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Ghostwriting unmasked: who benefits from hiring literary phantoms?
Ghostwriting can be both interesting and profitable for the right kind of creative person. The key is to possess the skills and interests that clients are willing to pay for. What is a ghostwriter? A ghostwriter creates work, like fiction or non-fiction, but their name doesn’t appear on it. Instead, someone else puts their name on the work and receives the copyright, allowing them to use it as their own. Most ghostwriting is considered work…
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Episode 32: Coloured Glory in Parameters
1. Colour the world Highly regarded but only to usA musical catalogue that stretched decades The warbles of his voice remainOn cassette tapes and magnetic reels The familiar chords The only ones he could play On the family pianoThose moderate chordsThe four-four beat Minor keys, step downStabbing the chambersOf my diseased heartAs I listen to the flute kick in means more To me nowin my poetical persona Because I played the fluteIn middle school band…
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Episode 31: Despedida Carries Daughters
1. Despedida The deconstruction of a wild familyCapricious and crusted with age These unfamiliar crimes Chime with every scrunch of the body My daddy is dyingNo flowery words of comfortWill dull that painLet this be a lesson to youBe afraid, hide away and say goodbyeA bittersweet farewell – despedida Carve the canyons in the shape of a heartBelabored echoes of laughter and fear They’ll not remember youBut we will, and That’s all we can doWe’ll…
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Episode 30: War is Real Cold
Hi there, welcome to season 3 of Raconteuse Radio! This is your host, Guilliean Pacheco, checking in from a very, very cold Las Vegas. I wanted to introduce season 3 as something special. I’m calling the season: “Murder Ballads for the Dearly Departed,” and the season is dedicated to my father, Daniel Pacheco, who passed away in April 2022, and also to my family, and the exploration of both. I appreciate your support and I…
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