The Elusive Ghost Cat...
..."beauty does not ask for attention" *
For the first time an extraordinary Ghost Writer has hit the San Francisco literary scene. This opportunity is Not for the faint of heart and only available for a limited time.
Everyone has a story to tell...why not have me tell yours? Do you speak clearly and have an organized mind? Even Foreign accents can have clarity of thought and can be pleasant to the ear. If so, then this is the opportunity you have been looking for.
How it works:
I utilize the mobile phone application called WhatsApp and it literally sets you free to tell your story any way you want. You identify each section with a text message. Then you use the voice-recording feature to tell your tale. I pick the message up later. This means that you can start at the beginning, middle or end. It also means you can be anywhere on the planet and still leave me messages - toll free! You choose the course of your narrative and are always in control. Shifting chapters around and adding chapters becomes a snap. Moreover, your text message, prior to vocalization, keeps a breadcrumb trail for me to follow through your mind mapping.
The Process:
What follows is painstaking and highly detailed. It is not a transcription per say because most people do not speak like a book. In the modern era, people often discuss many topics in one sentence. In fact, they even change direction, digress and introduce new topics to be discussed later in the book. I keep track of it all!
My work is more a transliteration of your messages directly into book form. I pick the topics apart creating separate sentences and paragraphs as necessary. If you have missed discussing something, I bring it to your attention and we discuss its inclusion or save it for another book. I input your material into a software program called Final Draft, version 8 and utilize the manuscript format. This software not only translate directly across the film industry – if it ever make it to movie form – but it also has a navigation pane that allows me to move chapters around, create character profiles and it can even assign voices so you can “hear” your book read out loud. Trust me, there's nothing like hearing your "book" come alive!
Also, you don't have to worry about it not sounding like you. I capture the essence you project. If you want to sound like Thoreau, Michener, Longfellow or Huckleberry Finn, then speak like them. If you want to sound like Iaccoca, Clinton or Schwarzenegger, then speak like them. I match your words, pacing, syntax and diphthong. You also get to choose if you want your body of work infused with accents. Accents can be extremely difficult to write, especially since clearly defined literary examples don't often exist, but as a student of anthropology, I've got linguistic example to follow that most don't. So choose your story telling carefully and just let it sing.
With 8 years in the book industry, I know marketability, genre, author techniques and presentation. This means that when you hit writer’s block, I have a treasure trove of solutions. When I am done, you will have a book ready for any literary agent and publishing company.
So, whether you are writing a book for your business industry, an employee manual, a memoir, fiction, a romp in ancient Hawai'i or a fast-paced Sci-Fi, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for!
Free Test Run:
I am willing to help you navigate putting WhatsApp on your phone. I am also willing to test it with you by having your first message be a synopsis of your general literature book.
Business books often involve meeting face-to-face. This can be done in person or through "Fuze Meeting." "Fuze Meeting" is a pc-based/webcam app that allow multiple users to drop and drag things on to a white board. All of which gives me a physical representation of what you want your business material to look like and approximate placement of figures, charts, photographs and other content - which my work will bend around. (Please note this is also the only time you will probably "see" me, so be careful with my time.)
Finally, Please Note:
The list of what projects I take on and do not take on is not conclusive. If you have questions, then please contact me. I look forward to working with you!
* This quote is from the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
Everyone has a story to tell...why not have me tell yours? Do you speak clearly and have an organized mind? Even Foreign accents can have clarity of thought and can be pleasant to the ear. If so, then this is the opportunity you have been looking for.
How it works:
I utilize the mobile phone application called WhatsApp and it literally sets you free to tell your story any way you want. You identify each section with a text message. Then you use the voice-recording feature to tell your tale. I pick the message up later. This means that you can start at the beginning, middle or end. It also means you can be anywhere on the planet and still leave me messages - toll free! You choose the course of your narrative and are always in control. Shifting chapters around and adding chapters becomes a snap. Moreover, your text message, prior to vocalization, keeps a breadcrumb trail for me to follow through your mind mapping.
The Process:
What follows is painstaking and highly detailed. It is not a transcription per say because most people do not speak like a book. In the modern era, people often discuss many topics in one sentence. In fact, they even change direction, digress and introduce new topics to be discussed later in the book. I keep track of it all!
My work is more a transliteration of your messages directly into book form. I pick the topics apart creating separate sentences and paragraphs as necessary. If you have missed discussing something, I bring it to your attention and we discuss its inclusion or save it for another book. I input your material into a software program called Final Draft, version 8 and utilize the manuscript format. This software not only translate directly across the film industry – if it ever make it to movie form – but it also has a navigation pane that allows me to move chapters around, create character profiles and it can even assign voices so you can “hear” your book read out loud. Trust me, there's nothing like hearing your "book" come alive!
Also, you don't have to worry about it not sounding like you. I capture the essence you project. If you want to sound like Thoreau, Michener, Longfellow or Huckleberry Finn, then speak like them. If you want to sound like Iaccoca, Clinton or Schwarzenegger, then speak like them. I match your words, pacing, syntax and diphthong. You also get to choose if you want your body of work infused with accents. Accents can be extremely difficult to write, especially since clearly defined literary examples don't often exist, but as a student of anthropology, I've got linguistic example to follow that most don't. So choose your story telling carefully and just let it sing.
With 8 years in the book industry, I know marketability, genre, author techniques and presentation. This means that when you hit writer’s block, I have a treasure trove of solutions. When I am done, you will have a book ready for any literary agent and publishing company.
So, whether you are writing a book for your business industry, an employee manual, a memoir, fiction, a romp in ancient Hawai'i or a fast-paced Sci-Fi, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for!
Free Test Run:
I am willing to help you navigate putting WhatsApp on your phone. I am also willing to test it with you by having your first message be a synopsis of your general literature book.
Business books often involve meeting face-to-face. This can be done in person or through "Fuze Meeting." "Fuze Meeting" is a pc-based/webcam app that allow multiple users to drop and drag things on to a white board. All of which gives me a physical representation of what you want your business material to look like and approximate placement of figures, charts, photographs and other content - which my work will bend around. (Please note this is also the only time you will probably "see" me, so be careful with my time.)
Finally, Please Note:
The list of what projects I take on and do not take on is not conclusive. If you have questions, then please contact me. I look forward to working with you!
* This quote is from the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
Elegance in Mist is a
State of Mind... So let the fog roll in through your dreams until the sun burns it into rich luscious tales of clarity like the San Francisco Bay sparkling midday... And I will meet you upon the waves of scintillation and the winds of change... And we will wrestle until the pages are won and the story shines in the Heavens like a Star... -- The Whispering Jaguar |
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