What is a ghost writer? A ghostwriter collaborates with an author/client to write a book based on the vision, ideas, and voice of the client. The ghostwriter does the research and writing and the client publishes the book in his or her own name. The client retains the...
Memoir is one of the most popular genres among first-time writers. What story does one know more intimately than one’s own life? Still, writers who tackle memoirs often do so on the mistaken assumption that such a text might be straightforward and simple because it...
Villains and heroes: Are people essentially good, or essentially bad? Since time immemorial, armchair philosophers have debated this vexing question, which provokes heated, polarizing answers. But the truth lies somewhere in between the extremes. We humans are complex...
Writing my memoir Memoir is one of the most popular genres among first-time writers. What story does one know more intimately than one’s own life? Still, writers who tackle memoirs often do so on the mistaken assumption that such a text might be straightforward...
It’s fair to say Jerry Seinfeld has achieved a modicum of success over his decades-long career. And while he’s best known as a comedian or actor, his oeuvre is really rooted in writing: as a stand-up comic, as one of the creative minds behind Seinfeld, and as the...