Author and Ghostwriter
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
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
Big Foot, Grief Journals, and other Spiritual Memoir Concepts: It’s always interesting to talk to indie authors, as a lot of them want to explore spiritual concepts in their writing. There are those who have had big revelations, visions, and things like that and want to share it, but it’s more common for me to … Read more
Typically, my ghostwriting services encompass nonfiction topics. I’ll write books for clients about business tips, family traumas, victories over adversities, escaping from (or joining) cults, true crime, scientific endeavors, and all sorts of other stuff. It all falls under the heading of “narrative nonfiction,” meaning true stories told in entertaining ways. But then there are … Read more
I have potential ghostwriting clients approach me all the time about books they think will reap a big profit. I’m honest. In today’s world, books do not make a lot of money on their own, but they can make money in a peripheral way. You see, even if you write a New York Times best-seller, … Read more
Not everyone who needs help writing a book wants the full Ruby Peru ghostwriting service. Many are determined to write their own books, and I’m happy to support those folks, too. A lot of people writing spiritual and personal growth memoirs fall under that heading. When it just has to be in your own voice, … Read more
It’s been an interesting first few days at Dorland Mountain Colony. I like the term “colony.” It evokes an eclectic group of pioneers hunkering down in some secluded place to build something weird like a spaceship to Mars or a cult or something. But it’s really just a cluster of modular homes on the side … Read more
Now, I don’t know what your typical Mainer does… yes, I do. Your typical Mainer who is sick of winter goes to Florida. It’s the law. You want to get out of this arctic wasteland, that’s where you go. Stick a fork in you–you are in Florida and you are done. But me, I have … Read more