bbarry wrote:
Doddie, like Steve, I have no experience with a ghostwriters. And I agree with you that using your wife as your actual ghostwriter is too close to the situation. However, I offer this suggestion:
Based on your posts to Computer Haven, it is my opinion that you are an excellent writer. So perhaps with the guidance of your wife with her publishing skills, you can be your own writer. Like writing your own autobiography.
Barry, i love your confidence in my writing skills but the reality is i am not skilled at all in writing.
e.g. I could talk one on one about what i've been through until the cows come home but to actually sit down and put that into text would take me forever because i wouldn't be able to focus on the actual timeline of events... my mind would jump back to moments i skipped, if that makes sense.
The reason i think a ghostwriter might work for me is because i can point the person to this forum, which is chronologically correct because i posted as events happened to me, they can then take notes and question me about any blanks or missing emotions i didn't post about at the time... of which there were many because i could only post what i was capable of posting in the moment.
Add in all the subsequent mental health issues Long Covid left me with that i haven't really gone into depth in the Forum, along with the complete lack of social security support i've had from mutliple Government agencies etc (health and monetary)... to collate all that information into a book is way above my skill level.
That said, given how the original Wuhan strain of "Long Covid" (
yes, each Covid variant differs for Long Covid symptoms afaict) appears to be being ignored by the mainstream media and the medical profession, i am quickly coming to the conclusion that this is a story that needs to be published.... how many people will want to read it is not that important, what might be important is that in 100 years if there is another pandemic like this then maybe if only person reads it, it might make a difference.... i firmly believe that history needs to be printed, and if ever i was going to be at the forefront of history then this will be the closest i will likely ever get.
If you're still reading this you can probably tell i'm already talking myself into going down the road of finding a ghostwriter.