Secrets Of A Ghostwriter Podcast

48 Living With A Client

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:00:30 GMT

When you are ghostwriting with a client, should you move in with them?

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47 How Do I Become A Ghostwriter

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:00:40 GMT

How do you get started in this business?

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46 Numbers

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:00:52 GMT

When you are writing a manuscript, when do you write 18 and when do you write nineteen? I bet nobody has ever told you...

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45 Legacy Books

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:00:53 GMT

Increasingly popular and a great idea.

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44 Writing A Memoir

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:00:43 GMT

A few basic principles…

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43 Historical References

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:00:42 GMT

Make sure yours stand the test of time.

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42 Ghostwriting With Dementia

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:00:08 GMT

Ghostwriting With Dementia

How does that work?

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41 How To Write A Children’s Book

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:00:51 GMT

Piece of cake, yeah?

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40 Legal Trouble

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:00:46 GMT

What happens if it all goes horribly wrong?

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39 Mental Health Of A Writer

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:00:11 GMT

Look after yourself as well as your book

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38 Libraries

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:00:22 GMT

How important are they?

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37 Tags

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:00:28 GMT

It’s the modern way, living on Amazon!

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36 Money

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:00:11 GMT

The million-dollar question!

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35 Whistleblowers

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:00:12 GMT

How do we engage with those who risk everything to tell their story?

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34 How To Books

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:00:16 GMT

Very popular genre…should you dive in to this market?

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33 Show Your Samples

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Make sure that everyone can see your work before they ask for it.

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32 You The Brand (Part 02)

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:00:09 GMT

Don't do the same book twice.

Remember, create your own identity that makes your books stand out.

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31 Legal Insurance

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:00:07 GMT

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30 Writing Dialouge

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:00:52 GMT

You might have a brilliant plot or be ghosting someone’s amazing lifestyle. Every book needs dialogue. But how do you write it?

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29 Stuff People Say (Part 02)

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:00:16 GMT

As a coach, you often hear the same doubts and fears from other writers. Here are a few of them.

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28 Serialisation

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:00:00 GMT

What? A newspaper will actually pay YOU to publicise your book? Oh, yes!

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27 Sequence Not Dates

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:54:42 GMT

If you are struggling in a memoir to remember the exact date something happened, this should put your mind at rest.

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26 How To Write A Sports Book

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:21 GMT

Why much of a great sports book has nothing to do with sport!

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25 The Only Thing You Should Spend Money On If You Are Self-Publishing

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:00:35 GMT

Really important tutorial. If you want to self-publish, people see you coming. The only criteria is simply, will I see a return on that?

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24 Your Website

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:00:24 GMT

A paradox of being a writer is often that your own website is stuck in another era. Don’t let the brilliance of your published words be betrayed by a half-arsed website! They are your words too.

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23 Contracts

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:00:54 GMT

What should be in a contract? Remember, they are for tomorrow and not for today.

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22 Helping The Reader Read Your Book

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:00:01 GMT

Always view your book from the reader’s point of view. We have busy lives. How can you fit into a 24/7 society?

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21 Photos

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:00:39 GMT

Big subject. Don’t make it an afterthought.

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20 Flashbacks

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:00:37 GMT

A really useful device in a memoir.

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19 Self-Promotion

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:00:34 GMT

You have to promote you before you promote your book. People buy from people.

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18 Amazon – Friend or Foe？

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:00:42 GMT

Is the retail beast your friend or worst nightmare? Why is it important to understand about Amazon…the business of writing and the business of writing.

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17 Word Duplication

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:00:46 GMT

Wrecking your own manuscript by simply not seeing the use of the same words over and over again.

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16 Stuff People Say (Part 01)

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:00:45 GMT

You can learn a lot from what people tell you when they are approaching their first book. When you regularly hear the same stuff, you can learn from it. This is a Part One - so it will definitely re-appear!

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15 How To Write A Travel Book

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:00:39 GMT

Arguably, one of the most sought after genres. Should you do it and how will you make it timeless and original?

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14 Bill Bryson By The Pool

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:00:36 GMT

Personal Case Study: What you can learn from what people are reading and when they are doing so.

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13 You, The Brand (Part One)

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:00:48 GMT

Handy stuff to consider before You, the brand even exists. Part One of a few!

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12 How To Write A Travel Book

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:00:20 GMT

Arguably, one of the most sought after genres.

Should you do it and how will you make it timeless and original?

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11 The Title Of Your Book

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:00:09 GMT

Should that be the titles?

Understand the value of your title in the digital era and why you should not go looking for a title.

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10 Do I Need An Agent？

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:31 GMT

Personal Case Study: How Tony got his agent.

Spoiler: It involves Alan Shearer and Justin Bieber.

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09 Laying Out The Manuscript

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:00:07 GMT

‘I actually have no idea how to format my book on the page’

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08 Ghostwriting Process

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 13:00:11 GMT

What is a ghost?

How does it work?

What are the key skills of the ghostwriting process?

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07 Editing As You Go

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:00:29 GMT

Learn how you should never edit a manuscript whilst you are still in it.

Go forwards, not backwards and don’t touch the edit until draft one is done

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06 Three Reads Of An Edit

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:00:44 GMT

What I mean when I refer to the Pleasure Read, The Industrial Read and the Get Ready to Publish Read

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05 Writers Block

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Arguably, the biggest talking point.

Let’s spend a few minutes talking about it and then you crack on writing!

I have a very simple technique to make sure you never need stare out of the window again

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04 Word Count

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:00:17 GMT

How many words should you be writing a day?

How many words are in a book?

How long is a piece of string?

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03 Happy Publication Day

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:00:02 GMT

Your book is out today. Time to tell the world? No, big mistake…

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02 How Do I Save The Manuscript

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:00:34 GMT

A simple tutorial that saves you pain in the long run…

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01 Webinar Recap

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:00:41 GMT

A quick summary of the webinar, if you couldn’t be bothered to listen to the whole thing!

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00 Webinar

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:59:32 GMT

Seven Steps To Get Your Writing Career Started – Or Re-stared:

Grab yourself a drink and put 45 minutes aside. Here is a little introduction to me and how I do the magic of ghostwriting every single day. I will be sharing industry tips, professional knowledge and personal case studies and this applies whether you are a writer or a ghost.

No need to make any notes. Just press play and take it all in…

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