Offers from publishers...what to look out for?

[YDB95]

I got a query recently from someone who had read a few of my stories and was interested in having me do some ghostwriting work. I'm definitely interested, but I seem to recall there were some people here in the past who got some offers that turned out to be fraudulent. Does anyone have any advice on what to look out for? I've already replied to say I'm interested, but that's all I've said so far. Any advice would be welcome!

 

[R. Richard]

If you decide to try, submit one story at a time, the second story submission depends upon payment for the first story and so on. If it's to be a novel, same thing, except chapter by chapter.

 

[sr71plt]

Are you clear on who is proposing this? A publisher, especially for erotica, is usually looking for an author, not a ghostwriter. Ghostwriter would mean another "author" will be credited as the author of the piece.

Sharing the risk could be one way of handling it--half an agreed fee for the story up front and the other half within thirty days of delivery of the story. Thus, if the publisher doesn't want to take the risk, you lose nothing, and you take no more risk than getting half pay if you deliver the story and the publisher doesn't pay.

 

[xelliebabex]

I got a query recently from someone who had read a few of my stories and was interested in having me do some ghostwriting work. I'm definitely interested, but I seem to recall there were some people here in the past who got some offers that turned out to be fraudulent. Does anyone have any advice on what to look out for? I've already replied to say I'm interested, but that's all I've said so far. Any advice would be welcome!

I believe I may have got the same offer last month, but I turned it down, something just didn't seem right. I think the name was Vietnamese for John Smith or something and it put me off. Pm me for my email address if you would like to compare the emails.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm responded affirmatively to publishers (and other story sites) to publish with them--but never with a ghostwriting understanding.