Yesterday, 21 October 2015, was Back to the Future day. You know, the day when Marty McFly arrives in the future version of Hill Valley
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Ghostwriter Diaries – Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaah … No, it’s not a scream. Quite the opposite. It’s a sigh of satisfaction. Specifically, it’s the sound of a ghostwriter meeting his deadline, having
Ghostwriter Diaries – How Many Words a Minute?
I don’t do numbers. I prefer words. All the same, numbers can occasionally be relied upon to do some funky things. For example, this morning I
Ghostwriter Diaries – Outlines
I want to talk about outlines. For the ghostwriter of novels, the outline represents the brief, the whole brief, and nothing but the brief. It
Ghostwriter Diaries – The First Draft of Anything …
Ernest Hemingway said, “The first draft of anything is shit.” Therein lies the eternal dilemma of the ghostwriter. Tight project schedules mean there’s very little
Ghostwriter Diaries – One Last Time Around
It’s landed! The outline for book three, the final volume of the middle-grade fantasy trilogy is here. Thanks to some judicious schedule-juggling by my awesome
Ghostwriter Diaries – Unenlightening Pixels
I’ve just seen a beautiful book cover. It belongs to the Czech translation of my most recent ghostwritten novel, and it’s gorgeous. I’d love to
Ghostwriter Diaries – Feet Up
Every ghostwriter has to put his feet up once in a while. That’s what I’m doing right now. The trouble with being a ghost, of
Ghostwriter Diaries – Advance Copy
I just received my first advance copy of the fantasy novel for midde grade readers that I started writing back in December 2013. Apologies for the
Ghostwriter Diaries – Pitched
Hurrah! New ghostwriting pitch submitted, with 3,500 more words than were asked for in the brief. My client tells me they’re cool with the extra