Solving the Puzzle: How to Overcome Gaps in Your Family History Research
Researching your family history can be an incredible journey but it can also be somewhat frustrating. Like a missing puzzle piece in an otherwise fully completed picture, having gaps in your family history is enough to drive anyone mad. Not to worry––we’ve got you covered. Here are a few simple ways to overcome gaps in your family history, get to the bottom of mis...
October 7, 2024 READ MORE
From Memory to Manuscript: How a Ghostwriter Can Help You Shape Your Memoir
A memoir is one of the most intimate and emotional forms of storytelling. Writing about your life can feel daunting, as you seek to transform the jumble of memories in your mind into a cohesive narrative. Your life is rich with experiences, but how do you distill those into a book that truly reflects you? That’s where a memoir ghostwriter steps in. A ghostwriter offer...
October 2, 2024 READ MORE
How To Make Your Family History Come To Life
You’ve spent the last couple of years researching your family history. You even hired a professional genealogist to track down the information you couldn’t uncover on your own. Now you are ready to share your findings with the rest of your family. You could go with a basic family tree diagram, or a journaled scrapbook, but you really want to make the stories ...
September 30, 2024 READ MORE
Exploring DIY Family History Book Services: Options, Costs, and Pros & Cons
Family history is one of the most rewarding projects you can start. For most people, it’s not just about creating a book of family history; it’s also about sharing stories, values, and lessons with future generations. Several services have been created to help you write and organize a family history book without hiring a professional writer. One of the more popular ...
September 25, 2024 READ MORE
How to Create a Family History Book That Lasts
Don’t you love stumbling upon an old family photo, and, suddenly, you’re transported back in time? Maybe it’s a picture of your late grandparents, or a snapshot of a family reunion decades ago. Having those memories is priceless, but ensuring they are accessible to future generations? That’s where the real challenge begins. Creating a family history book is m...
September 23, 2024 READ MORE
Have you harbored dreams of writing a book…but found that you have too little time, or that you’re short on the necessary skills or energy? There’s a time-honored answer to this dilemma: work with a ghostwriter. In the world of book publishing, ghostwriters are usually unsung heroes. That’s because their names rarely appear on book covers. Oftentimes, a bo...
September 18, 2024 READ MORE
A family history book is a unique, highly personal project, and our clients come to us with a very specific set of goals and concerns. They want to work with a team of writers who will genuinely enjoy listening to them and getting to know their family — and they want to know that they’ll end up with a finished book that they’ll be proud to pass along to generations to come.
Perhaps most importantly, they want to make sure that they choose a writing team that they genuinely like and want to work with. A family history project requires you to spend a great deal of time with your writers as you share memories and family stories. It’s critical that you not only choose a ghostwriting team that can technically complete the work, but that you also choose a team that is enthusiastic about your project and enjoyable to work with.
We love working on family history projects, and we’re always honored when someone considers our team for the job. It would be an even greater honor to be selected to help you create a family history book.
As a standard procedure, we record all interviews and give you the recordings. As an add-on service, we can provide a digitally-edited version with your family’s most memorable soundbites.
Rather than focusing on a single person, a family history book chronicles the lives of multiple generations, often within a greater historical context. Your ghostwriting team will use a variety of sources — personal interviews, historical records, family documents, photographs, and more — to craft a book that will preserve your family’s legacy for years to come.
Our family history projects have included:
If you’re looking for an alternative to a traditional book, your ghostwriters can work with you to create a custom family history project. Consider:
Large book projects require more than just great writing skills. A family history project involves extensive interviews, background reading, and research. It also takes a team of skilled project managers to keep things organized and moving.
Our team can handle every part of your family history project, including:
Sure, we think our writing team is pretty great — but we’re just a bit biased. If you’d like to learn more about what it’s like to work with us, from our real ghostwriting customers, we can provide references upon request.
You do. It’s your book, and you retain 100% of the rights to it.
You do. In addition to retaining 100% of the rights to your book, you can claim sole authorship. Some of our clients choose to credit us as editors or co-writers. Although it’s nice to get a shout-out now and then, the majority of our clients don’t disclose the fact that they used a ghostwriter – and that’s fine with us.
