Articles on non-disclosure agreements in publishing and ghostwriting: confidentiality and what an NDA covers.
Ghostwriting ContractInterviewing 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 AgreementsMemoir, 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 PublishingFounders 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 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…
GhostwritingHanding 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 ProposalA 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 ProposalGhostwriting is simpler than people assume: you supply the ideas and vision, a professional turns them into a finished book, and your name goes on the cover. That is the whole arrangement. Here is how it works in practice, who…
Ghostwriting ContractGhostwriting 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…
GhostwritingConfidentiality 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 DevelopmentThe 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 AuthorshipMarketing 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…
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…
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