COLLABORATIONS
“There are three rules for writing a novel.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
W. Somerset Maugham
WORK-FOR-HIRE: COLLABORATING OR GHOSTWRITING
To collaborate on a contracted writing project means you are the author (retaining all rights to the material) and you are hiring a writer. A collaborative writer will generally be acknowledged on the cover, while a ghostwriter is unacknowledged. Beyond that, every project is different and requires a discussion to decide how to proceed.
If you need help writing your book, Holly Lörincz is a capable and loyal partner. She is an experienced, multi-published collaborative writer, able to draft a manuscript from interviews and research, or adapt a screenplay or memoir into a novel. Her non-fiction collaborative work has ranged in content from how to survive prison to crime-based or high-drama memoirs to the science surrounding post-traumatic stress.
“Working with people to get their stories down on paper sounds simple. Sometimes it is. More often, though, it can get messy and emotional, and I’m here for it. I spend a lot of time with clients finding a voice, establishing content goals, and ensuring the text is compelling while also helping the author process the issues that inspired a book-length idea in the first place. Occasionally, my partnerships lead to interesting personal experiences... I’ve had dinner with mob bosses, sat down for interviews with someone who was tortured by the Taliban, exchanged letters and phone calls with prisoners, and walked the red carpet at the Emmys. You just never know where a story is going to take you.”
Fourteen of Holly’s collaborations (some of which were ghostwritten) have been traditionally published. She has worked with St. Martin’s Press/Simon and Schuster multiple times, as well as Skyhorse Publishing, Post Hill Press, and others. Amazon launched a new imprint, Kindle Singles, using her book with Colin Warner and Carl King (Crown Heights, 2017, ranked #7 in Biographies).
Her last published collaboration, The Invisible Machine (BenBella Books, 2024), won the National Indie Excellence Award in the psychiatry/psychology category and was a non-fiction runner-up in the PenCraft Book Award for writing.
Please contact her or her agent directly to discuss referrals, quotes, and eligibility. You can reach Holly at hollylorincz@gmail.com or her literary agent Chip MacGregor at chip@macgregorliterary.com