# John Lynch Ghost Writer


## Posts

- [How do you know if the ghost writer you're thinking of hiring is good enough?](https://johnlynchwriter.com/how-do-you-know-if-the-ghost-writer-youre-thinking-of-hiring-is-good-enough/): Want to know more about my work as a ghost writer and how it might help you? Fill in the form below and I&#8217;ll be in touch:
- [How much should you pay a ghost writer?](https://johnlynchwriter.com/how-much-should-you-pay-a-ghost-writer/): I’m a ghost writer. Most customers probably think of me as selling a service. But another way of thinking about what I do is that I’m selling time. When I take on a project, I’m committing to spend a number of months writing the author’s book. I can’t commit to writing another book at the same time. So when I want to calculate my rate for a specific project I begin by calculating, based on 35 years of experience, how long it will take me to write the book. I already know what I want to earn during a year [&hellip;]
- [How long does ghostwriting take?](https://johnlynchwriter.com/how-long-does-ghostwriting-take/): One of my authors told me recently that, when he’d begun the process, he had not understood how long it would take. I understand that, because that author is not a seasoned writer. This is his first ever book. He’d spent years developing his idea. He’d written notes, drafted outlines, prepared character sketches: he’d done everything but write the book. Oh, he’d tried to write it but he’d realised after several abortive efforts that he didn’t have the skills to turn his ideas into a finished work of fiction. There is a way to deal with that, of course. It’s [&hellip;]
- [My favorite kind of ghost writing request](https://johnlynchwriter.com/my-favorite-kind-of-ghost-writing-request/): Even readers who get through two or three books a week sometimes seem surprised to learn that the person whose name appears on a book’s cover may not have written it. If you are a regular reader (or even if you only read one book a year), there’s a very good chance that up to 30% of the books you’ve read are in that category. The author (whose name is on the cover) and the writer (whose name is not) are two different people. I’ve heard people say they don’t want to read ghostwritten books and I just don’t know [&hellip;]

## Pages

- [What I've ghost written for others](https://johnlynchwriter.com/what-ive-ghost-written-for-others/): True Crime True crime is a huge market in America and all of my true crime work has been in American English for American authors and American publishers. Among others, I’ve written these under contract (and under nondisclosure agreements): I can’t give you an extract from any of those because they were all written under nondisclosure agreements, but I can show you a test sample I wrote. Test samples are pieces the writer presents to the author to show he or she can write the book the author wants written. I wrote this one for a man who had been [&hellip;]
- [WHAT IS GHOSTWRITING?](https://johnlynchwriter.com/what-is-ghostwriting/): What don’t I write? What do I write? How much do I charge? What do other people say about me? How do I work? Ready to talk? What don’t I write? That may seem an odd place to start, but there are things I don’t write and, if you’re looking for a ghost writer for some of them, I can save you a lot of time if I tell you that, for these, you need to find another writer. Memoirs. Your grandfather has had a fascinating life, he’s reaching the end of it, and you want to give him the [&hellip;]


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