LeadershipNat Glover's memoir of growing up in segregated Jacksonville, joining the police department that once refused to protect him, and becoming the first Black sheriff elected in Florida since Reconstruction. It's also one of the few books written by a…
DefamationWhen a book uses real names, everyone who helped publish it can be sued, from the author to the ghostwriter to the publisher. Here is how the dead, the living and celebrity estates differ, and how to settle the risk…
HealingWriting a memoir can wear you down physically and emotionally, even decades after the events. A client who had to stop three chapters in, my own experience, and how to protect yourself.
FamilyAlmost every memoir writer is afraid of being judged. I mailed a 2,000-page autobiography to twelve relatives and my father told them all to burn it. Here's what I learned about writing the truth anyway.
FamilyIf you're an adult, publishing your ghostwritten memoir is your decision. The question is how much of a family blow-up you can take, and how a ghostwriter can reduce the legal and personal damage.
Hiring a GhostwriterA musician's memoir is just another memoir, with two traps: the people still around to read it, and lyrics you don't control anymore. A ghostwriter who knows memoir handles both.
Hiring a GhostwriterA pilot's memoir is just another memoir, except that other pilots will read it and catch every wrong radio call. A ghostwriter who learns your aircraft and a chapter-by-chapter accuracy review keep the book credible.
Ghostwriting ConfidentialityA whistleblower memoir is just another memoir, with far more legal exposure. Talk to an employment lawyer about NDAs, pending cases and your protections before the first interview, then tell the story fairly.
Book ReviewsDeanna Bennett's memoir of the first year after her husband Tom died, holiday by holiday, from the depths of sorrow to the start of a new life. A tribute and a review.
Book ReviewsThe memoir Helen Dragunas began and her daughter Deanna Bennett finished: growing up the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants through the 1920s and the Depression, and what happened to the real Anna. A tribute and a review.
FamilyYou can hire a ghostwriter to write your mother's or father's life story in their own voice. Start while they can still sit for the interviews. How it works, what moves the price, and how siblings can share it.
DefamationA ghostwriter can turn your life story into a novel, starting with the same interviews as a memoir and then changing names, places and timelines to build a plot. How to choose between memoir and novel, and what fiction does…
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