Medusa
Remember them? Well if not Google does, so take a look.
They looked the part, but apparently they couldn't sing for toffee! So what have they got to do with anything in here?
Well, I was just wondering, why is it that people who can't sing are not allowed to have someone do it for them, while people who cannot write are getting publishing deals on a daily basis by getting someone else to do the work for them?
The bookstores are full of 'celebrity' autobiographies that we all know could not possibly have been written by the person whose picture is on the cover.
Music and literature are two branches of the arts, and yet different rules apply. If the same rules applied then only real writers would be published. If writing by proxy were banned perhaps more hard working writers would be able to get their work noticed.
I'm not knocking ghost writers here; on the contrary I believe they should be acknowledged for their talent. However, most ghostwriters would probably prefer their own work to be on the shelves at the bookstore, in their own name, without somebody else taking the credit for it.
Is that being picky? I don't mean to offend anyone and I hope I haven't. Unless you are a 'celebrity' reading this, in which case...
Interested to hear your views.
They looked the part, but apparently they couldn't sing for toffee! So what have they got to do with anything in here?
Well, I was just wondering, why is it that people who can't sing are not allowed to have someone do it for them, while people who cannot write are getting publishing deals on a daily basis by getting someone else to do the work for them?
The bookstores are full of 'celebrity' autobiographies that we all know could not possibly have been written by the person whose picture is on the cover.
Music and literature are two branches of the arts, and yet different rules apply. If the same rules applied then only real writers would be published. If writing by proxy were banned perhaps more hard working writers would be able to get their work noticed.
I'm not knocking ghost writers here; on the contrary I believe they should be acknowledged for their talent. However, most ghostwriters would probably prefer their own work to be on the shelves at the bookstore, in their own name, without somebody else taking the credit for it.
Is that being picky? I don't mean to offend anyone and I hope I haven't. Unless you are a 'celebrity' reading this, in which case...
Interested to hear your views.