The late-night drunk caller.

The late-night drunk caller.

(Explicit language appears in this blog post) It was a little after 11:30pm on March 2nd, 2026, when the office phone rang. Caller ID placed him in Arkansas. Maybe this was someone in need of rapid ghostwriting services. I picked up. A loud, sloppy male voice croaked:...
Screening ghostwriters: Run a simple test.

Screening ghostwriters: Run a simple test.

The person who wants to write a book, but whose writing skills are, uhh, challenged, has a dilemma. How to choose a great writer before spending thousands of dollars? A solution is: Run a test. Here’s what I suggest…. That prospective client’s poor...
The great dinner delay of August 3, 2015.

The great dinner delay of August 3, 2015.

For those who follow this blog, you know I love great writing. I found this on Quora yesterday. Apparently it was posted in 2019. The author’s handle is “Space Admiral Steve Jones,” who describes himself as an “Animal lover and human servant to a crazy kitty.” The...