Ghost Writing

Ghost writing is a lucrative way of making good money quickly. It involves writing books and other material for someone else, under their name. Why would you want to write under someone else's name?
For a start, ghost writing has the benefit of providing you with regular work. There are plenty of people out there who don't want to spend ages doing all the hard work, but want to benefit from the expert knowledge of a good writer.

Some clients have a terrible writing style, and although they have excellent ideas which allow you to produce good writing, they do not have the skills to complete a writing project on their own. A happy client may give you regular work and this can be worth a lot to you in the long run.

As a writer, you may have the written expertise, but you may not have the publishing contacts or media contacts that your clients have. You may have submitted proposals for books in the past and found it got you nowehere.Ghost writing allows you to fulfill your dream of being published, even though your name is not on the finished product. If you are able to strike a good deal, you may be able to secure royalties on all future sales.

Submit samples of your work to agencies in the first instance, but do your research. Use something like www.firstwriter.com to find details of all publishing houses and agents that deal with ghost writing. Chances are, when one agent picks you up and you are able to deliver the goods, they will give you repeat work for a very long time.

Word gets around quickly in the publishing world. If you end up lucky enough to write the biography of a famous celebrity, the royalties generated from the sales could be huge and you will most certainly get more work.