Hi friends, Time for my weekly update. First, in my efforts to scale and improve, I invested in the first-ever live cohort of Jay Clouse's Build a Beloved Membership. I have been a fan of Jay's work for years, and if you don't already listen to his Creator Science podcast, go fix that immediately; it's a must-hear for anyone building something of their own. And yes, I will be launching a new membership program soon. Watch this space for updates. Meanwhile, on the client side, it's been a full...
14 days ago • 3 min read
A few times a month, someone asks me some version of the same question: "How much would it cost to have you write my book?" The answer I give usually surprises people on both sides — the aspiring ghostwriters who think it's a side hustle, and the authors who think it's a weekend favor. So let me put real numbers on the table. A full-length nonfiction book or memoir — the kind someone hires a professional ghostwriter for — typically runs anywhere from $20,000 to $80,000+, depending on length,...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Let me say that again, because it still surprises people: roughly 80% of my writing income comes from ghostwriting, yes, from writing books that have someone else’s name on the cover. And here’s the cool part: I didn’t plan it. A few years ago, deep in the COVID years, I’d just started my own business and was mostly posting online while quietly wondering what I was doing. Then a memoir agency messaged me on LinkedIn — they’d seen my writing and asked if I’d ghostwrite. My first reaction was...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I don’t fully know why I decided to publish a children’s book in the middle of all the chaos — my business, my household, and my other creative projects all going at once. I just had to. There was a story sitting inside me, and I decided I’d do whatever it took to get it out into the world. So I went into hyperfocus mode and made it happen. My first children’s book, The Lonely Cucumber, is now out — starring a cucumber who’s sad because he keeps getting left behind in a child’s...
24 days ago • 7 min read
Hi friends, It's been a busy week, so here's a quick look at the business. My imprint is suddenly a real production house. Two client books are moving through it at once: one just locked its cover (hardcover and paperback both) and is headed to the typesetter, and another cleared its second editorial pass and is into bios, synopsis, and back-cover copy. There's a certain thrill to the moment a manuscript stops being a Word file and starts looking like a book, and I got to feel it twice this...
28 days ago • 5 min read
Hi friends, It's been a busy week, so here's a quick look at the business. A few wins. I spent part of the week interviewing some genuinely remarkable women for my Bethesda Magazine "Women Who Inspire 2026" feature—the kind of conversations that remind me why I got into journalism and writing in the first place. Meanwhile, a client memoir kept moving through edits and toward publication through my imprint, and there were also fresh episodes of the Read and Write with Natasha podcast. In other...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, It's been a while, and it's time for an update on what's been going on with my writing business. Things are going well, and I can finally say I have a steady stream of income and recurring clients. It took me years to get to this point and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears (to use a cliche), but I'm finally there. Here is a bit of what has been going on in the past few months: 📖 I'm now publishing my clients' books through my own imprint. I now have a full self-publishing support...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
She found me on LinkedIn. That's worth noting, because if you're reading this, you're probably the kind of person who finds people on LinkedIn and then talks yourself out of sending the message. Rasha Oudeh sent that DM because she had a goal and she was determined. She already had enough material for a book. What she didn't have yet was the shape, and that gap, between having a book in you and having a book. This is exactly the reason book coaching exists. So I want to walk you through what...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, I want to tell you about Karen. When she came to me at the end of last year, she'd been trying to write her memoir for years, the story of living most of her life in a body she didn't want, and her journey as a transgender woman. She had the story. She had the urgency. What she didn't have was a finish line. So she enrolled in my program, Write Your Book in 120 Days. Then she did something most aspiring memoirists never do. She showed up. Every week, Karen wrote 4,000–5,000 words....
3 months ago • 1 min read