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In today's episode, I talk about how amazing writer retreats and conferences are, how important it is to keep learning all you can about your craft, and I give a huge shoutout to The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast hosts for putting together such a terrific weekend retreat for us. Then I move on to this week's pitch critiques. After, I talk with "the world's most prolific ghost," Daniel Paisner, ghostwriter of 70+ books, 17 of which have been bestsellers. His new novel, Balloon Dog, came out this past summer. We chat about:

• books that “take off” and which ones don’t
• what inspired the novel
• capturing the voices of the tellers of stories as a ghostwriter vs capturing the voices of his own fictional characters
• monetizing your writing skills
• the pivot point of a writer
• the life of a ghostwriter
• embracing the term “ghostwriter”
• working with the celebrities he’s writing for
• his podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast
• his advice to newer writers who want to monetize their passion for stories

Daniel can be found on his website at www.danielpaisner.com, Twitter @DanielPaisner, and Facebook at DanielPaisnerBooks.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

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