Greg Fitzsimmons

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2,481 appearances 12 recordings 6 series first heard Aug 2024 last heard 19 Sep

Greg Fitzsimmons’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But he had the rights to the material.

He took it to a major publisher and they gave him $1.3 million as an advance.

And then over the next 10 years, he kept pushing off, handing it in.

And then they sued him for, like you said, they gave him about half the money.

They sued him for the money back, which he didn't have.

He spent it all.

Sure.

So now he was teaching English as a second language driving an Uber for another 10 years, and then he sold it to another publishing company.

I don't want to get into his financial details, but now he's making huge money from it.

But he truly did work on it for 20 years.

Yeah.

Right.

Well, that's why there's the ghostwriter.

That's the best job.

There's a guy named Neil Strauss, and he ghostwrites a lot of the big musicians, the rock stars.

Someone you're accountable to.

When I wrote my book, I hired somebody not to dictate, but kind of a big guy, muscular guy.

And he'd sit in my office and he would hold on to my right wrist.

He'd sit on the ground.

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