Ghost Writing is Not About Ghosts!

I guess I just assumed that ghost writer was a familiar term. Seems that I guessed wrong. I have received quite a few inquires about writing articles on ghosts, blogging for a group that "follows" ghost, and writing ghost stories. Sorry, I know nothing about ghosts except for what I saw in the movie Ghost (Special Collector's Edition) and Casper, as in the friendly ghost.

Ghost writing refers to writers that write articles, stories, poems, books etc, and sell all rights to the buyer. This means that when I ghost write an article, I am selling that work to a buyer who will then attached their name to the piece. I cannot resell, or use the piece as my own...all rights now belong to the buyer. Hence the term "ghostwriter". I write for people that can't write, need some help with their writing, or they don't have the time to complete their writing requirements.

A client once asked me if it ever bothered me to write and not be able to put my name on it...Not at all...don't forget, I'm getting paid for it. However, it is nice to see your name in print, so I do publish work in my name. I guess you need a little bit of an ego to be a writer :)