The penis - mightier than the sword

... why I'm tired of women being silenced.

I’m working with three amazing women on their book proposals at the moment. I wish I could tell you about each of them individually, but it’s top secret — for now. I will share as soon as I have news. It’s unusual for me to be working on three proposals at once, but each of their stories is so strong, so interesting, so important, that I couldn’t resist the chance to work with them. How I will juggle the work if all three get the go ahead, I do not know. But I will find a way. 

Those of you who are familiar with my ghosting work, will know that my ‘specialist area’ if you like, is that of raising the voices of women, particularly those who might not ordinarily be heard. But there is another category too, those of women whose stories have been hijacked by others and have been retold and misshapen into something that is unfamiliar to them. This is a common theme for us women, whether we are in the public eye or not, whether our stories are told in books or films, in newspapers, offices,…