Word magic.
This year, I’ve had many chats with ghostwriters. They talk about clients expecting to pay peanuts for ghosting nonfiction and fiction books. There’s a fundamental misconception here. Please take this to heart: YOU set your rates, no one else. Look at it this way. If I want to hire someone to take a scythe my overgrown garden, kill weeds, remove … Read more
As you may know, I love ghostwriting. It’s been a major part of my writing for decades, starting when I wrote business books that were commissioned by the publishers Prentice Hall and Allen & Unwin. When lunching with an editor, I asked her what her greatest challenge was with her authors. “Getting them to deliver on time,” she said. Her … Read more
“Is content writing the same as ghostwriting?” Several writers wanted definitions for those terms, so let’s look at them. An aside: be aware that in freelance writing, unless clients are experienced in hiring writers, they may use terms which mean one thing to you, and something entirely different to them. So, always ask questions so that you know exactly what … Read more
If you love writing fiction, and want to do it full-time, why not consider ghostwriting? Writing novels, short stories, and novellas not only improves your craft, but it gives you an income too. Not sure how it works? How does fiction ghostwriting work? It works much the same as other freelancing. A client approaches you with a project brief, that … Read more
If you’re building a writing career, consider ghostwriting. As a career path, ghostwriting tends to be hidden. You can’t tout yourself as a ghostwriter who writes (whatever), because you’ve agreed to provide your clients with confidentiality. Above all, ghostwriters are discreet. But why would you choose to write books and other materials for which you can never claim credit? Ghostwriting: … Read more