RESOURCE DIRECTORY FOR FREELANCERS & GHOSTWRITERS ✨👻

A detailed resource directory for freelancers and ghostwriters looking to start or scale their business in 2025. 📈

Welcome to the Resource Directory at The Ghost Post! 👻

Here, you’ll find resources, tips, and information on how to ghostwrite/freelance for a living and how to build a business as an independent writer. These resources come from myself AND various incredible writers around the globe. Enjoy!

Note: This list will be periodically updated in 2025 with new resources that I come across. If you’d like to contribute a resource or point me towards a great one, please don’t hesitate to shoot me a message.

Table of Contents:

1. Getting Started as a Ghostwriter 👻

2. Sound Business Tips and Practices for Freelancers 💼

3. Finding Clients and Selling Your Services 🤝

4. Self-publishing, Book Marketing, and Book Designing 📖

5. Traditional Publishing Process 📚

6. Work-Life Balance for Remote Writers ⚖️

7. General Questions/Other 💡

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Getting Started as a Ghostwriter 👻

• Here are a couple of awesome books for freelancers/ghostwriters just getting started:

  • Amy Suto
    ’s “Six-Figure Freelance Writer: A Holistic Guide on Finding Freedom in Freelancing.” This book gives a step-by-step guide for all areas of building a freelancing career. You can buy it on Amazon here or listen to the audiobook for free on YouTube. Amy also has a fantastic Substack with tips for freelancers.

  • Cecil Murphey’s “Ghostwriting: The Murphey Method.” Cecil Murphey has ghostwritten some incredibly popular books, like Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands” and Don Piper’s “90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life.” You can check out his ghostwriting advice in his highly rated book, available on Amazon.

• Substack posts for new freelancers/ghostwriters:

  • These by

    Shyanne
    :

    • “5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Freelancing Career

    • “5 Books That Helped Me Become a 6-Figure Freelance Writer”

  • Here are some posts by me (😊) especially for new freelancers/ghostwriters:

    Should you become a career ghostwriter? 👻

    Which ghostwriting niche is for you?💡

    Advice & Resources for New Freelancers!

    Fighting Imposter Syndrome 😓

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Sound Business Tips and Practices for Freelancers 💼