Comments on: Do You Ghostwrite?

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:52:56 +0000

@ Jubi Headley: Now those are great suggestions provided they fit within a writer’s ability and interest. I feel that political writing does need a writer with interest for the topic, otherwise it would be just too hard to write with conviction and poise. Personally I do not like politics and would never write in the field because of my lack of association I guess.

But to consider writing speeches and other op-ed pieces is certainly a great idea. I do believe these are a great market for writers from what I have seen advertised on many job bidding sites.

By: Jubi Headley

Jubi Headley — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:08:58 +0000

One avenue that I’ve found relatively fruitful, that many folks don’t seem to think about, is writing op-ed pieces, speeches, mass constituent/customer letters and e-mails, and the like on behalf of local politicians, nonprofit organization executives, business leaders, etc. I’m not wed to seeing my name on everything I write – my specialty is actually grant writing, and in that field I’ll never have my name attached to any project. I get all the credit I need from the client’s satisfaction with my work – and, hopefully, from their repeat business. Can you think how lucrative it could become if every time the largest local foundation in your city, for example, needed to write a communication from one of its leaders, you were the go-to guy (gal)? Something to think about…

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:58 +0000

Hi George – Interesting – I had no idea there were so many avenues for ghost writers to explore. I had assumed that most of the work was autobiographies for celebrities.

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:13 +0000

Hi George!

Yup, I ghostwrite for a living. Right now it’s my number one source of income. I don’t care about seeing my name on the byline at all. At least I get to play with words until I make enough to follow my muse.

By: Monika

Monika — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:58:40 +0000

@ George: Thank you for this insightful post. I myself do a lot of ghostwriting; from eBooks for well-known marketers to articles of home-based entrepreneurs, and web content for corporations I have just about covered most aspects of ghostwriting.

I do know of writers who refuse to ghostwrite because they like to see their name on their work. I think if you think like this you lose many opportunities in the process.

It would be great to see what other writers think about this.