In their latest attempt to steer clients away from competent, published ghostwriters, some ghostwriting companies claim that it is dangerous to work with independent ghostwriters! The specious reasoning is that a potential client never has any way of knowing whether or not a ghostwriter will plagiarize to deliver the commisioned work.
This is utter nonesense! If you ask a ghostwriter to write your memoir, how can he or she possibly substitute another autobiography in place of your unique life experiences? Are the memoirs of Johnny Carson and Don Rickles interchangeable? And if you ask a ghostwriter to write true crime, a business plan, a novel, or any other book, how can the ghostwriter possibly substitute some other previously published work in order to represent your specific ideas, experiences, or plots? It is absolutely impossible. You will pay for this needless insurance, of course. It’s called “upselling” you on additional and needless services. Read “Ghostwriting Scam” on my website. Know the truth.
And remember: ghostwriting companies, for the most part, sub-contract out their work to independent ghostwriters anyway. I network with the independent ghostwriters these companies use, and they’re not on the company payroll.
