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Association of Ghostwriters

by Joey July 7, 2010

Do an Amazon.com search on Marcia Layton Turner and you’ll find 19 books written or co-written by Turner between 1993 and 2009. She’s also an accomplished magazine writer who’s been published in Business Week, Entrepreneur, Woman’s Day, Health, Parenting and others. On Monday, June 7 of this year, she launched the Association for Ghostwriters. I [...]

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How Does Ghostwriting Work?

by Jake July 5, 2010

The moment always comes. It’s inevitable. Like aging or having a second cookie. Your client will ask, “How does this ghostwriting thing work?”
The rise of ghostwriting as a respectable vocation is great. But I’m finding there’s considerable confusion out there about ghostwriting. Everyone thinks they need a ghostwriter, but they don’t know what to do [...]

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How to Ghostwrite a Book in 6 Months

by Ed July 4, 2010

I realize that there’s no right or wrong way to ghostwrite a book. But I thought I’d take this opportunity to outline my ideal process, to hopefully give potential ghostwriters and authors an idea of what’s involved—and to provoke some commentary from other pro ghosts on their particular ghostwriting tips and tricks.

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When Backups Fail

by Joey June 30, 2010

I interviewed Marcia Layton Turner, an accomplished magazine writer, book writer, co-writer, ghostwriter and founder of the Association of Ghostwriters this past Monday. The 23 minute mp3 file took about an hour to transcribe. I spent another hour fact-checking and searching for some tasty links to cross-reference choice bits of the interview. Tuesday, I spent [...]

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What People Are Really Looking For

by Jake June 28, 2010

OK. So, I admit that I’m slammed today with deadlines. Since some of my fellow writers here have had some softball posts (Ahem, “Ghost on Break—See Help Desk“), I thought I’d throw up one of my own. If you grew up in the 1980s, this will bring back some memories. After all, this is what [...]

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Bestselling Ghosts: June 2010

by Ed June 25, 2010

Our fourth round-up of cover-credited ghostwriters on the New York Times bestseller list for Hardcover Nonfiction showcases three entries, with the highest appearing at number 14.
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The Ghost of Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” (Part II)

by Joey June 23, 2010

Ewen McGregor in ‘The Ghost Writer’
This Ghost review is part 2 and contains SPOILERS about Robert Harris and Roman Polanski’s screenplay for ‘The Ghost Writer’. Proceed at your own risk.

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Garrison Keillor Laments the Death of Publishing

by Jake June 21, 2010

“Call me a pessimist,” Keillor writes in his latest New York Times Op-Ed , “Call me Ishmael, but I think that book publishing is about to slide into the sea.”
He goes on to mourn the loss of value in writing and readership:
We live in a literate time, and our children are writing up a storm, often [...]

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A Decent Proposal

by Ed June 19, 2010

Before any traditionally published book hits the shelves, a proposal has to be accepted by an agent and/or an acquisitions editor. The odds are daunting…Millions of proposals and queries are generated each year, but only 150,000-175,000 books get published. You can always self publish, but if you’ve got clients like writer Stephen Markley, who sees [...]

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Sick Ghost

by Joey June 16, 2010

I apologize to everyone who’s been reading my ghostwriting post’s, but I’ve come down with a terrible cold and can barely focus. I promise to return with all the vigor you’ve come to expect from me the instant I’m better.
[image: Alicia Nijdam]

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