Born To Create

“It was a dark and stormy night …” or so the story goes. As a kid I read the Peanuts comic strip. Once in a while, Snoopy would use those words to begin a story he was banging out on a typewriter. It was sort of a meta-joke since the Peanuts comic strip was in itself a story.  Just like Snoopy, we are all crafting stories. If there is one skill in writing that trumps them all, it’s storytelling. I’m excited to share this interview where we have a true storytelling expert who can help us use the magic of storytelling even better. My guest is Alice Sullivan, a successful ghostwriter with multiple books that have landed on the New York Times bestseller list (among many other places). Of course, you’ll never know which books she wrote because that would break the sacred code of ghostwriting … but just take my word for it, she’s a pro at the top of her field. In addition to being a ghostwriter, Alice is also a developmental book editor and author coach. I got to know Alice a few months ago when I was going through