Ghostwriting & Co-Writing

Only a handful of spots in any given year.

4 ghostwriting clients, 3 for co-writing, and those numbers don't move. Which means I can't take everyone — and a calendar full of calls that were never going to be a fit helps nobody. So these two start with an application instead. 5 minutes, and I read every one myself.

Crystal Adair-Benning coaching three writers around a table at a writing retreat

People who were exactly where you are right now

“Sometimes the most important people in a book… never appear on the cover. Crystal Adair-Benning is one of those people.”
Peter MerrettTrusted Advisor · Australia’s 2024 Keynote Speaker of the Year · Author, Wonderlicious
Crystal is THE best, and the ONLY writer I will ever work with. She is creative, articulate, a delight to work with, and she gets things done.
Kristy DuncanFounder & CEO, Women in Payments
My book went from idea to print in 8 months because of Crystal's coaching and guidance. Her framework is magic. I had my entire book planned within three days.
Manja HornerPresident, Boost · Author of Pass the Torch
With Crystal's guidance, my book went on to reach #2 on Amazon.com.au in its category — but more importantly, it opened doors I never could have predicted.
Morgan LeePeople Experience Lead · Author of People First
What happens next

Five minutes now, a real answer soon.

01

I read it.

Personally, usually within two business days.

02

If it's a fit, we talk.

Thirty minutes, free, and you’ll leave knowing where you stand.

03

If it isn't, I'll say so.

And point you at what is — often that's coaching or a Createcation.

Not applying for those two?

Book Coaching doesn't need an application — just grab a time on the calendar. Createcations do take an application, over on their own site.

✦ Free · Friday 25 September · Virtual Espresso Createcation. 45 seats, because I’m turning 45. Grab a seat
Word Magic
FREE · SIX PARTS · NO CREDIT CARD, NO CATCH, NO WEBINAR

You’ve told more people about this book than you’ve written pages of it.

The Bestseller Blueprint is the advice I would give you… if you asked. Okay, even if you didn’t… but you should.

Six parts, about forty minutes. Whether the book is worth writing, where AI quietly costs you the copyright to your own book, which publishing door to walk through and what each one really costs in 2026, and what happens to the book after launch week.

Every number in it is sourced. Where the honest answer is that nobody knows, I say so.

The newsletter is publishing, what I’m actually working on, and the bits nobody says out loud. No six-part win-back sequence if you leave.