Well, obviously, I can't say names. I can't say anyone has shocked me, though. I haven't really worked with tons and tons of celebs either to make a ton of comparisons. Mostly, I've been pleasantly surprised how down to earth my clients are for having notoriety. I haven't had any divas.

Nothing in particular I want to double back to, but tons of clients that I'd happily write another book for because we worked well together. Most of my clients, actually.

I do not! With a big caveat that ghostwriters need to be paid what they're worth. Tons of people doing gigs on Fiverr for pennies and in any industry, when someone is underpaid that is obviously unfair. So I rally for ghosts getting proper compensation.

But for me, and for colleagues making five to six figures a book, no. We get compensated pretty well to not get the credit. Some ghosts might still prefer some credit, and we do sometimes get acknowledged on the front cover or the acknowledgements of a book, but I see it like anything else. In most industries, you never know who designed a product.

In almost every way, I'd say it's the harder writing gig. As a writer writing their own stuff, you get to aim to be proficient in your writing style and your chosen genre. As a ghostwriter, you need to be proficient in a multitude of genres, be able to do any voice, bring the voice of your client into the work. It takes a ton of analysis and people-skills. Because my clients have often not written a book, they come to me with a vague idea of what they want and most of the time I'm reading between the lines to get that tone down. Then obviously you often do a lot more research because it may be a new topic to you or you'll research things from the life of your client. Even something as small as a hotel lobby, I'd go look that up and add in those details.

I'm trying to think of how it is easier and mostly I just don't think it is haha. I guess the one easy part is, and the reason I chose this career, is I get money in my pocket as soon as I'm done. Zero marketing, zero wondering if it's going to get published. But that doesn't really pertain to the writing aspect.

Oooh, no, not yet! Hopefully one day because that would be a great selling point for me.