Of course. Your ghostwriter is simply helping you say what you want to say in a clear, engaging way. The ideas are 100% yours – a ghostwriter just helps you get your ideas onto paper.
We take your privacy seriously. Most of our ghostwriting contracts include a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Our ghostwriters are professional, full-time writers and editors, and to keep them on our team, we have to pay them for their time. Our business model simply isn’t set up to take projects on spec.
Yes. Our diverse writing and editing team includes experienced writers with backgrounds in science and technology, oil & gas, journalism, education, and software engineering. They’re smart, naturally curious, and genuinely interested in learning more about your area of expertise. And because ghostwriting is a collaborative effort, you’ll have the opportunity to review and fact-check every page we write.
We can publish your book through KDP, an Amazon subsidiary. If you are interested in other publishing options, we can recommend and provide introductions to several traditional and self-publishing companies.
Technology makes it easy for us to work with anyone, anywhere. Plus, we love to fly and will travel to you if you prefer. After the initial kickoff meeting, most of our ghostwriting clients communicate with us via email, phone, or Skype. We’ve worked with hundreds of happy clients from all over the globe – from Singapore to San Jose to Scottsdale.
Ghostwriting is a back-and-forth process, and we seek specific, constructive feedback from you every step of the way. Once we get a feel for your style preferences, we write a few pages and send them to you for review. You tell us what’s working – and what’s not working – and we send you a revised copy. You see every chapter as we go, which means there won’t be any surprises at the end.
We don’t create illustrations and infographics in-house, but we can provide introductions and recommendations for design work, and we can project manage the design portion of your book.
A lot of people get nervous about the idea of talking to writers; that’s why all of our family and personal writing projects begin with a face-to-face meeting. A book – especially a biography or family history book – is a big project that requires a lot of collaboration. It’s important that we take the time to get to know you, and it’s also important that you like us and feel comfortable talking to us. (So far, we’ve got a great track record. By the end of most book projects, most of our clients feel like we’re members of their extended family.)
If you are referring to self-publishing, which is now almost 20% of the current market, then yes. If you are referring to traditional publishing, no one can guarantee publication. We can, however, provide you with introductions to a few local or niche publishers, we can help guide you through the self-publishing process, and we can pitch your book to traditional publishers.
A full-length book typically takes between six and 12 months. However, a compressed schedule can almost always be accommodated. Just tell us what your deadline is. Chances are, we can make it.
Many of our genealogy and family history clients come to us because they want to take a deep dive into their family tree but simply don’t have the time or energy necessary to do so. Our team of expert researchers can help you trace your roots back through multiple generations.
Like our ghostwriting and book writing services, our genealogy services are 100% customizable. Simply tell us what you want to know and how far back you’d like to go.
Want to capture all the best stories firsthand from the family members who lived them? We have worked on some great living memory projects over the years, weaving interviews from grandparents, parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws, and family friends into comprehensive living history books.
We also take on smaller projects that may only involve two or three family members who want to capture their combined stories and experiences.
Family histories can take on all sorts of flavors and styles — working from family memorabilia, paper files, historical archives, photo albums, digital files, and of course, live interviews, we craft a story as unique as your loved ones. We are well-versed in traditional formats such as telling the story of each generation in a single chapter, as well as more creative options, such as showcasing your family’s heritage through recipes, art, a skilled trade, or philosophy.
Explore and experience your cultural, historical, and ancestral heritage by traveling with us to your past.
Together, we’ll tour your ancestral home, town, or country, inviting you to join us while we dig into historical records in the local archives. We’re not aware of any other writing agency that offers this unique opportunity.
Bringing History to Life: Incorporating Historical Context Into Your Family History Book
Family history books are more than a collection of dates and names; they are the stories of your ancestors and the times they lived in. Adding historical context to your family history book not only enriches the narrative but also provides a deeper understanding of the events and circumstances that shaped your ancestors' lives. Here are eight ways you can effectively...
August 9, 2024 READ MORE
Planning the Perfect Genealogy Research Trip: A Step-by-Step Guide
Embarking on a genealogy research trip is an exciting adventure that can uncover rich histories and personal stories about your ancestors. Whether you're tracing your roots across town or across the globe, taking the time to properly plan your research is crucial to ensuring a productive and fulfilling journey. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you maximize your...
July 24, 2024 READ MORE
