In the beginning, there was the business card. Then the e-mail address. Next, the website. Today, as a businessperson, if you are not an author, you lack a certain credibility. Authoring a book has become the must-have for big media placements, speaking opportunities, and bigger clients, not to mention your chance for grabbing that elusive […]
Think of life as a round circle, like a pizza pie. One slice of the pie is your area of core competence, perhaps even genius. It’s what you do so well. Next to that slice is another slice of equal size, what you know you don’t know. For example, I know I cannot add, subtract […]
Silver Disobedience | Interview by Dian Griesel A conversation with Judy about her career as a ghostwriter, book collaborator, publisher, and publicist, and her approach to bringing other people’s stories to life. From silverdisobedience.rocks website, by Dian Griesel. After graduating from UC Berkeley, where she had her own column, “Meaning’s Edge” on the Daily Californian […]
Judy is interviewed by Ken Foster on the Voices of Courage Podcast.
An exploration of the often-unseen professionals behind published books and the fascinating world of ghostwriting. By Sarah Elizabeth Adler The year was 1986, and Barbara Feinman Todd was a writer in disguise. Her mission? To crash a party— the 45th wedding anniversary of the director of the CIA, being held at the Watergate Hotel in […]
Judy discusses her transition from leading a successful public relations agency to building a career devoted to writing, publishing, and promoting books. Lori Soard I was so excited to have the opportunity interview the inspiring Judy Katz recently. Judy agreed to share with our readers how she got into the ghostwriting business, a few of […]
Just about twelve years ago I made a major transition, and closed the midtown Manhattan offices of my Public Relations firm. Through running a sizeable business and the day to day drama of dealing with my staff’s personal issues, I had essentially become everyone’s Jewish mother. As a result I could not do as […]
I thought the Rabbi was kidding. “You want to introduce me to a 98-year-old who wants to date?” “No,” he said, “I want to introduce you to a 98-year-old who would be open to getting remarried!” “Won’t his adult children object?” “Not at all. They want him to be happy. In fact, his son came […]
Look, you do not have to write a book. You can live your entire professional life (and personal life too of course) without a book to your name, and the sky will not fall. All I can tell you is that being able to add “author” to your list of accomplishments, being able to mail […]
Give It Up to the Ghost! Do you have an area of expertise or a life story to tell? Do you truly want to write a book but something keeps getting in the way? That something, typically, can be time, or money, or perhaps an inability to wordsmith your way to a compelling telling of […]