Nov 7, 2022
Where does editing leave off and
ghostwriting begin? How cool is it to pass yourself off as the
writer if you haven't done any of the writing? How much recognition
do "collaborators" deserve? Should ghostwriters be completely
anonymous? When should they refuse assignments? How does one work
with a person whose views are opposed to yours? Where does craft
end and art take over? What explains a successful collaboration? Is
this whole business ethical?
I ask these and other
bumptious questions of seasoned, successful ghostwriter and
novelist Dan
Paiser, plus I pose a few from interested party David
Mitchell whose first novel, Ghostwritten,
embroils us in a cacophony of narrative voices.
Dan also delivers some
excellent stories about Ivanka and The Donald, and Whoopi, and
others, and we spend a bit of time talking about creativity, and
Dan's latest novel, Balloon
Dog.