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Author Sophia B.

Professional Romance Ghostwriter | Story Development

Hi, I'm Sophia. I ghostwrite romance that keeps readers hooked, and clients coming back. I’m well equipped with six years of ghostwriting romance, developing stories from the ground up, and delivering manuscripts that actually retain readers. I also develop detailed story outlines, and offer consultations and coaching. 📍Most of my clients come to me for one of three things: ✔️Ghostwriting. Full novels, full series, full voice match. 70k–100k manuscripts at 10k words a week, on deadline, without dropping voice or pacing across chapters. My range runs from contemporary billionaire and paranormal to Highland, dark fantasy, mafia, queer YA, sapphic literary, clean wholesome, and more. The portfolio section shows the spread. Same writer, different rooms. My full-time job as a ghostwriter is to disappear into your voice, style, and vision, and I do it well. ✔️ Story development. When clients have a concept but no map, I build it. Chapter-by-chapter outlines, character profiles, worldbuilding, full series architecture. You sign off on the structure before I draft a word. My goal is to bring your vision to life while taking you along every step and process. ✔️Coaching and consulting. I also coach writers in serialized fiction and commercial romance, focusing on retention, cliffhanger engineering, POV discipline, coin-gate psychology, dual POV architecture and reader psychology. I also consult one-on-one with authors on launch strategy, pen name positioning, and platform selection. 📍Beyond writing, I run Lace & Letters, a boutique publishing project management studio offering social media marketing, brand building, and full author support for clients building a long-term presence. 📍A few things worth knowing: ▪️I plan before I write. Every project is outlined first for a detailed story arc that transforms into a remarkable novel. ▪️I don't ghost mid-project. I value communication and Client’s satisfaction is my utmost priority. ▪️I take pen names and IP seriously. Your name, your cover, your rights. NDAs standard. Weekly milestones keep both of us aligned. 📍The receipts: ✔️A Contract with a Billionaire on Goodnovel: Over 430,000+ reads, 8.8 rating, audiobook adaptation. ✔️Multi-book contracts across Goodnovel, Letterlux, and other serialized platforms. ✔️ A 10-book contemporary romance novella series delivered in 10 weeks for one client. ✔️Founder of Lace & Letters. ✔️TikTok writing community of 32k+. ✨If you’ve got a story idea, a rough outline, or even just a trope you want to build around, send it over! I’ll tell you quickly if it’s workable and how I’d approach it.✨

🇳🇬Ughelli, Nigeria$25/hr100% JSS4.47 (6)Since Sep 2021

Earnings and projects

MRR
$871

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#54,229 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,210 / 13.8k
Revenue, last 30 days
$888

Last 6 months: $5.2k

World#46,470 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,022 / 13.8k
Total earnings
$8.3k

Billed in all: $8.4k

World#211,330 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#4,482 / 13.8k
Per project
$596

$1k in the last 6 months

World#166,754 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#3,520 / 13.8k
Projects, last 6 months
5
100% fixed0% hourly
World#41,746 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#2,705 / 13.8k
Projects in all
14

Across 16 contracts

100% fixed0% hourly
World#168,283 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#5,761 / 13.8k

Earnings, last 30 days

$8.4k+$888 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$7.0k$7.5k$8.0k$8.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 5% in Short Story Writing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  2. #22Novel Writing302 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #4Top 7%
  3. #26Romance Writing257 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #8Top 10%
  4. #38Short Story Writing834 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #5Top 5%
  5. #60Beta Reading738 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #5Top 8%
  6. #128Fiction Writing1,669 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #13Top 8%
  7. #133Book Writing1,648 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #8Top 8%
  8. #159Ebook Writing2,045 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #11Top 8%