Fine Art • Medical • Academic • Non-Fiction
“Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act, falls the Shadow.” T.S. Eliot
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write texts that are officially credited to someone else. Ghostwriting requires a strong sense of self, and a willingness to subsume that self to the needs of others. You didn’t truly believe that the recently released book was written by that athlete or that personality about town, now did you?
Ghostwriters help provide a voice to those who might otherwise remain mute. Ann has written books for doctors, a bioethicist, and an immigrant, though she eschews academic ghostwriting, believing that all academics should earn their own accolades. As a ghostwriter, she attempts to write in the voice of the one whose story she tells, a feat she achieves by spending time with her clients in conversation, getting to know their rhythms of speech and their perspectives on life and the topic at hand.
She also ghostwrites articles for professionals who wish to publish their own articles but need the guidance and expertise of professional writer.
While Ann would like to list her ghostwriting publications, that would be cheating, wouldn’t it? Suffice it to say, several books and numerous articles have appeared in print without her name on the cover, though she is often given credit in the acknowledgements. It’s a game of find-and-seek.
Wiki Authoring
Ann created a Wiki article for crime thriller author Meg Gardiner, a site that she regularly updates with new publications, the latest reviews, and other tidbits about one of her favorite authors. See the site at Meg Gardiner wiki article.
She is willing and able to author other Wiki articles as the need arises. It's all a matter of text and symbols, after all.