Writing coach & ghostwriter
The book you've always meant to write. Finally written.
I help you design and write the book, article or essay you've been struggling with — and all the credit goes to you.
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How we work together
Design
We find the heart of your idea, your reader, and the shape of the work — an outline you can believe in.
Draft
Through conversation and interviews, I capture your voice and write alongside you, chapter by chapter.
Finish
We revise until every page sounds like you at your best. Your name goes on the cover.
Two ways to work
Coaching and ghostwriting, side by side
They belong together. Coaching gets you to the page; ghostwriting keeps you there when the writing itself is the part that resists.
Coaching
You write. I stay beside you.
We work on structure, voice, and momentum. You bring the drafts; I bring the questions, the margins, and a plan that keeps you moving once the first excitement fades.
Best when you want to write it yourself but keep getting stuck.
Ghostwriting
You talk. I write.
We meet or record, I draft in your voice, and you react and revise until every page is something you'd say out loud. The ideas stay yours; I do the sentence-level work.
Best when the book is clear in your head but not yet on the page.
Most writers begin with coaching and let me take more of the page as the outline firms up — or the other way around. You decide how much of the writing stays yours.
Who gets the credit
A ghostwriter's name doesn't appear on the work. That isn't a detail of the arrangement — it is the arrangement.
Your name, only your name
You are the author. Your name goes on the cover, in the byline, and in every citation. Mine appears nowhere.
The words are yours
When the work is finished and paid for, copyright and all rights pass to you — to revise, publish, or license as you please.
Nothing shared without your say-so
I don't quote, excerpt, or mention our work unless you give written permission. What we make stays between us until you want it known.
All of it is set out in a short written agreement before we begin, so neither of us has to guess later.
What we can write
Books
Memoir, business, self-help, nonfiction.
Articles
Thought leadership, features, op-eds.
Essays
Personal essays and long-form reflection.
What it costs
See rates by project type →I charge $30 an hour, and the total depends on the project — a blog post and a book need very different hours. So the price is quoted for your piece alone, after we've talked it through.
The rate
$30 an hour, whether we're coaching you through your own drafts or writing the piece with you.
The quote
Every project is priced on its own — length, research, interviews, revisions. You hear a figure before anything begins, not after.
The first talk
Free, and with no obligation. It's how I work out whether I'm the right writer for your book.
About
Who you'll be working with
I am an experienced freelance writer and published author many times over. For thirty-five years I taught high school and college English, and alongside that teaching I built a freelance career writing everything from fitness articles to memoirs to mystery and romance novels. Most of my recent work has been ghostwriting: the ideas are the client's, the sentences are mine, and the byline is theirs alone.
I keep my prices affordable, because the person with a book inside them deserves a real chance to get it out. Let me help you author the project you've been putting off — be it magazine articles, essays, blog posts, or that long-awaited book — and get your voice out there.
- —BA and MA in English literature; taught high school and college for 35 years.
- —Published author many times over — books and articles in every genre, from fitness articles to memoirs to mystery and romance novels.
- —Thirty-three five-star reviews on Upwork, all for ghostwritten work.
- —Intuitive, well-researched writing built entirely from ideas you invent — the book inside of you, waiting for full expression.
"Your story. Your voice. Your name on the cover. I simply help it find the page."
Ready to begin?
Tell me about the piece you've always wanted to write. The first conversation is free.
Start your briefOr write to me directly at rmorrisonwrites@gmail.com
Begin here
Tell me about the piece you're carrying
Describe it in your own words. You'll get a project brief — the heart of it, its shape, and how much of the writing stays yours. Nothing is stored until you send it on.
Send it to me
Add your goals and how to reach you. Your brief travels with it.
Rather write it yourself? Send the same note to rmorrisonwrites@gmail.com.
Free consultation
Pick a time that suits you
Forty-five minutes, by video call, no charge and no obligation. Choose a slot below and the invitation — with a video link — lands in your inbox.
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