Simon has recorded an online course for Idler magazine to encourage more people to consider trying to write their own life story. You can access the course here: https://www.idler.co.uk/course/how-to-write-your-life-story-with-simon-petherick/ The services of a ghostwriter will always be needed: by people who don’t feel able to tackle the task themselves, by the publishing industry which needsContinue reading “How To Write Your Life Story”
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Ghostwriting interview with Michael Portillo
Simon Petherick was interviewed by Michael Portillo on GB News on Sunday 20th November 2022 on the craft and business of ghostwriting: You can also watch the ten-minute interview here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/a9xZ81IZWgs You can read more about the process of ghostwriting here: https://ghostwriter.works/the-ghostwriting-process/
Essay in The Guardian
Simon had an essay published in The Guardian in October 2022: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/oct/25/my-doomed-stand-margaret-thatcher-war-truth-central-office-information
In Search of Shangri-La
Simon Petherick has a new essay in Issue 84 of Idler Magazine. You can buy Idler magazine from these stockists — https://www.idler.co.uk/idler-stockists/ — or read the article here: ‘I am from the lamasery of Shangri-La.’ These first words spoken by Chang, the High Lama’s functionary, in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton, introduced the worldContinue reading “In Search of Shangri-La”
Ghost in the machine
The following essay on ghostwriting and how to be a ghostwriter is published in the November-December issue of Idler magazine, available in selected WHSmiths, Waitrose and bookshops or by subscription at idler.co.uk/join. Full list of Idler stockists is here: https://www.idler.co.uk/idler-stockists/ ____________ Ghost in the machine I was talking to my sister the other day. SheContinue reading “Ghost in the machine”
Seaborne Magazine
Simon Petherick has a new story in the second issue of Seaborne Magazine, available here: https://seabornemagazine.com/downloads/seaborne-issue-2-storms-omens-monsters/ The story, part of the magazine’s “storms, omens and monsters” theme, concerns an incident during a sailing trip in the Ionian sea.
Ghostwriter.works launches
Ghostwriter.works offers the services of professional ghostwriter Simon Petherick. Simon has worked as a successful ghostwriter for many years and this new site provides an opportunity to engage with him directly.