Can I Trust My Ghostwriter With What I Tell Them?
A professional ghostwriter hears secrets for a living and keeps them. Here's what happens to what you share, what stays off the record, and how to test a ghostwriter's discretion first.
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GhostwritingWhat Do I Do If I Cry During a Ghostwriting Session?
People cry in ghostwriting interviews all the time, and it usually means you've reached the part of your story that matters most. Here's what a good ghostwriter does, and how to stay in control of the pace.
Contracts and AgreementsCan My Ghostwriter Write a Book About My Ex, My Boss or My Old Company?
A ghostwriter can help you write about your ex, your old boss or your former company, but the agreements you've signed and defamation law set the limits. Here's how to tell the truth without walking into a lawsuit.
GriefBehind the Book: Buttercup
I spent almost twenty years unable to write about my marriage to Claudia. The book only worked once I stopped telling it and let Buttercup, our cat, tell it instead.
DefamationShould I Hire a Ghostwriter to Write a Revenge Memoir?
Wanting to get even with a book is human, and the anger is often justified. Revenge memoirs still backfire. Here's how to turn a betrayal into a book readers trust.
Book MarketingYou Have Eleven Hours of Audio. Now What?
You recorded the interviews. That was the part with a deadline on it. What you have now is eleven hours of somebody talking, and it will not become a book by sitting on a drive. Transcribe, index, find the spine,…
GhostwritingCan My Ghostwriter Write a Screenplay?
Some ghostwriters write screenplays, but for most people with a cinematic story, the book comes first. Here's why, how books get optioned, and what to settle before anyone talks about a movie.
GhostwritingHow Do Athletes Work With a Ghostwriter on a Sports Memoir?
Most athletes who publish memoirs work with a ghostwriter. Here's how it fits around a season, when to start, what to check in your contracts, and how the book ends up sounding like you.
Book MarketingFour Hundred Photographs and No Book
Four hundred photographs is not a book and it is not a slideshow. A photograph book needs a spine, twenty to forty images doing real work, and text that says what the picture cannot. The common failure is publishing all…
GhostwritingCan a Ghostwriter Write My Memoir Under a Pen Name?
A ghostwriter can write your memoir under a pen name, and many people use one to tell a painful or risky story. Here's what a pen name protects, what it doesn't, and how to disguise the details that could give…
GhostwritingCan a Ghostwriter Help Me Write About Losing My Spouse or Child?
A ghostwriter can help you write about losing a spouse or child, at your pace, with the person you lost at the center. Here's how grief memoirs are written, from someone who's lived it.
GhostwritingCan a Ghostwriter Finish My Memoir Before I Die?
A ghostwriter can help you finish a memoir after a terminal diagnosis, but time changes how the book gets made. Here's how to start, how to plan, and how to protect the book for your family.