What authors actually said.

Nine months of interviews turned into a manuscript I actually recognise as mine. I had tried two other ghostwriters before Penghouse and both handed back something that sounded like a press release.

The developmental letter was fourteen pages and it hurt to read. It was also right about every single thing. Chapter nine had been doing chapter four's job for two years.

They rejected my favourite cover concept and showed me the click data from the ad test to explain why. That is the first time a vendor has argued with me using evidence.

I came to them with a book that had been out for two years and sold 300 copies. Fixed categories, new description, new cover. Eleven months later it had cleared 9,000.

The ISBN is registered to my own imprint and every retail account is in my name. Two other companies had told me that was not possible.

My illustrator was the third one they showed me, and the moment I saw her portfolio the book made sense. The character sheets alone were worth the fee.