What is ghostwriting?
Someone with a great idea or a powerful story (that’s you) partners with a talented writer (that’s me) to produce an excellent book. You bring the idea, the voice, and the message. I brings skills and knowledge about writing and publishing to best serve your vision.
In other words, we both get to do work we are passionate about!
You tell your story while continuing to live your story.
I help you tell that story in a way that will change lives through business development, fostering a legacy, or contributing to a community.
Why work with me?
My personal writing career is extensive
- I am an award-winning author of six books, more to come
- My book Pillars earned a Starred Review from Publisher’s Weekly
- Pillars won Gold from the Independent Publishers Awards
- Stronger than Death won Bronze from the Independent Publishers Awards
- Four of my books hit best seller lists in multiple categories
- I have written nearly 400 articles
- I’m published in The New York Times, Runners World, Christianity Today, and Long Reads, among dozens of others
- My work is published in the Norton Anthology
- I won a “Notable” designation in Best Travel Writing
- I have traditionally published
- I have self-published
- I understand the benefits and challenges of both worlds
Plus, I bring a lifelong passion about books to your story. Writing a book is intensely personal. I care about your story and I care about you. I will
- Listen well
- Ask insightful questions to ensure the core of your story is conveyed
- Protect your privacy
- Ensure you feel supported throughout the process
- Conduct dogged research
- interviewing experts in your field
- reading books on your topic
- exploring history or culture relevant to your story
- …whatever it takes
- Make sure the final product meets our high expectations for quality
My Process
Step One: Finding Clarity
This includes defining your audience, market research, discovering your voice and style, and developing a detailed chapter by chapter outline.
Step Two: Writing
Weekly Zoom calls and shared Google docs ensure the book’s collaborative nature as we steadily move toward a finished product together.
Step Three: Editing
Throughout the writing period, editing has been ongoing but at this stage, I hand the manuscript to my editor and we polish the book.
Optional Step Four: Publishing Coach
See Gold Package Plus below
My Ghostwriting Packages
Custom packages such as book coaching, developmental edits, vision building, marketing, publishing, deep revision, and more are available upon request!
Further details of what each package contains are also available upon request.
Gold Package
- Project fee of $50,000
- Deliverables
- Target audience identified
- Pain points determined
- Unique value proposition clarified
- Market research completed
- Detailed book outline created
- Chapters written
- Feedback incorporated
- Developmental edits done by the editor
- Fully proofread and polished manuscript
Gold Package Plus
- Project fee of $65,000
- Deliverables
- Target audience identified
- Pain points determined
- Unique value proposition clarified
- Market research completed
- Detailed book outline created
- Chapters written
- Feedback incorporated
- Unlimited edits with me
- Developmental edits done by the editor
- Fully proofread and polished manuscript
- Publishing guidance
- 3 calls with publishing expert to make plans for traditional or self-publishing
- Best-seller launch system
- 4 calls with book marketing expert
- Crafting and editing help on three podcast pitches
- Create plan for post-launch marketing
