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Member Spotlight: Jen Singer
How did you land your first book ghostwriting project?How did you land your first book ghostwriting project? I had interviewed an ex con about a particular type of therapy he’d tried, for a Next Avenue piece. It turns out, he’d been trying to write a book for several years. He liked my style of writing, and so, I became a ghostwriter, though it was more of a collaborative writer/editor role. I started by asking him, “If your life was a movie, where would you start it?” That led to opening the book with a harrowing arrest scene and…
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We’ve been having discussions in the Association of Ghostwriters (AOG) about prospect red flags, likely because our colleagues have run across some challenging clients. It’s easy to get stuck with a client who has unrealistic expectations regarding what you can do to help write their book. In many cases, it’s not their fault if we…
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Like many of my colleagues, I became a ghostwriter out of happenstance rather than strategy or intention. When my agent asked if I wanted to help an author write a book that was overdue to a major publisher, I jumped at the opportunity. I also admitted to her that I had never written a book…
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As we kick off a new year, now is a good time to reflect on changes within the ghostwriting industry that we witnessed or got a glimpse of in 2024 as a clue to what may come. Which trends are taking hold and which are just starting to emerge? Which ones will impact demand for…