Swallow your pride, and fill your pockets!

Every writer dreams of bold bylines and front-page banner headlines. But that's not where the money is.

Ghostwriting, or writing works for others, is a wonderful way to make a very respectable living as a writer. By authoring articles, books, and even speeches for top executives, industry experts, and celebrities, a writer can carve out an impressive niche for himself.

In the past couple of decades, I have done a lot of this: from CEO-bylined items in BUSINESS WEEK and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL to scientist-labeled feature articles in tech-y trade magazines, and from New York Stock Exchange speeches to pastoral sermons transformed into published books.

In every case, another person got authorship credit, but I got the check. Yep, a big fat check.

To some writers, this may seem like selling out. But it's not. Ghostwriters are paid handsomely for our skills, which we keep refining, even as the money keeps rolling in.

When inspiration strikes, we write our own articles, books, and even poetry. Heck, we can afford to!

Who believes in ghosts? At least from a writing standpoint, we do! Boo!

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