Prospective clients call and email me. The best really know what they want. Maybe it’s a ghostwriter for a book. Or maybe it’s a writing coach to help them get a book or other piece of writing done, or for more general help with their freelance writing career.
Then there are the clients who either don’t […]
Perfection is a trap for writers. It’s a trap simply because there’s no evidence procedure, no way to know if you’ve reached it or if you’re even getting close.
The way I talk to myself about this is:
Hmm, Anne. You wouldn’t recognize perfection if it knocked on the door and introduced itself!
Another way to see […]
Two weeks ago I got an email asking me what I’d charge to write four articles in the financial management field. Although the correspondent didn’t say so, I assumed these would be SEO articles and since that’s not my favorite kind of writing I put a high price on the project, expecting to hear no […]
I think self-publishing is a viable option for at least some book writers.
Over at Writing With Vision I’ve added an article called Self-Publishing Overview.
You might also want to look over the article index there.
Write well and often,
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As a writing coach I sometimes do what I call a manuscript critique. It’s a way an author can get an idea of what works and what doesn’t in either a book or a book proposal.
Over at Writing With Vision, I wrote an article about the process you might find interesting.
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I was surprised when Devon Ellington, who blogs at Ink in My Coffee, wrote a screed more or less against ghostwriting over at Deborah Ng Weekend Discussion. She wants the books she reads written by the author on the cover, even if that name is a pseudonym. She is, I gather, particularly leery of celebrities […]
When I’m ghostwriting, I no longer transcribe the interviews I do to gather the material from the author. The reason is simple – I work better from word files than I do from the audio. And I can’t charge my regular rate for transcribing. These days, I make it clear in my ghostwriting contracts that […]
I’m often asked how I actually do ghostwriting. How am I able to get into someone’s head enough to write in their voice and how do I get them to provide the information I need? I’ve been thinking about that today, probably because I’m writing a chapter for a client from a very bare […]
Several days ago I posted about a copywriting class I’d signed up for. It’s taught by Mark Silver (Heart of Business) and we had our first class yesterday. I was totally blown away!
Yes, it’s about copywriting, but it’s way more than that. Mark is what I would call a Sufi Master – everything he does […]
I’ve just started rewriting/ghosting a new project. In this case, the client has provided me with several draft chapters. I’ve managed to work through the first four pages of Chapter 1, rewriting, clarifying, editing like mad. But the last two-hundred words or so, I’ve bogged down. You know the symptoms - playing solitaire, checking email […]
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