Posted January 18th, 2010 by lisatener
A couple of questions came up about literary agents today and I realized it would be a good topic to share with you. It’s easy to get taken advantage of it you don’t know what to look for or even aren’t quite clear on a literary agent’s role.
A student from my most recent Bring Your [...]
Tags: book proposal, book writing classes, conflict of interest, editing, editors, find a good literary agent, how to choose a literary agent, Literary Agent, literary agents, Power Women Magazine, preditors
Posted October 8th, 2009 by lisatener
Easy answer: 9.5 times out of 10 you should write your book yourself.
My first year on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s publishing course, a doctor told me his horror story on landing a top publisher who recommended hiring a ghostwriter. Sadly, the ghostwriter’s version took him far afield from his vision.
He took his name [...]
Tags: ghostwriter, ghostwriters, Ghostwriting, should I hire a ghostwriter?
Posted January 12th, 2009 by lisatener
Yesterday, Jeannie shared in this writing blog that she’d been asked to ghostwrite a memoir and asked some advice about what to charge and what she might negotiate. Ghostwriting is a great way to write books and get paid right away. But it’s also easy to get burned when ghostwriting a book. Here are 10 [...]
Tags: author credit, author name, book writing time line, collaborative writing, entertainment lawyer, ghostwrite a memoir, Ghostwriting, ghostwriting agreement, ghostwriting contract, ghostwriting fees, ghostwriting research, ghostwriting revisions, kill fee, late fees, Writing
Posted January 11th, 2009 by lisatener
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 [...]
Tags: entertainment lawyer, ghostwriter, Ghostwriting, ghostwriting advice, ghostwriting contract, ghostwriting fees, ghostwriting project, ghostwriting research, ghostwriting royalty, Harvard Medical School, International Women Writers Guild, IWWG, meet agents, Meet the Agents, write a book proposal
