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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter

      1/ well, first of all, ghost writers ARE a thing ... and for ego reasons, they're often uncredited. I know of several Big Name SF authors who have said "oh, yeah, I wrote 98% of a book for a guy who wanted to 'have written a book' " I suspect the big reason there's not more >https://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1455903200293359621 …

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      Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter @drethelin
      A ton of artists work on commission: you come to them with an idea or theme and then they implement it. There’s room for creativity but not a ton. Why is this so seemingly so much more rare in writing?
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      2/ is that a novel is, with zero disrespect to painters and artists, a much bigger piece of work / time commitment than a painting. short story or novella = framed painting novel = chapel ceiling

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      3/ I'm gonna make up a number and declare that maybe artists work for $50/hr, and so you can commission a 1-hr JPG character drawing for $50 or a framed oil painting still life for $1,500 far fewer in the market for the latter than for the former >

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      4/ ...and I would ABSOLUTELY ghost write a novel for someone, at the right price point ... but I doubt I could do it in < 1,000 hours, and I'd charge more per hour (bc opportunity cost for software engineering work). Who wants to buy a novel for $100k? Beuller? Beulller?

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robert Kroese

      5/ this is a bargain, and I hope one or more people take @robkroese up on it!https://twitter.com/robkroese/status/1455907090841706498 …

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,

      Robert Kroese @robkroese
      i'll do it for $50k https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1455906781994143744 …
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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Demiurgent 🥃 🖤

      6/https://twitter.com/tr0g/status/1455907113428033543 …

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,

      Demiurgent 🥃 🖤 @tr0g
      Replying to @MorlockP
      To riff off of this, there are also big name best selling "authors" who basically write a plot outline and hand it to someone else to write. It goes under the radar because of NDAs and the name on the cover is all you see. It's not rare, it's just under the radar for most.
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 3 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Maybe F

      7/ you can get two - with vikings! - from Rob at the same price point!https://twitter.com/Not_Muaddib/status/1455907736873431044 …

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,

      Maybe F @Not_Muaddib
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Id buy a ghost written novel from a quality writer such as yourself for that much. And having investigated doing just that previously, you're actually in the midrange. Some proven ghostwriters are $200k+
      7:41 AM - 3 Nov 2021
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        2. SuperIronBob‏ @SuperIronBob 3 Nov 2021
          Replying to @MorlockP

          For memiors, at least, there's typically three tiers of ghost writing pricing for those who do it, from cheapest to most expensive, full credit as coauthor including on spine, a with credit in a less obvious location, and finally uncredited.

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        3. SuperIronBob‏ @SuperIronBob 3 Nov 2021
          Replying to @SuperIronBob @MorlockP

          And now seeing the quoted prices and thinking yah those make sense with the justification, it seems like a steal when you look at the advances that politicians and others get paid.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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