Archive for August 2025
What Success Means to 1 Ghostwriter
My birthday was earlier this month. My wife gave me a card that read in part, “You are doing what you love, you are really in a good place, so celebrate! Enjoy and be thankful for everything you worked so hard for!” She was right. I have much to celebrate. For the first time in…
Read MoreChatGPT Sucks! Here are 5 Great Reasons Why
I was all set to write this post about a lesson I relearned—one a ghostwriter always needs to remember—It’s not my story, it’s theirs. Instead, I was reminded of the importance of avoiding ChatGPT and working with a human and not artificial intelligence when writing a book. I had a recent conversation with a client…
Read MoreMake 1 Great Story Fully Compelling
From the Compelling Story and Pat Myself on the Back Departments: A prospect (who still might become a client) paid me a great compliment. He told me that he really appreciated that I was as excited about his project as he was. He said he had spoken to other ghostwriters and got the sense they…
Read MoreDIYers are Bad News. First, Avoid 1
I didn’t realize one ghostwriting lead I had was a DIYer. He had confessed he couldn’t proceed because he didn’t have his family’s full support to tell his story. I understood and occasionally followed up to see if he had made any headway with his family. I usually heard nothing back. After about a year…
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