Ghostwriting Teleseminar

Ghostwriting: Could It Be Your New Career? You’ll learn: What Ghostwriting Is — and Isn’t For Writers: Why Ghost instead of Co-Author? For Aspiring Authors: Why Use a Ghostwriter? Common Traits Most Ghosts Share Want Ghosting Clients? Here’s the Secret! Wednesday, July 29, 2009 ~ 3:30 PM EDT FREE!! Click Here To Register Sponsored by [...]

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Beyond Writing: Insiders Discuss Publishing Today Join us for a Panel Discussion with four of Orange County’s most well-respected and knowledgeable Book Industry Professionals. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with, listen to, and ask questions of: Literary Agent Patricia Teal Author/Writing Coach Maralys Wills Ghostwriter/Editor Claudia Suzanne Panel moderated by Book Designer/Printer Teresa [...]

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Questions from LinkedIn writers after I posted info about Ghostwriter Certification Training: Q: Just out of curiosity who is it that makes this course “certified”? Used to be only recognised educational institutions could offer courses that would leave you with a recognised qualification. Who recognises this? A: Good question, thank you. I make no bones [...]

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Used to be there were thousands of newspapers and magazines you could write for. Today there are a couple handfuls. Used to be there were a couple handfuls of people you could ghostwrite books for. Today there are close to two hundred million. That’s right: 200,000,000 people in America alone want to write a book. [...]

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Warning! What follows is shameless self-promotion … … but I can’t help it. I’ve gotten in a bunch of pre-publication blurbs about SECRETS OF A GHOSTWRITER, the first trade/textbook that teaches the skills, theory, and politics of ghostwriting and freelance editing, and I simply have to share. I’ve never experienced such uniformly glowing response to [...]

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I finished it. The last draft of the 2nd edition of Secrets of a Ghostwriter training manual is done and off to four different editors for input and corrections. Already gotten some feedback from them, so had to share. From Wendy Elliott-Scheinberg, Ph.D., California State University, Fullerton (CSUF): This book is wonderful. I can definitely [...]

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Ran into another person today who did not understand the difference between authors, writers, and ghostwriters. Allow me to elucidate. The AUTHOR of a piece is the person whose name is on the cover, the person whose ideas or story forms the foundation of the piece. Traditionally, the WRITER was also the AUTHOR, but that [...]

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Had such a great class session today (fiction substantive editing), I want to do some rooftop shouting. Alas, my rooftop is neither sturdy enough or quiet enough. Ergo, I blog. While I admit certain things are still missing from the textbook because I am STILL in the process of doing that rewrite, nevertheless the class [...]

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I field the question “What will I really learn in your Ghostwriter Training class?” every time I go to a writers meeting or send out a flyer or speak to a group of students. Even though ghostwriting is now being touted as one of the “best careers” for 2009, it occurred to me that most [...]

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Good question, ’cause originally, there was only a “Who” to the question of Claudia Suzanne. Since last year, though, Claudia Suzanne has also became a “What.” Egads, I’m a “What!” I started life as Claudia Suzanne, a professional ghostwriter, editor, and literary consultant with a personal quest to raise the literacy bar of the book [...]

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