Ghostwriting

Most leaders, business owners, and creatives have something true to say and not enough time to say it. The page is intimidating, the calendar is full, and the writing slips down the priority list for another quarter. That's where ghostwriting comes in.

I'm a ghostwriter and editor with a degree in creative writing from Arizona State University, a body of bylined work spanning entertainment, criticism, and long-form essays, and twenty-eight ghostwritten books to my name. I write in your voice, not mine, and I do it on a schedule that holds. The critical thing is being able to write in another's voice: there are conversations, a lot of questions, videos, a detailed outline, and then I go away and write.

What I ghostwrite

Books. 30,000-word business books, 60,000-word memoirs, full-length nonfiction. We start with a discovery process: I interview you, I read your existing material, I find the rhythm of your voice. Then, I write, chapter by chapter, with clear milestones. You read each chapter as I finish it. By the end, you have a complete manuscript with your name on it.

Op-eds and thought-leadership articles. 800–1,500-word pieces for placement in industry publications, on LinkedIn, on Substack, or wherever your audience lives. I capture your thinking from a conversation, find the sharp edge, and deliver clean copy on the platform you want.

Long-form articles and white papers. 2,000–6,000-word work where depth matters more than speed. Research-backed, well-sourced, structured to be read end-to-end rather than skimmed.

Branded content. Series of pieces written under a brand voice rather than yours: newsletters, content libraries, knowledge bases, sales enablement material. Consistency across many pieces matters here, and that's where editorial discipline pays off.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." (David Foster Wallace)

How the process works

1. Discovery call. Free, 30 minutes. We talk about what you want written, who reads it, what voice it needs, what success looks like. I tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit. Some projects fit me; some don't. I'd rather refer you out than write something I can't bring my best to.

2. Voice and scope alignment. Before I write a full chapter or article, I write a sample, usually a paragraph or short opening, so we both confirm the sound and direction. Catching a voice mismatch in 200 words is much cheaper than catching it in 20,000.

3. The writing. I work to milestones, not vibes. You know when each piece is coming. For a book, you typically have the introduction and first chapter within four weeks; revised drafts come back within about two weeks; and the full manuscript is delivered within six weeks of approval. A book with no major changes runs roughly 10 to 12 weeks start to finish. Two rounds of revision per deliverable are standard, and if a deadline shifts, you'll hear from me before it does, not after.

4. Delivery. Clean files in the format you need: Word, Google Docs, Markdown, whatever the next person in the chain prefers. For ghostwriting, the work is fully yours. Your name on it, your credit, your rights. I don't mention the project publicly unless we agree in writing that I can.

Confidentiality

Ghostwriting is, by definition, work you take credit for. That's the whole point. Confidentiality is the baseline of every engagement, not an upsell, not an add-on. The only books I list publicly on the portfolio are the ones the credited author has explicitly approved.