What It's Like to Work With a Ghostwriter | Adam Boggs
Aug 08, 2025
There’s one topic I am asked about far more than any other. As you can imagine, that topic is ghostwriting.
The questions come from all perspectives. Writers who want to build a business ask me about how I got started and what it takes to build a successful ghostwriting business.
Business leaders and others who want to write a book, but don’t have the time or skills to do it themselves, ask me how the process works.
And many other people who are simply curious about ghostwriting ask me what a ghostwriter is and what I actually do all day!
No matter which perspective you come from, you will be interested in this conversation with my former client, Adam Boggs. We worked together on his book, The Business Artist: A Human Approach to Sales, Storytelling, and Creativity in a Data-Driven World.
Adam describes himself as a self-proclaimed social theorist who loves diving into the intricate workings of our world. He has a deep-seated passion for blending the beauty of artistic principles with technology, business, and society, unlocking fascinating new viewpoints along the way.
Adam is also the CEO of Meahana, an intelligent platform to design, guide, and enhance every step of the meeting process. With over thirteen years of experience in co-creating workshops and designing facilitated experiences for leading technology giants like Google, SAP, and Cisco, he has a deep understanding of what it takes to lead memorable meetings.
In this conversation, Adam and I pull back the curtain on what it’s really like to work with a ghostwriter. We talk about the role he wanted the book to play in his business, why he wanted to self-publish instead of using a publisher, how we worked together through initial ideas, drafts, and revisions, his advice for people thinking about hiring a ghostwriter, and his advice for people considering ghostwriting as a career.
You can find out much more about Adam and his book, The Business Artist, by going to his website, https://adamboggs.io, and I encourage you to check out his company, Meahana, by visiting https://meahana.io.
