The Ghostwriter
Do you take the money and let them have the credit?
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The Ghostwriter
You wrote a brilliant manuscript. A famous author with your politics reads it. They offer you one million dollars to publish it under their name. They will never reveal you wrote it. It will sell millions of copies. Under your own name, it will sell five hundred.
Do you take the money and let them have the credit?
Then ask
- Is the message more important than your name on it?
- What is the lowest price you would sell your best idea for?
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