For the Love of Bringing Books to Life:       Write, Publish and Be Known

Questioning Your Book

I received an e-mail today from someone who was looking for an editor–sort of.

In her e-mail she complained that she’d already spent thousands of dollars on a book proposal that agents told her was terrific but that there was no market for–unless she was someone famous. [Note: I had not helped her with the book [...]

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Ghostwriting Advice: What to charge?

In a comment to one of last week’s posts, Jeannie asked several questions that I thought might be of interest to many followers of this blog:
1.  I’ve been asked to ghostwrite a memoir. How much can I reasonably ask to be paid?
2.  Can I expect royalties if the book is made into a movie (the [...]

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