Author and Ghostwriter
Ruby Peru 
Robots are listening. No doubt, you’ve noticed. When we want them to listen, like when we want them to write our memoirs, for instance, they’re all ears. They’ll encourage us to go on and on. “Tell me everything,” says the robot. You can make it sound like an Australian woman or a British man or … Read more
I write other peoples’ stories for a living. And often these stories are really painful for my clients to tell, but they still want to tell them, because things that traumatize you are the very things you can’t get out of your head. For most of the people who hire me for ghostwriting a memoir, … Read more
In writing my own memoir, as I’m currently doing, I’m doing to myself what I have done with my clients so many times. As such, I’m confronting how very very hard it is to tell a story that is absolutely bogged down in feelings. And yet, I don’t want it to be about my feelings, … Read more
I’m deeply immersed in writing a memoir about some really painful stuff right now, and it’s testing my skills because this is actually my own memoir. The pain of telling this type of story is why people hire me to do it as a ghostwriter. People want their stories told, they want to be heard … Read more
I’ve had a lot of memoir ghostwriting clients where, as I write and they edit the pages, it becomes clear they have a bit of a hidden agenda– they want to use the book to wallow in some sour grapes. For instance: All of these are actually perfectly reasonable topics for a book. So, if … Read more
Welcome to yet another experimental Ruby Peru literary endeavor. Don’t hang up! It’s an audio-cookbook. You’re going to love the concept. First, of course you’ll need recipes written down, which you’ll get. But the main draw is that while you’re cooking, you get to listen to a conversation taking place on a foodie road trip. … Read more
I’ve seen quite a few ads on social media by companies that strive to teach the principles of storytelling to men and women in business, to make their presentations and speeches more compelling. I find that quite funny just because I have to stop myself from constantly storytelling. I find it hard to believe that … Read more
I’ve been invited to a month-long symposium for artists working on issues having to do with pollution at a writer’s residency in Thailand called Studio88. It’ll be me and about 20 other artists and writers who think of themselves as influencers and thought leaders on any topic related to pollution. My interest in the topic … Read more
I published a novel in 2017, which I had spent ten years writing. It began as just an exercise in creativity with no special agenda, but as I wrote Bits of String Too Small to Save, certain social issues became accidentally embedded in the plot. It was really just a story about a ten-year-old girl … Read more
One of the great pleasures I have as a ghostwriter is helping people tell their entrepreneurial success stories. In fact, I met a unique entrepreneur right here at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, where I’m wintering out of Maine’s cold and ice. Taylor Gallegos is a muralist who has found quite a bit of success painting … Read more