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Giving up the Ghostcast is brought to you by real life ghost writers, Shannon Kyle, and Teena Lyons, who as well as setting up their own ghost writers agency, have also ghosted books by household names of showbiz, business and current affairs. Giving up the Ghostcast is here to lift the veil on this incredibly secretive world, by sharing their own experiences and inviting fellow ghost writers and subjects of ghost-written books to share their own unique and often unbelievable experiences of ...
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We're back! In a brand new bonus special episode of Giving Up the Ghostcast, our hosts Teena and Shannon chat with founder of the biggest ghostwriting agency in the States, Dan Gerstein of Gotham Ghostwriters live from New York. Dan chats all things ghostwriting, what unusual skills every ghost needs, why AI is not a threat... (yet!) and he also te…
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In the last episode of this series, Shannon and Teena reflect on the series and take the time to interview each other about their own careers and some of the incredible people they have ghosted for. The hosts also put each other well and truly on the spot and we hear their biggest secrets about being a ghost, and who is on their wish list to write …
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In the penultimate episode of the series, we go on location and visit the office of one of the UK’s top literary agencies to find out about how the process of matching an author and ghost works, how to get a life story in front of a publisher, and what the legal implications could be. Shannon popped in to speaks to Eve White, who founded the Eve Wh…
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8: The Phantom of the Law, with Katy Weitz
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In today's episode, Teena and Shannon speak to leading ghost writer Katy Weitz about what happens when the dreaded word 'libel’ comes up, and why it shouldn't necessarily stop people from sharing their stories with the world. Katy also tells us how ghost writers support their authors when they need to relive their traumas and how important it is to…
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7: The Phantom of Rejection, with Tom Henry
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Today's episode is a fantastic chat with prolific ghost, Tom Henry. With no less than 25 books under his belt, there's not much Tom doesn't know about the process of getting a tome out into the world, and what it feels like when an important story isn't picked-up by agents and publishers. Although it can feel rather soul destroying at the time, Tom…
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Today in Giving up the Ghostcast, Teena and Shannon speak to the legendary ghost Ian Shircore. Ian's ghosting career has allowed him to work with the kind of people not all of us get to meet, including someone whose criminal connections and childhood trauma was made into a Hollywood film and, at the other end of the spectrum, Ian also tells us abou…
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5: The Spirit of the Business, with Ginny Carter
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In today's episode, Shannon and Teena gather around the mics to speak with award winning business ghost writer, Ginny Carter. We hear what it's like to understand a world which might not be one a writer has been immersed in before, and how to interpret the language into something that can be understood. Ginny also recalls some of the extraordinary …
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4: Coping with the Spectre of Trauma, with Veronica Clark
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In this week's edition of Giving Up the Ghostcast, Teena and Shannon speak to Sunday Times and Irish Times bestselling ghostwriter Veronica Clark. Veronica has over 35 years’ experience in journalism and no fewer than 17 books under her belt, one of which was the incredible story of Barbara O'Hare, called, 'The Hospital: How I survived the secret c…
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3: Don't Spook the Author, with Gillian Stern
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In today's episode, Shannon and Teena welcome the award winning ghost writer and editor, Gillian Stern to the show, who shares some incredible insights from her career as well as tips for dealing with the feelings of loss ghost writers can experience when the collaboration is over. As always, hosts and guest spill the beans on some of the more unus…
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2: Haunting the Book Charts, with Andrew Crofts
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Today, Teena and Shannon welcome their first guest, bestselling ghost Andrew Crofts. Andrew talks to us about why he decided to write his own memoir about his ghosting career, and how he inspired a novel AND a blockbuster film. Andrew also talks about the impact that Prince Harry's book Spare has had on the ghostwriting business, and discloses what…
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Welcome to the first episode of Giving Up the Ghostcast where real life ghost writers - and our hosts - Shannon Kyle and Teena Lyons lift the veil on how the world of ghost-writing works, and the kind of people who decide to use them - some of their clients may surprise you. As this is the first show if the series, we learn a bit about Teena and Sh…
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Giving up the Ghostcast is brought to you by real life ghost writers, Shannon Kyle, and Teena Lyons, who as well as setting up their own ghost writers agency, have also ghosted books by household names of showbiz, business and current affairs. Giving up the Ghostcast is here to lift the veil on this incredibly secretive world, by sharing their own …
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