee, carrying it from concept to finished manuscript. Here is the real math on…
GhostwritingHiring a ghostwriter is a smart decision, but it is not like hiring a contractor and walking away. The best books come from clients who know how to stay involved without getting in the way. Here is how to support…
For Executives & ProfessionalsWhy 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+…
Hiring a GhostwriterMy grandfather never spoke about the war, three years a prisoner, marched through Manila, held in Japanese camps, not at dinner, not when asked directly. It stayed locked inside for decades, until one day I asked the right question and…
GhostwritingThe creative side of ghostwriting gets all the attention, but the projects that go smoothly are the ones where the business was settled before the first interview. Scope, payment, expectations: get those clear up front and everything else works. Here…
GhostwritingA holiday poem in the spirit of Clement Clarke Moore, rewritten for the author with a book trapped inside them and the ghostwriter who shows up to coax it out. It is light seasonal reading, but the relief running through…
Hiring a GhostwriterMost failed manuscripts are not badly written; they are badly built. The prose is fine and the ideas are interesting, but the thing wanders, doubles back, and buries its best material until the reader quits around page sixty. Structure separates…
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