Last week, the New York Times printed a claim made at the Gathering of the Ghosts that there is no clear path to a ghostwriting career.

Excuse me? Did they mean other than the nearly 100 careers launched […]

Good morning my dear friends and colleagues,
I make this announcement with a happy, albeit tremulous, heart.
I’m done.
I grew Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program into the only master class of its […]

Not one-foot-in-the-grave old, but socially, demographically, and legally old. I may still be on the right side of dirt, but I’m on the wrong side of corporate and political viability. So when I say I’ve been ghos […]

I mentioned “Editorial Accountability” in a previous post, so I figured I oughta explain what that actually means. These days, digital publishers use algorithms to detect many of these issues and either reject or […]

Basic Writing Conventions. Creative Analysis. History of Ghostwriting. Closed vs. Open-Purpose Interviewing.

There’s only one class in the world that teaches all that plus standards of the industry, the scope a […]

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… over 171,000 Americans consider themselves writers or authors. They make an average of $63,607 per year and have -2.29 job-growth potential.

According to book-industry insiders, less than 200 of those w […]

I know, I know–I keep answering questions instead of posting about stuff. But since people want to know why I ghostwrite, here’s my answer:
Why I Ghostwrite
Ghostwriting is a lucrative business for those who […]

People keep asking me what Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program is all about, so I put together a quickie infographic. Hope this helps!

I realize the impulse to write-it-all-out in analyses, proposals, query letters, and BSP is strong—oh, so so strong. But you must realize no author, agent, publisher, booker, host, etc. wants to have to read t […]

Why I Can’t Write QuickBooks
I can add and subtract, multiply and divide. I can balance a checkbook. I can keep track of income and expenses on a spreadsheet. I can determine sales tax and apply seller d […]

It’s been quite some time since my last post and, of course, this one is about the same topic I always talk about: ghostwriting. Because I know that most writers want to make more money as writers… but they just […]

Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program, the only academically supported ghostwriter training in the world (CCPE/CSULB), is seeking authors willing to participate in a unique, free ghostwriting experience. […]

We just finished this month’s nonfiction workshop, and everyone had a blast. It’s an online, group effort to tighten, brighten, and bring out the rhythm and music in any manuscript, be it web content, nonfiction […]

“Too wordy.”

“Paragraphs too long.”

“Sentences too long.”

These are the kinds of things I hear from agents and publishers at writers conferences and behind authors’ backs.

“Can’t figure out what it […]

(with apologies and thanks to Steve Harrison)

If you’d like your title to be a bestseller — maybe even a New York Times Bestseller — then this post is for you.

An author emailed me after one of my […]

I constantly field questions about ghostwriting, the book industry, and the Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program. I’m happy to provide as much information as I can in short phone and email queries, […]

Part 1 of CSULB’s live, online Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program begins in just six weeks. Seating is limited, but with our new web interface, we can finally have more than six seats available.

For […]

The only Ghostwriter Training Program in the world is expanding again. We’re switching to modules so students have more time to work with each new tool and technique. Since the CSULB web site hasn’t caught up with […]

What a blast. What an amazing sensation–to be in a banquet hall full of people who do the same thing I do, who have the same passions and issues I have, who enjoy the same process and skill-level I possess.

I […]