In an ideal world a ghostwriter would be acknowledged, but given how widespread ghosting is, you could argue that being paid is an acknowledgement in itself. A good few politicians have speechwriters and article writers, who put words into their mouths and opinions into the public domain. And when it comes to original thoughts and copy, publishers, their editors and publicists can all influence what we read. There is nothing new in this. I don’t need a ghostwriter. What I need is someone famous to lend me their name. Just one book. Income split 50-50. That would do me nicely. Robert
Thanks for this. At first I thought you meant “Please consider being one of those writes who doesn’t put herself out there” but now I see you are suggesting that looking at writers who stay behind a screen of privacy -- the reclusive ones - might be an interesting theme for a future newsletter. I agree!
In an ideal world a ghostwriter would be acknowledged, but given how widespread ghosting is, you could argue that being paid is an acknowledgement in itself. A good few politicians have speechwriters and article writers, who put words into their mouths and opinions into the public domain. And when it comes to original thoughts and copy, publishers, their editors and publicists can all influence what we read. There is nothing new in this. I don’t need a ghostwriter. What I need is someone famous to lend me their name. Just one book. Income split 50-50. That would do me nicely. Robert
As a ghostwriter myself I super enjoyed this! I think Trust, Hernat Diaz's new book, is about ghostwriting.
Thanks for the rec, Elizabeth. And now I know another ghost!
Love this! Ghostwriting has always been a “maybe I’ll do that one day” thing for me and I love how you’ve compiled these ghostwriters’ stories.
Thanks Ashley! If you ever go for the ghosting gig, let us know how it goes!
Thanks for this. At first I thought you meant “Please consider being one of those writes who doesn’t put herself out there” but now I see you are suggesting that looking at writers who stay behind a screen of privacy -- the reclusive ones - might be an interesting theme for a future newsletter. I agree!