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For the fourteenth year, Wambtac Communications LLC (WCLLC) will offer the only direct path to a becoming a professional book ghostwriter starting January 2025. According to WCLLC founder Claudia Suzanne, over 100 writers, editors, journalists, and freelance ghostwriters have transformed their passion for writing into lucrative solopreneur enterprises through the…

Jamie Oliver’s children's book Billy and the Epic Escape has finally been pulled from shelves, after sparking outrage for its portrayal of Indigenous Australians, a misstep that highlights a persistent blind spot in the publishing industry. But this isn’t merely about a celebrity getting called out—it's a case study in…

It’s always a punch to the gut when a publisher goes under, but the news of TouchPoint Press shutting down hits especially hard. As someone who’s been in and around the world of indie publishing for years, I’ve seen the highs and lows of what it means to put your…

Banned Books Week has been around my entire life, and at almost 43 years old, I can’t imagine where I’d be without some of the books I read during my own coming-of-age. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky helped me understand that I would never be happy…

How Musical Line Editing makes it sing If you’ve never heard the term “Musical Line Editing” (MLE), you are missing out on the proprietary, lift-every-author’s-voice-and-make-it-sing editing technique of Claudia Suzanne’s Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program (GPDP). “Musical line editing uses an array of techniques to tighten, strengthen, and dynamize our clients’…

How to start creating your relatives’ memoir How many times have you thought a birthday, special family event, or some other holiday would be a great time to gather memories for family memoirs—like Grandma’s history as a Rosie the Riveter patriot working in factories during WWII or Grandad’s motorcycle trip…

Enhance productivity at home, outside, and far away Both staff employees and ghostwriters think that working from home is a pandemic-generated innovation—but it’s not true. One Gallup poll found that, even before COVID, the rise of home-based employees rose from 39 to 43 percent between 2012 and 2016.1 There are…

Becoming a diverse ghostwriter expands your outreach Every year, June’s LGBTQ Pride month brings diversity issues to the forefront, recognizing broader and more inclusive sexual diversity. Ghostwriters, like corporations, do better with a diverse client base. At Wambtac we know that diversity—not only relating to sexuality, but also America’s amazing…

Keys to creating a loving memoir How many times have you thought a birthday, special family event, or a day like Father’s Day would be a great time to capture your dad’s memories? Or maybe that’s the time to gather not only Dad’s memories but also those of other male family members?  Or…

…and throughout the year You keep thinking you’d love to gather your mom’s memories, so why not use Mother’s Day as a great time to start? How about gathering insights or tender memories not just from Mom, but from other loving family members?  Or maybe you’re the mom (or Grandma…