Gotham Ghostwriters is proud to regularly host webinars that benefit both our clients and network of ghostwriters. In June, we hosted “Finally Write That Novel,” a practical conversation for aspiring novelists focuses on how to overcome whatever has been holding you back from birthing your book, from time constraints to lack of industry knowledge, and beyond. Watch the full webinar here. Source ..read more

Gotham Ghostwriters is proud to regularly host webinars that benefit both our clients and network of ghostwriters. In April, we hosted “How to Write a Winning Book Proposal,” an essential conversation for first-time authors that focused on how to craft a dynamite book proposal for today’s marketplace. Watch the full webinar here. Panelists: Regina Brooks… Source ..read more

Welcome back to Ghostwriting Confidential, a series we launched in 2021 to educate prospective authors about what it is that ghostwriters do (and don’t do). Our goal: to define, demystify, and, to the extent possible, de-risk-ify the process and ultimately maximize the payoff from working with a ghostwriter. Since then, it’s become clear to us that a lot of confusion and misunderstanding… Source ..read more

If you have followed our work, it’s no secret that we at GG are big fans of the democratization of publishing, and in particular, the rapidly expanding premium version of independent publishing known as hybrid publishing. As we discussed in our publishing path webinar series, the hybrid model can be a great option for a growing universe of authors – especially in the business and thought… Source ..read more

Welcome back to Ghostwriting Confidential, a series we launched in 2021 to educate prospective authors about what it is that ghostwriters do (and don’t do). Our goal: to define, demystify, and, to the extent possible, de-risk-ify the process and ultimately maximize the payoff from working with a ghostwriter. Since then, it’s become clear to us that a lot of confusion and misunderstanding… Source ..read more

Welcome back to Ghostwriting Confidential, a series we launched in 2021 to educate prospective authors about what it is that ghostwriters do (and don’t do) and define, demystify, and, to the extent possible, de-risk-ify the process and ultimately maximize the payoff from working with a ghostwriter. Since then, it’s become clear to us that there remains a lot of confusion and… Source ..read more

The ghosts in our network ask a lot of great questions about how to advance their careers, but one of the most frequently asked is a variation on, “how do you find an agent?” Lucinda Halpern has answers. Halpern is a literary agent with over 15 years of experience and has secured book deals with Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillan. Source ..read more

Every so often, participants at the first-ever ‘Gathering of the Ghosts’ held at Manhattan’s historic New York Academy of Medicine could be forgiven if their attention wandered just a bit. Moderators and panelists held forth on subjects ranging from choosing the best publisher to promoting their work and brand to the all-important topic of money and what to charge – a sure crowd-pleaser. Source ..read more

From frank discussions about fees to a realistic look at AI, most of the Gathering of the Ghost panels focused on the cornerstones of the ghostwriting profession — to bring the work ghosts do out of the shadows. The final panel of the day, however, asked the ghostwriters in the room to take a deeper look around and confront which ghosts are often given the most access and opportunity to this work. Source ..read more

Every client wants to choose the best publishing path for their book, and today, there are more options than ever — from self-publishing to hybrid to traditional publishing houses. Ghostwriters reach their highest value when, rather than automatically defaulting to their client’s first inclination, they act as the project manager among all the stakeholders of the project and help guide everyone… Source ..read more