on May 2nd, 2010 by Claudia
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on May 2nd, 2010 by Claudia
I regularly find LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. posts from freelance writers lamenting low fees, slow pays, and big corporations getting away with employee restraints but not providing employee benefits. Don’t you deserve better? As a book ghostwriter, I always get paid, I set my own fees, and I can work as many big-ticket projects at [...]
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on March 8th, 2010 by Claudia
Part 1 Steve Jobs thrilled some people and infuriated others when he announced that Apple’s new eBook app will use the agency model for pricing. Translation: publishers can set the price of their eBooks, and Apple will take a standard 35% discount, or commission. Amazon was up in arms, because it believes eBooks should be [...]
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on December 30th, 2009 by Claudia
I get asked that question a lot: what difference does certification make? Laya Bajpai put it nicely: it gets your foot in the door. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2520457/ghostwriting_can_be_lucrative_pg2.html?cat=31 Certification training gives you an edge not only in the marketplace, but in doing the actual job of ghostwriting. It takes you out of the league of “just another writer” [...]
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on December 3rd, 2009 by Claudia
After yet another round of discussions with yet another handful of authors and editors, and perusing yet another slew of ebooks about what agents want, what publishers want, and what the public wants, I feel I really must take a definitive stand. You may quote me. There are only two absolutes in the book industry: [...]
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on October 21st, 2009 by Claudia
Writers, please take my survey to help me figure out what kind of classes you’re interested in taking next Spring–besides Ghostwriter Certification Training, of course. Click Here to take survey Thank you very much. – Claudia Suzanne
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on July 29th, 2009 by Claudia
(This is a reprint with permission from Jane Genova’s Intuitive Readings blog, http://careertransitions.typepad.com/) “I can’t go back to school for a Master’s degree.” “I don’t want to go back to school for a Master’s degree. I already have one of those which is 100% unmarketable.” “There must be a career that doesn’t require a Master’s [...]
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on July 28th, 2009 by Claudia
I just “called in” on Jo-Anne Vandermuelen and Larry Brook’s Articulating with Authors show on BlogTalkRadio. Interesting experience. I was hanging around to repeat the URL for tomorrow’s teleclass but I guess when the show is over, zoop! the phone line disconnects. Still, it was an interesting experience. Larry is very knowledgeable about writing architecture, [...]
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