As you probably know, in addition to hosting this podcast and running the Daily Writer Club, my membership group for writers, I’m a ghostwriter. Today, I’m excited to share a conversation with an enormously successful and legendary celebrity ghostwriter, Glenn Plaskin. Glenn Plaskin is the bestselling author of twenty-five books, including Horowitz: The Biography of … Read more
We’ve been working our way through a series on Making Money as a Writer. Today, we’re talking about the primary way I have made money over the last couple of years: ghostwriting. Ghostwriting is essentially writing books for someone else. Sometimes, the client is highly involved in the project, almost like a co-author. Other times, … Read more
What if you could sit down with someone who was very close to one of the biggest entertainers in American history? What questions would you ask them, and what insights might you come away with? That’s the opportunity I had not only with today’s interview, but also with the whole process of writing The Faith … Read more
We’re doing a short series on writing habits here on the podcast, and we’re talking about several practices to help you build a writing habit. Let’s dive in with practice #1: Establish a specific goal for your writing. If you hang around other writers long enough, you’ll hear a lot of talk about habits. After … Read more
If you have followed my journey the last couple of years, you know that I have transitioned into being a full-time ghostwriter, while also leading our Daily Writer Community and helping writers with this podcast and other resources. Today, I’m thrilled to feature a conversation with my friend and ghostwriting mentor Nick Pavlidis. Nick used … Read more
Ever since I went full-time in my ghostwriting business this past summer, I’ve had a lot of conversations about how that happened. People have been very interested in the mechanics of my transition from a college professor to a full-time writer. They’ve asked me questions like: How do you make a full-time living as a … Read more
Welcome again to my monthly business update. As usual, I will focus on three areas: ghostwriting, The Daily Writer, and personal updates. Ghostwriting Here are three important lessons I’m learning: You probably need to raise your prices. Clients are not mainly concerned about your writing ability. Having the right connections makes a huge difference. The … Read more
On this episode, I share some updates about current ghostwriting projects, what’s happening in the Daily Writer Community, a new group coaching program I’m considering, and what’s going on in my personal life.
Happy Fourth of July! Here in the United States, we celebrate the 4th, also known as Independence Day, to commemorate our independence from England. It’s fitting that I’m giving this business update on July 4th because both of those things represent independence. Today’s post is my second business update. About a month ago, I released … Read more