A Consumer’s Guide to Ghostwriting Services

By Denis Ledoux

You don't have to be a writer to create an interesting and meaningful memoir. Within A Consumer’s Guide to Ghostwriting Services, you will learn: where to find experienced co-authors, how to interview and choose the best one for you, what to ask your writer about setting up a productive work relationship, how to evaluate the process so you maximize outcome, and what to expect for fees and how to hold them in check.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Denis Ledoux
• Release date: Jan 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781477406328

Denis Ledoux

YOU CAN LEARN TO WRITE FROM THE INSIDE OUTI believe in the power of telling our personal and family stories. These are our hero's journeys, and by telling them we honor ourselves and the people we have come from. An important early task for the writer is go inside and find the story that is worth telling. The story is not about "nice" words; it is about honest words, visceral words.LIFESTORIES FEED USStories have always played an important role in my life. I grew up in a three-generation home with paternal grandparents who lived upstairs. I heard tales of my extended family and their history recounted by the family storyteller, my grandmother Ledoux. These stories were a food for my soul. I could not get enough of them, and her gift to me was that she was a voluble, entertaining storyteller.I began writing as a short-story writer, drawing on family characters, settings, and stories for my fiction. In 1989, I won the Maine Fiction Award for Mountain Dance & Other Stories. My other titles include What Became of Them and Other Stories from Franco-America (1988), and Lives in Translation: An Anthology of Contemporary Franco-American Writings (which I edited in 1990). In 1992, I published (and it is still in print) Turning Memories Into Memoirs / A Handbook for Writing Lifestories; in 1996, The Photo Scribe / How to Tell the Stories Behind Your Photos; in 2009, The Consumer's Guide to Ghostwriting, in 2013, a memoir—We Were Not Spoiled. E-publication includes the books listed here in Smashwords as well as others.MAKING THE LEAP TO BECOMING A MEMOIR PROFESSIONALIt was a natural leap from my own family stories to helping others to record their stories in well-written accounts that apply all the techniques of fiction writing to autobiography, family reminiscence, and scrapbooking.In 1996, I was honored as Lifewriting Professional of the Year by the Association of Personal Historians.THE MEMOIR NETWORKToday, I continue to work as a writer, educator, teacher, autobiography co-author, memoir-writing coach, editor and publisher. I direct The Memoir Network, an international group of lifestory writing teachers who use my method and materials to lead the popular Turning Memories® and Photo Scribe® workshops and programs.My Memoir Network offers Memoir Professional Packages for individuals wishing to do what we call memoir work in their communities. [http://thememoirnetwork.com/memoir-professional-packages/] Please inquire if you are interested in becoming a Memoir Professional.BUILD YOUR MEMOIR-WRITING LIBRARYYou will find a number of my memoir-writing e-books on Smashwords. Begin to purchase them now so as to develop your memoir-writing library. These are the best memoir-writing books available anywhere at any price.BEYOND THE BOOKSIf you need more than these great books, give me call at 207-353-5454 for a free consultation to determine whether coaching, editing, or ghostwriting is a good fit for you. When you're ready, we can also do book production for you.Keep writing and stay in the memoir conversation.

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A Consumer’s Guide to Ghostwriting Services

How to Choose and Work With the

Best Co-author for You

Denis Ledoux

Copyright 2019 Denis Ledoux

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations.

KUDOS FOR DENIS LEDOUX

I.

Denis Ledoux won the 1989 Maine Fiction Award judged by Elizabeth Hardwick and the juried 1991 and 1996 Maine Individual Writing Fellowships.

II.

Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to have people speak well about The Memoir Network, about Memoir Network products  and about Denis.

~ Time Magazine wrote of Denis in an article on memoir writing in April 1999: Since 1988, Denis Ledoux has helped thousands of people get started writing their memoir.

~ The Christian Science Monitor ran either roundups or feature articles on Denis. Three times.

~ His Turning Memories Into Memoirs was deemed by Booklist (American Library Association) as very beneficial…helps writers get off to a great start.

~ Rhonda Kanning Anderson, co-founder of the early (and for long time) premier scrapbooking company, Creative Memories, said of his Photo Scribe: "The Photo Scribe has inspired me to a new level of photo-journaling. This practical step-by-stop guide can enable anyone to discover the depth of their memories."

~ Bottomline Publications acknowledged Denis’s work (in a feature article) as a memoir ghostwriter, editor and coach.

~ The Cincinnati Post praised Turning Memories Into Memoirs / A Handbook for Writing Lifestories as: …a step-by-step manual, lots of examples, a fine appendix and a detailed index, making it a useful reference over time.

III.

Denis has been interviewed on a variety of radio stations in cities as far flung as Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Montréal. He has been interviewed by NPR affiliates as well as Radio Canada.

Thank You Gifts

I hope you have enjoyed this book. As a thank you for placing your trust in me, I would like to gift you with any (or all) of the following gifts:

1. Start to Write Your Memoir Course. In this free, five-lesson mini-course, you will learn easy and effective techniques to start writing your memoir today.

2. Memoir Writing 101: 10 Steps To Writing a Compelling Memoir. This is an info-packed e-book that will launch you quickly into writing your story.

3. As if this is not enough, to help you stay in the memoir conversation, I am also offering you a free membership in The Memoir Network’s My Memoir Education. http://thememoirnetwork.com

A Simple Request

If this book contributes to your writing—whether to its quantity or its quality—would you please take a moment to write a short review of the book on Smashwords? It can be as short as 20 or 25 words! Honestly! Do your fellow writers a favor and tell them how much they might expect of A Consumer’s Guide to Ghostwriting Service.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: When is Working With a Ghostwriter A Good Choice?

Chapter 2: It is Okay to Work with a Ghostwriter

Chapter 3: Choosing Your Ghostwriter

Chapter 4: Knowing Your Writer’s Publishing Past

Chapter 5: Know Your Writer

Chapter 6: Asking the Ghostwriter Right Questions

Chapter 7: Becoming Clear About Your Needs

Chapter 8: Establishing a Financial and Procedural Relationship

Chapter 9: How Much Does a Memoir Cost?

Chapter 10: Tips for Saving Money

Chapter 11: Your Sendoff

Lifewriting Resources

Memoir Professional