I recently received an email query from a woman who basically wanted someone she to call “your ghostwriter.” This was for either a speech or a book. In her six-paragraph inquiry, which she titled, “A story worth telling?” she asked me several questions: “Am I crazy? Brave? Both? Most importantly, does this sound like something…
Dear Future Client: We haven’t met yet because you’re still looking for a ghostwriter. That’s okay. When you hire me as your professional ghostwriter, you’re not hiring me just to write your book, speech, website, blog, or anything else. You’re hiring someone to protect your project, even when life gets in the way. “Life gets…
I asked a lot of questions when I took a class on artificial intelligence and ghostwriting. One of the important lessons I learned is that AI is here to stay, that ghostwriters can use it to help their processes (without outsourcing the writing to it), and that there’s a need to disclose to clients how…
Anyone who’s been in therapy knows that the professional sitting in front of them speaks in neutral and objective tones to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment where the person can explore the deepest thoughts, feelings, and issues without fear of bias or criticism. A good ghostwriter does the same thing for you. If you’re considering…
Why else might someone hire a ghostwriter? “There’s a book here somewhere. I just need someone to help me find it.” “I have specific goals for my book. I need to reach the right audience to meet those goals.” “I know a professional can do a better job than me.” These are three other reasons…
Why hire a ghostwriter? “I know I’m not a writer.” “I don’t have the time.” “I don’t know how to turn my experiences into a book.” “I want a better book than I could produce alone.” “I want to achieve something beyond the book itself.” When I think about why my clients have sought to…
When I meet a prospect for the first time, I always ask four questions. The second one is, “Who is your target audience?” In many cases, the prospect will say, “everybody,” to which I respond, “Well, no book is for everyone. The widest read book is the Bible, and not everybody reads it.” Usually, the…
I recently began a course on AI programs, specifically what artificial intelligence can do for ghostwriters. The first or four two-hour sessions dealt with how it can generate material, identify and recognize patterns, and transform a rough version into something more polished and complete. What I learned primarily was the importance of the prompt, the…
I saw a report from Verified Market Research that valued the ghostwriting market at about $3.3 billion in 2024 and that it was expected to reach $6.2 billion by 2032. A different report, from HTF Marketing Intelligence in 2023, forecast the market’s value to reach $8 billion in 2030. I would say both reports didn’t…
As a member of the human ghostwriters club, I have had numerous clients who insisted on particular stories in their manuscript. In one case, it was memory after memory about his mother. In another, it was a fishing trip gone to hell. In a third, it was numerous sailboat trips around the Mediterranean and across…
