RB Raymond Brunell
Literary ghostwriter & editorial partner

Memoir, executive voice, and brand narrative — written to outlast the news cycle.

Developmental editing and ghostwriting for founders, executives, and authors who need the architecture of a real book — and a human, accountable to a public record of literary work, to build it.

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MFA·Subtropics·The Drift
Raymond Brunell — literary ghostwriter and editorial partner

Rates

Published floors. The from is the only public number.
Memoir & literary nonfiction ghostwriting
Six-month minimum · voice-capture · two revision passes
From $45,000 / book
Executive editorial retainer
Two long-form essays + four short posts monthly, in your voice
From $4,500 / month
Developmental editing
Editorial letter + 90-minute follow-up, to 90,000 words
From $2,400 / pass
Book proposal
Traditional submission · four-to-six-week turnaround
From $6,500
Brand & long-form B2B · Hourly
White papers, founder essays · consulting at three-hour minimum
From $4,000 · $150 / hr

50% deposit on signing for all project work. I take two book-length projects per year; available capacity is shared on inquiry. All work is human-written — no AI-generated prose appears in deliverables.

The practice is asynchronous-first

Your time is protected. We work through structured written prompts, recorded reflections at your pace, and a small number of focused live sessions — not weekly status calls.

This produces better prose, because the work happens in writing, not in performance.

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Written discovery
Structured prompts, returned in writing or voice memos at your pace.
02
Voice capture
Recorded sessions capped at 90 minutes monthly — agenda before, summary after.
03
Editorial letters
Written letters and tracked-changes manuscripts — not screen-share calls.

Two ways to work together

Different books, different budgets — the same human-written, voice-first craft.
Premium practice
Executives, founders & memoirists

Full ghostwriting and editorial partnership — memoir, executive voice, brand narrative. Asynchronous-first, two book-length projects a year.

From $45,000 See rates ↑
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