Alex Foster - Ghostwriter

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My writing career began when I was twenty years old. I was in a cafe, painstakingly engaged in the 22nd edit of my first book — a memoir of my travels hitchhiking across country, being homeless in Los Angeles, living with one of America's wealthiest people, and sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska. Beside me, a woman asked if I was writing a memoir.

"I'm trying to," I told her, clearly exhausted.
"May I see it?"
I gave her my laptop. "Sure."

She read. Minutes passed. Long minutes. I pretended I was totally calm while her eyes zipped through the words on the screen. She kept looking at me with wide eyes, then darting back to the computer. I felt undressed, and I regretted having shown her my book in the first place. Trying to make light of the whole thing, I said, "Pretty bad, huh?"

She looked at me very seriously. "No," she said. "This is very impressive, and trust me, it takes a lot to impress me, kid. How old are you?"

"Twenty."

Her jaw nearly dropped. "Seriously?"

"Yes, why? What is it?"

"You're twenty years old and you wrote this?"

"Yep."

Turns out, this random lady was a legendary novelist who was one of the first in America to be awarded a $1 million advance. She was hugely successful, having received glowing reviews from the New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Vogue, and others, as well as having her books published in over 20 languages. From that day on she became my mentor, and with her support, I went on to secure a job as an editor at the publishing company Booktrope. Then I became a full-fledged ghostwriter. My successes have brought me around the world. I've worked with princes, doctors, entrepreneurs, millionaires, billionaires, celebrities, and folks who've suffered abuse and want to empower others.

In my experience, it doesn't matter whether you're a wealthy aristocrat or a homeless person on the trash-strewn streets of Los Angeles (as I was, once). If you've got a great story, I want to help you tell it. And by God, I will tell it well.

Also, I have the experience of writing not just one, but eight #1 bestsellers. I'm an obsessive perfectionist, holding myself to a nearly impossible standard. My drive and ambition are limitless. I strive to turn each project into a masterpiece, perfecting the client's voice and using my honed interviewing skills to get to the very heart and soul of the story; telling it in a way that will capture the attention of any audience.

I love ghostwriting. It's not just a career, but a way of life. I always tell people that a great ghostwriter is like a great method actor. The English actor Daniel Day-Lewis comes to mind — a man who trained for two years with a professional boxer for one of his films, the end result being that the former champion said Lewis could have gone pro and become world champion himself; a man who literally built the set of "The Crucible" using his own two hands, and who walked the wintry streets of New York in period clothing and caught pneumonia in the film "Gangs of New York." Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't play his characters, he becomes them. In a similar way, I don't just write the stories — I live them.

Reviews:

“Alex Foster is a pure drop in an ocean of ink. A writer with taste and an impeccable work ethic. A clear voice. Someone to pay attention to. Remember that.”
—Josey Cary, internationally-acclaimed artist and photographer

“Alex Foster is a hard-working and caring writer, whose enthusiasm for writing will drive your project forward. Intelligent, honest, reliable, Alex will give your project the attention it deserves and do his best to make it a success.” —Barbara Baig, author, Spellbinding Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Achieving Excellence and Captivating Readers (Writer's Digest Books, 2016)

“Alex Foster is a driven and passionate writer. As an emerging voice and accomplished author in the fast changing publishing world, Alex can navigate a project from concept to completion without hesitation. His commitment to craft and integrity will benefit anyone who wants their story told with the quality it deserves.”
—Paul Molyneaux, author, A Child's Walk in the Wilderness

“Alex is incredibly talented, generous with his time; he is indeed a very rare and special writer able to tackle the most arduous tasks without flinching. ”
—Prince Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Baron de Watteville, author, Balthus