“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” - Richard Bach.”
Most people have a story to tell. It may be a novel, a chronicle of personal experiences, an anthology or collection of poetry, family history, business experiences or advice, a fiction, imaginary tale. The opportunities are endless and the length irrelevant.
SO WHY DON’T THEY?
Most never get round to it because they cannot write well. By being partnered and advised by a ghost-writer you find the modest outlay recoverable because the enhanced quality of the book puts its cover price up.
THE GHOST-WRITER
Eighty percent of celebrity bios and forty percent of conventional books are ghost-written. Your ghost-writer repairs poor English and by adding imaginative flair brings your story to retail quality.
SELF PUBLISHING
Conventional publishing costs are about 35 percent of the cover price. After retailers absorb 35 percent of the cover price the author is left with 30 percent profit. However, distribution costs can be costly. By self-publishing you eliminate the conventional publisher who will give you just 10 percent of your book’s cover price. More books are now self-published than are books published by conventional publishers.
ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL PUBLISHING
E-books are books that can be downloaded and read online. EBooks now outsell conventional books. You avoid publishing costs and cost of distribution. You simply forfeit an agreed part of the cover price. Amazon typically allows you to harvest 70 percent of the cover price.
YOUR GHOST-WRITER
Assessment is free. The fee required for ghost-writing is be €20 per 1,000 words. This is payable in 10,000 word stages (€200). Upon completion I can recommend a lady who specialises in designing a book’s cover at €100. Steve Gledhill, if you wish, will put your book on Amazon-Kindle and provide you and your book with your own website for just €250. (usual cost is about €1,000).
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
For many people writing a novel, bio or anthology is like a promise to one day learn a foreign language; it remains an unfulfilled wish. If you are serious then let’s take a look at what needs to be done. You then decide if you wish to proceed. Thanks for being in touch.
MICHAEL WALSH. A published author and professional writer-journalist, Michael Walsh may be Mediterranean Spain’s best known ghost-writer. Titles completed include Still Running, Mickey Finn’s memoirs of a child convict. The Sins of the Father, Cynthia Paddick. Dieter Rudolph’s Farewell To Hamburg. Swedish author Britt Arenander chose Michael Walsh for her great fiction Lux Divina. Chris Nand’s Return to Devil Island is likely to be filmed. Other titles completed include A Matter of Trust, Swinging Doors, Rutter’s Raj, The Perfect Murder, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, The Golden Triangle.