Confessions of a Ghost (Writer): When to Hold an Exorcism (Rocky 2)
I recently had to exorcise, er, fire a client. One I’d been working with for years. I have written three complete novels for this fellow,
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Confessions of a Ghost (Writer): Writing Essentials (Rocky 1)
A client for my ghostwriting and editing services—I shall call him Rocky—once asked me what essential things a writer must do to lay the foundations
Confessions of a Ghost (Writer): I Dodge a Bullet
This is a true story. The names and titles have been changed to protect the guilty. A longtime collaborator whose movie script I was novelizing
Confessions of a Ghost (Writer): Who Does That, Again?
What? Who hires a ghostwriter for fiction? I know, right? I frequently get asked that question when I’m on writing panels at conventions. And
So You Want To Commit Novel: #4 Characters
Originally published July 2010 in a series by Phillis Irene Radford. Ask any five writers how they develop a character and you will get five
Multiple Narrative Points of View, Part the Second
In the previous post, I discussed why one might choose a multiple point of view narrative over a single point of view. This part of
