Helping Stories Find Their Voice

Once a middle school teacher, always a teacher. I've simply shifted from helping thirteen-year-olds find their voices to helping Fortune 500 CEOs, scientists, professional athletes, and award-winning artists find theirs on the printed page.

Ghostwriting isn't about writing for someone—it's about writing with them. It's a deeply collaborative process where my job is to become fluent in your voice, your expertise, and your story, then craft it into something that feels unmistakably yours.

Why Stories Need Ghostwriters

The best leaders, innovators, and creative minds are often too busy changing the world to sit down and write about it. Others have incredible stories or expertise but lack the time, training, or inclination to wrestle with the craft of book-length writing. That's where I come in.

As both an entrepreneur and an author myself, I understand what it means to have more ideas than hours in the day. I also understand what makes a book worth reading—and worth remembering.

My Approach to Ghostwriting

Growing up in a house filled with books (you can see C-SPAN's tour of our family library here), I learned early that every great book starts with great listening. My father, Nicholas A. Basbanes, a National Book Award finalist and award-winning writer, taught me that the best stories emerge from deep curiosity and careful attention to voice.

Here's how we work together:

Discovery & Deep Listening We start with extensive conversations about your story, your goals, and what you really want to say. While I'm gathering information, I'm learning to think like you, speak like you, and understand what matters most to you.

Structure & Strategy Drawing on my background as Managing Editor for Literary Features Syndicate and my experience across publications like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Daily News, I help shape your ideas into a compelling narrative structure that serves your larger goals.

Collaborative Writing I write in your voice, but we stay in constant dialogue. Regular check-ins ensure the manuscript feels authentic to you every step of the way. No, it isn't transcription, it's translation of your expertise into the kind of writing that creates lasting impact.

Refinement & Polish As someone who's translated literature from French to English, I understand that the best writing often happens in revision. We refine until every sentence serves your story and your voice rings clear.

Who I Work With

My ghostwriting clients span industries and backgrounds, but they all have something important to say, and they understand the value of saying it well. Recent projects have included:

• Fortune 500 executives establishing thought leadership
• Scientists making complex research accessible
• Professional athletes sharing performance insights
• Health and wellness experts building authority
• Artists and musicians exploring their creative processes
• Television personalities expanding their platforms

Whether you're looking to establish industry authority, share lessons learned, or simply ensure your story gets told with the craft it deserves, ghostwriting might be the right path for your book project.

Beyond the Page

As the founder of DIYBook, an affordable platform for sharing life stories, and host of the "Writing for Immortality" podcast, I'm committed to helping people tell their stories—whether through professional ghostwriting or more accessible self-publishing tools.

Sometimes the best way to honor a story is to write it yourself. Sometimes it's to work with a professional who can help you tell it better than you ever could alone.

The Investment in Your Story

Professional ghostwriting is exactly that—professional. It's an investment in ensuring your ideas, expertise, or story reaches readers in the most compelling way possible. It's also an investment in your time, allowing you to focus on what you do best while ensuring your book gets the attention to craft it deserves.

Every story has the potential to change how people think, work, or live. The question is whether it will reach readers in a way that realizes that potential.

If you're ready to explore bringing your story to life, let's start with a conversation about what you want to say—and how we might say it together.

Ready to discuss your book project? Schedule a consultation to explore how ghostwriting might serve your story.