Can a Ghostwriter Steal My Book Idea?
Copyright doesn't protect ideas, so an NDA and a well-written ghostwriting contract do the protecting. Here's how to share your book idea with a ghostwriter without losing sleep over it.
Tag: NDA
Articles on non-disclosure agreements in publishing and ghostwriting: confidentiality and what an NDA covers.
Contracts and AgreementsHow to Interview a Ghostwriter: Reading the Consultation Call
Interviewing your ghostwriter before you sign is not a formality; it is the single step that decides whether you get a great book or an expensive disappointment. I offer a free consultation to every prospect, as good ghostwriters do. Here…
Contracts and AgreementsWriting about your former employer without getting sued
Memoir, business book, or exposé, if your manuscript touches your time at a former employer, you have to reckon with NDAs, non-disparagement clauses, trade secrets, and defamation. Here is what your old NDA actually restricts, what non-disparagement really prevents, what…
Authority Through AuthorshipThe acquisition memoir for founders who sold
Founders who sold their company are sitting on the most underused authority book in the market. The acquisition memoir does commercial work no other format can. Here is what to include, what your deal documents legally prevent you from saying,…
Co-AuthoringCo-author versus hire a ghostwriter: which structure actually fits your project
Co-author and ghostwriter are not the same deal dressed differently; they are structurally different agreements with different IP outcomes, revenue splits, and effects on a book's commercial life, and choosing wrong locks you in for years. Here is how to…
GhostwritingI can’t tell my story to a stranger
Handing your most personal material to someone you barely know is a real fear, and it kills more memoir projects than any other objection. Here is how a working ghostwriter actually handles confidentiality, what the NDA does and does not…
Book ProposalHow to Hire a Ghostwriter: 5 Questions to Ask First
A professional ghostwriter can turn your expertise into a finished manuscript with your name on the cover, but finding the right one takes effort. Here are 14 questions to ask during your consultation, and what the answers tell you.
Book ProposalWho Uses Ghostwriters? The People Behind the Books You’ve Read
Celebrities are the smallest part of it. Executives and founders, coaches, athletes, families, people writing in a second language and people with hard stories hire ghostwriters, and more of them lately tried AI first. Here's who uses ghostwriters and why.
Contracts and AgreementsIs Ghostwriting Legal: Legality, Ethics, and How Contracts Protect Both Parties
Ghostwriting has always been legal; no country prohibits one person writing what another signs. The interesting question is the ethical one, and that gets answered in the agreement. Here is how contracts, copyright transfer, and professional standards protect both parties…
GhostwritingGhostwriting Confidentiality | What Clients Should Know
Confidentiality is not a feature of ghostwriting; it is the foundation, and without it the whole arrangement collapses. Your name goes on the book and mine never does, but only if both sides understand exactly what that means in practice.…
Character DevelopmentWriting Book Recommendations: My Actual Reference Shelf
The wall behind my desk holds books I use, not books I display. Each one earned its spot by getting pulled down mid-project, while I draft novels, ghostwrite for clients, or build handbooks. This is not a best-of list scraped…
Authority Through AuthorshipCrafting Powerful LinkedIn Recommendations: 7 Top Tips
Marketing gurus swear LinkedIn recommendations matter; no client has ever told me one brought them to me, and I never read anyone else's. They sit buried below where people scroll. Yet I still request and write them, because a complete…