“It was such a relief to speak with liaison at QCO. I honestly didn’t know where to start when my mother was released from hospital after cancer treatment. I had envisioned need to take family leave and even to retire early,” says Ruth D., a writer for a national greeting card company located in Cleveland Ohio.

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Find other writers by asking for referrals. Who to ask? Try librarian at your local library, an editor at your city’s newspaper, an English teacher at a nearby college, or professionals in subject area of your book. Or place a classified ad in a writers’ magazine. And of course, be prepared to remunerate your contributors.

Method Four: Hire a Ghost. As I stated in my book, "The Art of Hiring Someone to Write Your Book: A Step by Step Guide to Successfully Collaborating" (Instant Publisher, 2004), “A ghostwriter will gather content for your book by handling research, poring over books and articles, conducting interviews, and launching Internet searches. They extract information that best meets needs of your project, organizing it, reshaping it, and giving it a creative twist. After they put it all together, they go over their own work, polishing it to flawlessness. As project develops, they invite your input and seek your approval. Because you have final say over project, they comply with whatever changes you suggest.”

Whichever method you opt for, happy authoring. I’ll see you in print.

Michelle McGee-Jones is a freelance business writer, marketing consultant and author of "The Art of Hiring Someone to Write Your Book: A Step by Step Guide to Successfully Collaborating." The book is available for $9.95 online at Amazon.com. All rights reserved. This article may be freely reprinted provided this entire byline is included.