Ghostwriting Advice: What to charge?
This is an updated version of a 2009 post, with updated pricing/fees and other advice. I’m happy to add to the post, so send your feedback and ask more questions! In a comment responding 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 author is already in talks with a producer) 3. Would you advise… Read more
Advice from Literary Agents and Publishers
It’s become a tradition that I publish a post about the advice from literary agents and acquisitions editors, shared at Harvard Medical School’s CME Publishing Course each year. I could apologize for how long it languished in my drafts folder, but instead I’ll turn it into a teaching moment. By giving the post some time to stew, I realized I could add some examples to make it even more useful. You may find that with your writing as well. If it’s not jelling, let it go and return to it later. And, without further ado, here’s the post inspired by… Read more
A Writing-Friendly Diet
After working with Micaela Karlsen on her book, A Plant Based Life, I switched to a largely plant-based diet, almost no meat and very little dairy, and the results were dramatic – for my health, vitality and even my writing! You could call it a “writer-friendly diet.” In this guest post, Micaela Karlsen shares how this writer-friendly diet affects her life and writing. “Mama!” It was 1am, and my 20 month-old daughter barreled into the room to join us for the rest of the night. As a researcher, my work is very mental. I write almost every day, a lot of it creative… Read more
The Power of Sharing Writing, Even in Draft Form
Are you reluctant when it comes to sharing your writing? Sharing Writing to Get Feedback We have a ritual in book writing class. At the end of the call, people are free to leave or to stay on the line to listen to one classmate read a page or so from their rough draft and offer feedback to the writer—sharing what drew them in, phrases that moved them, writing techniques, observations about what works well in the piece, etc. I often use the opportunity to point out how the author employed certain techniques we learned about in class. Sometimes I… Read more
Writing a Book Proposal: The Long Game
Yes, writing a book proposal takes fortitude. I’ve been eating, breathing and dreaming book proposals lately. Do You Have the Perseverence for Writing a Book Proposal? In the thick of it, this week, it kept my spirits up to hear from one client who just signed with Hachette (congratulations Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg!) and one who won the Silver Nautilus Award in the Multicultural category (Yay to Karin Esterhammer, author of So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam). The publishing process takes time and patience. We started on Karin’s proposal in October of 2014. We worked on her… Read more
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