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The one person your business book shouldn’t be for

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
by Ginny Carter

It’s a tricky moment, I’ll admit. That point in your business book when you decide to go out on a limb. You make a controversial argument which you know some people will disagree with. You go for a radical change of tone throughout. You even want it re-structured in a new way. It feels scary, doesn’t it? Even though it’s only words on a page. But if you’re like many business authors, there’s one person you’re most afraid of when you do this: your critic. Critics are rarely far from our mind when we’re writing a book, because it’s human

April 11, 2018
by PhilipWhiteley

It’s been noted before in this column that a moment professional authors dread is when someone from another profession comments: ‘Oh, I’m going to write a book when I retire/find the time. Everyone says I should.’ Ours is the only profession that other folk tend to think that they can do, irrespective of qualifications, natural ability or training. Patiently, we often have to explain that penning a book is usually not straightforward, and that a promising idea for a story does not automatically qualify you as author. Being a professional writer is a privilege, however, and one cannot impose qualification

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018
by LindaWatson-Brown

This week, everyone at United Ghostwriters thought it would be useful to give you an insight into what we’ve been developing over the past year. One of the questions often asked of ghostwriters is, ‘What was your last project?’ The truth is, UG has exceptional talent in every area of ghostwriting. But here, to make it all a bit more personal, is what we’ve all been working on recently. No matter what your book is about, you will be able to find someone at UG who can talk you through the process and produce an incredible testament to your story,

March 13, 2018
by SpencerHonniball

Authorial envy isn’t something I’ve ever really suffered from, though occasionally I come across a piece of work so magnificent, it makes me wish I could’ve tackled the story myself. One such story did exactly that. Rewind to August 2014, Emirates Stadium (or The Grove, as diehards prefer), for the launch of Stuck in a Moment: the Ballad of Paul Vaessen. Having remembered Paul from 1980, when he headed Arsenal into the Cup Winners’ Cup Final with a priceless goal away at Juventus, his name occasionally cropped up in my mind. In days well before the advent of social media,

March 5, 2018
by CaroHandley

So you’ve written a manuscript…well, part of one, most of one actually. But now you feel you can’t see the wood for the trees any longer. You’re pretty sure it’s got some potential; in fact you’re excited about it because it’s a great story. But you’re running out of steam and you need some help to get it over the line. This is how the scene is set for many a conversation between a would-be author and a ghostwriter. The urge to get our stories down on paper can be a powerful, sometimes irresistible. But the reality of committing the

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