Should you hire a ghostwriter for your book?

Being the author of your own book can help you achieve many goals... For example, it:

• Brands you as an expert in your field
• Lets you share your experience, knowledge and expertise
• Open doors to a speaking career
• Offer additional streams of income

Of course, actually finding the time to sit down and write your book could be a problem.  Going from idea to commercially viable, entertaining and informative manuscript is a time-consuming process.

In most cases, there are hours and hours (taking weeks or sometimes months) of research, fact checking, interviews, and putting the outline or mind map of the book together first.  And then after that comes the actual writing. 

And if you've ever tried to write your own book, and gotten stuck at some point, staring at a blinking cursor on a blank computer screen - or worse, started writing and just knew something didn't sound right - then you understand how difficult the process can be.

In fact, that's probably the first question you should be asking yourself.  Do you like to write? (It's okay if you don't, because I do! And I'm really good at it, which is also good for you!)

The second question you should probably ask yourself is, do you have the time to spend, day after day, month after month, hour after hour, slugging away at your keyboard, getting your book out of your head and down onto paper (or the computer screen, as the case may be)?

If your answer to either of these two questions is no, that's where a professional book ghostwriter comes in.

When you hire a professional book ghostwriter who has worked with other CEOs, you end up with someone who:

• Understands your time constraints, pressure and other commitments you have 
• Works around your schedule and yet keeps your book project moving forward
• Speaks your language and has the ability to write in your voice while keeping the reader and their wants and needs in mind
• Knows how to create an engaging and commercially viable manuscript in as short a time as possible
• Lets you do what you do best and they do what they do best