Did any of you get a ghost-writing proposal looking like this?
I am suspicious by nature. Actually, circumstances did help (I've been burned). So I basically asked the author of the "proposal": Who are you? And why did you address this request to me?
In any case, let me know what you think.
Here's a copy and paste of the e-mail I received a few days ago:
Hello
I am looking for a ghostwriter to write a glamour chick lit book based on an idea my writing partner and I have fleshed out. We are looking for a writer who can
1. Write in the style of Shopaholic author, Sophie Kinsella
2. We would want the ghostwriter to do the writing, using concepts and stories provided by us, the credited authors.
3. We need a writer who is well versed in luxury and top name fashion and life style brands which will be incorporated into our novel.
4. The ghostwriter would incorporated the research we have collected for one of the themes in our book. We do not expect and extra research to be done.
5. The writer must make changes we ask for.
6. We want an approved finished manuscript of approx 70,000 words
7. The approved first draft of the manuscript needs to be finished within 3 months.
8. The book deals with sisters in their late twenties, early thirties from the Midwest living in NYC-dealing with the usual-love and work.
Please let me know if this is a project you would be interested in, the process and the cost. Thanks.
I am suspicious by nature. Actually, circumstances did help (I've been burned). So I basically asked the author of the "proposal": Who are you? And why did you address this request to me?
In any case, let me know what you think.
Here's a copy and paste of the e-mail I received a few days ago:
Hello
I am looking for a ghostwriter to write a glamour chick lit book based on an idea my writing partner and I have fleshed out. We are looking for a writer who can
1. Write in the style of Shopaholic author, Sophie Kinsella
2. We would want the ghostwriter to do the writing, using concepts and stories provided by us, the credited authors.
3. We need a writer who is well versed in luxury and top name fashion and life style brands which will be incorporated into our novel.
4. The ghostwriter would incorporated the research we have collected for one of the themes in our book. We do not expect and extra research to be done.
5. The writer must make changes we ask for.
6. We want an approved finished manuscript of approx 70,000 words
7. The approved first draft of the manuscript needs to be finished within 3 months.
8. The book deals with sisters in their late twenties, early thirties from the Midwest living in NYC-dealing with the usual-love and work.
Please let me know if this is a project you would be interested in, the process and the cost. Thanks.
