Ghostwriter Wanted: Fast, Witty Action-Adventure Mystery

Problogger Pty Ltd; United States; On-site; USD 1,600 - 2,000; Full time

Job summary

Problogger Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced ghostwriter to craft the next installment in its action-adventure mystery series. The writer will produce ~60,000 words, written in first person with a distinctive voice, and must align with the series bible and outline provided in the contract.

Responsibilities include delivering high-paced action scenes, integrating humor into tense moments, and differentiating characters through rhythm and word choice.

Qualifications

• Write on-page action — fights, chases, tactical scenes — that reads clean and cinematic.
• Land humor inside high-stakes scenes, not bolted on between them.
• Differentiate characters through rhythm and word choice, not dialect or verbal tics.
• Write a young female protagonist in first person with a distinctive voice — smart, dry, self-aware.
• Handle plot logic across a book-length mystery-adventure arc.

Responsibilities

• Draft one full novel (~60,000 words) to series specs, using the provided outline.
• Match the established voice and follow the series bible supplied on contract.
• Land the humor and the action throughout the manuscript.
• Deliver revisions and edits as part of the pay terms and ongoing series work.

Skills

First person voice

Action scenes

Humor in prose

Character rhythm

Job description

Problogger Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced ghostwriter to craft the next installment in its action-adventure mystery series. The writer will produce ~60,000 words, written in first person with a distinctive voice, and must align with the series bible and outline provided in the contract.

Responsibilities include delivering high-paced action scenes, integrating humor into tense moments, and differentiating characters through rhythm and word choice.