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What is Ghostwriting?

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I get this question often when I meet someone new: “What is ghostwriting?” It’s not that the concept of creating content for others is foreign to the people asking this question. Usually, they’re asking because they’ve never met a ghostwriter…
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You Don’t Need Permission Not to Write Your Book

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You have my permission not to write your book — not that you need my (or anyone else’s) permission — but if it helps, permission granted!  Now let’s talk about why even though you hate writing and you’re busy “wearing…
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Fork-in-the-Road Moments

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I distinctly remember the first time I consciously realized the world didn’t revolve around me. A college friend of mine and I had moved to Boston and rented our first apartment together. We were 22, in graduate school, and living…
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Walking the Tightrope of Inner Tension

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To be a ghostwriter is to be a behind-the-scenes character. As I write my book, I’m attempting to force myself out into the light.  This isn’t a new pattern. These two sides of my identity have always been in tension…
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This Blog Article is an Experiment

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On my book writing journey I’ve hit the first big hurdle. Yay for challenges! I know there will be lots of little and big obstacles along the way. Hitting this one means I’m one step closer to the part where…

Self-Awareness and the Adaptive Unconscious

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I’ve been kicking around ideas in my head (and some on paper) for my book. I’m excited to write something of my own that I can put my name on. But more than that, I’m excited about what I can…
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Everything is Everything

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So, I just did something surprisingly hard. I went back to the final blog post I wrote in 2019 to read my predictions and public plans for 2020. Yes, the article is cringeworthy. But it wasn’t cringeworthy in exactly the…
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How To Use Your Book to Build a Fabulous Personal Brand

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Whenever I speak to a ghostwriting prospect, one of my first questions is always “how do you see your book fitting into your business plan?” In other words, “what’s the business case for writing a book?” This is an important…
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What Type of Writer Are You?

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Did you know there are writer types? Me neither. Or at least, I didn’t realize it until I read an article about “Planners vs. Pantsers.”  On the one hand, Planners are all about planning their writing (and probably other aspects…