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Ghostwriter needed. For actual ghost.
He died before finishing his memoir. Publisher still expects delivery.
Deadline firm.
I asked the ghost for notes. He left one: "Tell them the afterlife has better advances."
I added it to chapter 12. Editor flagged it as "implausible."
Alexandre Dumas's ghost materializes at my desk.
"I employed seventy-three ghostwriters," he announces proudly. "Produced four hundred novels. Changed literature."
He glances at my bank statement on the screen.
Long pause.
"I see." He fades out. Halfway gone, adds: "Perhaps try a second job?"
A ghostwriter walks into a therapist's office. 'Doctor, I'm having an identity crisis. I've written 47 bestselling memoirs, but legally, I don't exist. I've lived as a retired general, a pop star, a disgraced politician, and a celebrity chef—all in the same year.' The therapist nods thoughtfully. 'And how does that make you feel?' The ghostwriter sighs: 'I honestly don't know anymore. I wrote my own diary last week, and even that was attributed to someone else.'
A ghostwriter attended a séance, hoping to contact famous deceased authors for inspiration. The medium channeled Shakespeare, who immediately asked, 'So you too write things and let someone else take credit?' The ghostwriter nodded sheepishly. Shakespeare laughed: 'Welcome to the club. You think I wrote all those plays alone? I had twelve ghostwriters. We called ourselves the Bard's Dozen.'
Ghostwriter needed. For actual ghost. He died before finishing his memoir. Publisher still expects delivery. Deadline firm. I asked the ghost for notes. He left one: "Tell them the afterlife has better advances." I added it to chapter 12. Editor flagged it as "implausible."
Alexandre Dumas's ghost materializes at my desk. "I employed seventy-three ghostwriters," he announces proudly. "Produced four hundred novels. Changed literature." He glances at my bank statement on the screen. Long pause. "I see." He fades out. Halfway gone, adds: "Perhaps try a second job?"
A ghostwriter walks into a therapist's office. 'Doctor, I'm having an identity crisis. I've written 47 bestselling memoirs, but legally, I don't exist. I've lived as a retired general, a pop star, a disgraced politician, and a celebrity chef—all in the same year.' The therapist nods thoughtfully. 'And how does that make you feel?' The ghostwriter sighs: 'I honestly don't know anymore. I wrote my own diary last week, and even that was attributed to someone else.'
A ghostwriter attended a séance, hoping to contact famous deceased authors for inspiration. The medium channeled Shakespeare, who immediately asked, 'So you too write things and let someone else take credit?' The ghostwriter nodded sheepishly. Shakespeare laughed: 'Welcome to the club. You think I wrote all those plays alone? I had twelve ghostwriters. We called ourselves the Bard's Dozen.'
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