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Jaded_Nova

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Re:Ghostwriting - 03/03/2007 bhumikag wrote:
i haven't tried ghost writing..but reading ur experience i think its not for me.it feels like being robbed or losing ur feelings..something hard to deal with.

I agree. It is as if your career is helping someone else's career. How long can that go on before it ultimately drags you down?

A neighbor of mine makes a living ghostwriting to feed her own writing, but she barely has time to finish her own pieces.

I do not judge those who need the cash, I would just rather work at McDonald's.

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bhumikag
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Re:Ghostwriting - 10/04/2006 i haven't tried ghost writing..but reading ur experience i think its not for me.it feels like being robbed or losing ur feelings..something hard to deal with.

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helene

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Re:Ghostwriting - 10/04/2006 Yeah, ghostwriting is tough. But once you agree to do it, your writings are now their property. They can splice it open, add text, delete text, and put their name on it, if they so choose.

I can see how that can be bothersome, Tamsen. Most people with online article needs generally don't care who gets the credit - they just want the right to do whatever they want with it (including selling it to others). Next time you ghostwrite a piece, you can ask them to not put any name on it, but to include the copyright symbol so that those who aren't entitled to use it won't use it. It may not always work, but it's worth asking.

For longer projects, you can also ask if they can credit you in some way. It can mean a small line in the beginning or end of the piece saying something like: "edited by Tamsen Butler". This is also worth asking for, even if they may not always agree.

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FalconDance

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Re:Ghostwriting - 10/04/2006 I haven't done much ghosting online, but I have written quite a few things before the internet was in every building. I was acknowledged as the author, but in such tiny print, it might as well not been there. Most of it was training materials for companies or promotional materials. It would be exceedingly odd to come across that now, even in part (especially since those divisions of those huge companies no longer exist!)!

I'm not really sure just how I'd feel about it, though. Flattered that it was deemed good enough to publish globally. Peeved that someone else's name was on the work (originally it was only used in-house, so it didn't matter). A little upset that I didn't receive any royalties

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Tamsen

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Ghostwriting - 10/03/2006 The vast majority of my work is ghostwriting, mostly informational articles and such. This didn't really ever bother me until tonight when I stumbled across one of my articles on a website with someone else's name on it.

I got a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's not that I didn't know intellectually that it was going to happen, it just feels...odd. Your thoughts?

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