Gathering of the Ghosts 2025

Ghostmasters 101: How to Break into the Business of Ghostwriting

Gotham Ghostwriters

Elizabeth Evans is a Literary Agent-turned-Editor-turned-Ghostwriter based in the Greater Milwaukee Area. After twelve years of experience as a successful literary agent (she sold over sixty books...
The journey to authorship for Thought Leaders is not as easy as one might think because having the idea(s) for the book is only half the battle....
Amy Klein is a writer based in New York City. She wrote the “Fertility Diary” column for The New York Times’s Motherlode blog for three years. She...
Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum are cofounders of A Mighty Blaze, a social media initiative for authors whose tours have been canceled by the coronavirus pandemic and...
Jonathan Merritt is a writer based in New York City. He writes on religion, culture, and politics for The Atlantic, The Week, and is author of several...
Gotham Ghostwriters is launching a campaign today we’re calling Help Another Writer Out (#HAWO) — a very conscious tribute to our pioneering friends at Help A Reporter...
Working from home doesn’t have to be less productive than being in the office. As we head into another week of working from home, we thought we’d...
Alicia Ostarello and Angie Sommer are cofounders of Vow Muse, a ghostwriting service for all the special moments in your life including custom-written vows, speeches, and ceremonies....
This article about Carrie Cantor, who has three decades’ worth of experience in the book publishing industry, is about the importance of searching for the right editor,...
Jordan G. Teicher is a writer based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among other publications.

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