I recently met a ghostwriter and was amazed that she actually made a living doing this, but apparently it pays well, a very depressing thing to hear when I think about the days when I’m struggling to get words on the page and asking why I keep doing this to myself. https://twitter.com/sarahmaclean/status/1097866876053536768 …
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Replying to @mpsunday
I’m going to need to tag
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Replying to @BeauNorth @mpsunday
I find ghostwriters fascinating, and very 1980s and 90s. I feel like they're used for children's books that have to actually push out work on much more regular basis - ie Animorphs releasing a book a month, even though KAA had a baby and other series. This? This is insanity and
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really damaging. Is the author in question one of those Kindle Unlimited authors looking to release monthly? Because wow those are really damaging the good name of authors, particularly romance authors
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And also - if it really was a ghostwriter that did this to her, then that is really shitty of the ghostwriter. They're still used quite often - many many memoirs particularly celeb ones - and it does appear to be good but hard work. I don't know which side I want to believe more
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Replying to @MeggGriffin @mpsunday
Assuming the ghostwriter story is true, she would have read the final product before publishing, right? So she missed whole chunks of work from authors she’s now claiming to love. That makes me think that either a) the ghostwriter isn’t real or b) she pubbed without reading.
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Replying to @BeauNorth @mpsunday
God yeah I mean, in my mind, you would put it through a plagiarism checking tool if you have a ghostwriter, at a MINIMUM. Out of curiosity, would it be better if she didn't claim to love the author she stole from? Claim to not know she existed?
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Replying to @MeggGriffin @mpsunday
If it were MY work, hearing her say “I love your work!” Would just make me angrier. Like YEAH, NO SHIT.
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Looking at how many of these Fiverr ads say they will "ghostwriter, proofread, and edit" I actually wouldn't be surprised if she stupidly didn't read through her own book
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