Ghostwriting

If you have great ideas, but can’t quite pull them all together; if you want to add “author” to your credentials; if you need to have articles written -- this service is for you.

Trade articles. Essays. Speeches. Full-length books. We write, you get all the credit. That’s ghostwriting. It’s important, however, to know what it is you want. Are you sure you want a ghostwriter, or is it an editor you seek? Maybe what you’re really after is a co-author – someone with whom to collaborate. The distinctions are as important as they are complex. Below, you'll find the nutshell version.

Ghostwriting Distinctions

Author: The person who supplies the ideas, the plot, the plan, and all the material.

Co-author/collaborator: The person who does additional research and writing, or who brings other story ideas to the project. Since the original material is also partly theirs, collaborators should be paid a very small up-front fee (if any at all), share the byline with the author, and take 50 percent of the rights and income of the book.

Editor: The person who makes your work read well, with everything in the right order, and ensures it can pass muster commercially. Editors should only be paid a fee for services.

Ghostwriter: The person who arranges everything on paper and makes the work sound exactly as if you had written it all by yourself. Ghostwriters are obligated to use the author’s words, not interject their own thoughts and feelings and style. Ghostwriters should be paid a flat fee, and accept little or no part of the proceeds from the sale of the book.