These are very interesting descriptions of the many paths to producing a book. It also does not editorialize much about preferred approaches. My recollection in the mid 1980s was that our mutual mentor Paul Fromer was that he did not like the practice of ghost writing. Again, this is from a long time ago, but it seemed he was especially critical of Patricia Cornwell's work for Ruth Bell Graham. Would you describe your take on ghost writing as akin to or in contrast of Fromer's?
Thanks for commenting, Dave! I tend to agree with the late great Paul F., which is why I describe my work as collaborative or cowriting, and I do books I have a byline on for the most part. When I was writing a lot of Bible studies for a company that produced them, I was a ghostwriter of sorts for some high profile pastors. They were study guides based on those pastors' teaching, so I wasn't creating the content, just shaping it. I think the average lay person doesn't realize how many options there are to create a book. If writers are trying to make a living though, ghostwriting makes sense because it pays well.
These are very interesting descriptions of the many paths to producing a book. It also does not editorialize much about preferred approaches. My recollection in the mid 1980s was that our mutual mentor Paul Fromer was that he did not like the practice of ghost writing. Again, this is from a long time ago, but it seemed he was especially critical of Patricia Cornwell's work for Ruth Bell Graham. Would you describe your take on ghost writing as akin to or in contrast of Fromer's?
Thanks for commenting, Dave! I tend to agree with the late great Paul F., which is why I describe my work as collaborative or cowriting, and I do books I have a byline on for the most part. When I was writing a lot of Bible studies for a company that produced them, I was a ghostwriter of sorts for some high profile pastors. They were study guides based on those pastors' teaching, so I wasn't creating the content, just shaping it. I think the average lay person doesn't realize how many options there are to create a book. If writers are trying to make a living though, ghostwriting makes sense because it pays well.