Tag: John Lynch

  • 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…

  • 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…