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Member Spotlight: Jonathan Gifford
How did you land your first book ghostwriting project?How did you land your first book ghostwriting project? In a way, I got lucky. In another way, I helped make my own luck. My last employment was as a publisher at BBC Magazines. My relatively niche-interest titles got relocated from London to Bristol, in the UK’s southwest, to cut down on overheads, and I had enough years of service (and was old enough – just turned 50) to turn redundancy into early retirement. I got a modest pension that paid some of the bills and gave me some options…
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How Ghostwriters Can be Marketing Geniuses for their Authors
By Jennifer Locke As Julie Andrews sings, “a bell is no bell until you ring it.” And a book is no book until people read it. Before they write the first word of a manuscript, ghostwriters should ask authors this question: “How do you plan to market the book?” Writing a book takes an enormous…
Help Ghostwriting Prospects Find You
I’m always surprised to receive emails from individuals who are trying to get in touch with a particular member of the Association of Ghostwriters (AOG). In fact, I probably receive an email a month from prospects who are having difficulty reaching an AOG member. These are people who have a need for ghostwriting services and…
Why You’re Not Getting Responses from Ghostwriting Prospects and What to Do About It
I’ve had a few conversations with Association of Ghostwriters (AOG) members recently about job leads and how best to respond to increase your chances of hearing back. Whether you’ve heard about a project through the AOG, ASJA, Author’s Guild, EFA, or through a colleague or agency, here are some recommendations to help your response be…