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How did you land your first book ghostwriting project?How did you land your first book ghostwriting project? I’ve been in publishing for a long time, serving as a proofreader, then a copy editor, then a production editor, then a copy chief, then a freelance editor, and eventually a book coach. At some point, I realized that ghostwriting was something I was already doing, the end of a natural progression. The thing is, I had never loved the world of conventional publishing. The work could be fascinating, but the pay was always terrible. And it usually involved schlepping to…
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The best emails writers receive are from potential clients expressing an interest in working together. So, when someone who represented themselves to be an individual named “Alice Smith” emailed about a potential project, with a subject line of “Writer Services Needed ASAP,” I, of course, wanted to learn more. Alice Smith said: Top of the…