Who Really Wrote That Relationship Advice Book?

The spooky side of ghostwriting, and why I left it behind.

Lauren Harkawik
Nov 5 · 5 min read
Photo by Chase Wilson on Unsplash

When I escaped the 9–5 world to become a full-time freelancer, I got a lot of freelancing gigs through a site called Elance, which is now defunct.

At first, I got mostly ad copy, web copy, and other such professional writing jobs. In retrospect, those were the…

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