Comments for Marcia Layton Turner https://marcialaytonturner.com/ Best-selling Author and Ghostwriter Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on How I Plan My Day as a Ghostwriter by Joanne https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/ghostwriting/how-i-plan-my-day-as-a-ghostwriter/#comment-410 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:31:27 +0000 https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/uncategorized/how-i-plan-my-day-as-a-ghostwriter/#comment-410 Thank you, Thank you….. Thank you. I am a writer to my core, with a deep passion and love for this form of artistic expression.

Now, I want to turn this joy of writing outward and delve into the world of ghostwriting. I have written personal blogs, posts for work and have helped one author with her memoirs… and I am hooked!

Serendipitously, I have found myself here and I am soaking up your advice, blogs and words of experience, as deeply as grandma’s homemade biscuits guzzled her black pepper gravy.

Thank you for writing all of “this”. It is such a blessing to stumble upon it now… at the exact time I needed a nudge in this direction.

Kindly,
Joanne

]]> Comment on The Best Way to Quote Your Ghostwriting Fee by mlt https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/ghostwriting/the-best-way-to-quote-your-ghostwriting-fee/#comment-353 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:10:34 +0000 https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/uncategorized/the-best-way-to-quote-your-ghostwriting-fee/#comment-353 In reply to Suzanne Paschall.

Hi, Suzanne,
EFA is a terrific organization, but I agree that their rates are lagging industry averages. Despite $.12/word being low, I think you were really smart to take the opportunity to get paid ghostwriting experience!
As for the contract, I would recommend asking for a down payment, then bill after delivery – not acceptance – of each chapter.
I would not recommend offering to edit until the client is satisfied, because that could go on for months. Instead, include two rounds of revisions, with additional rounds billed at your standard hourly rate of $XX. That way, if the client wants to revise ad infinitum, you are at least getting paid.

]]> Comment on The Best Way to Quote Your Ghostwriting Fee by Suzanne Paschall https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/ghostwriting/the-best-way-to-quote-your-ghostwriting-fee/#comment-352 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:28:50 +0000 https://marcialaytonturner.com/blog/uncategorized/the-best-way-to-quote-your-ghostwriting-fee/#comment-352 I’m an established non-fiction book author and editor and I’ve gotten my first opportunity to ghostwrite three chapters for an author for an upcoming book. I’m a member of EFA, who suggest .12/word as a ghostwriting rate, which seems really low to me, but since it’s my first ghost project, I didn’t argue with the client’s rate offering (which was a job offer through EFA). So, I’m putting together a contract, and found what seems to be a good draft one, but it doesn’t deal with scope creep at all; I’m thinking especially in terms of withholding payment until all revisions are done.
Do you recommend asking for payment with the delivery of the drafts (I’m going to invoice her after each chapter is delivered, plus a small up front deposit) and then indicating in the contract that “Writer agrees to undertake revisions as required by Client until Client is satisfied with results,” or something similar?
I have never had an issue with any client in the past under regular contract circumstances, in fact, most clients have paid me for revision time as well if i was charging by the hour, as I include that in my contracts, but I’m not sure what is acceptable in the ghostwriting world. Can you help?

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