Notes from a Ghost 👻 - A Storytelling Podcast

Russel Worth Parker is a retired U.S Marine raider turned writer and bestselling ghostwriter. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Garden and Gun, and Backcountry Journal, among others.

He works closely with a number of veteran publications and writing workshops including PB Abate and Lethal Minds Journal.

When he’s not writing, you’ll find him walking the woods of North Carolina and talking books with his fellow Marine and previous guest on this podcast, John Dailey.

Michael “Mick” Patrick  Mulroy is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. He is a retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer in the Special Activities Center and a retired United States Marine.

He is currently the President of Fogbow (a company that enables international humanitarian efforts), a Senior Fellow for the Middle East Institute, an ABC News National Security Analyst, a Co-founder of the Lobo Institute,  the Co-president of End Child Soldiering, and on the Board of Advisors for Plato’s Academy Centre and the Aurelius Foundation.

Mick and Russel have teamed up on a variety of humanitarian missions including working to end child soldiering and delivering food and aid to Gaza.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

Joe McKay is a LinkedIn ghostwriter and the host of The Thought Follower, he works with consultants and LinkedInfluencers helping them position themselves as experts in their field. He’s here today to fill us in on one of the most lucrative fields in ghostwriting.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

“There’s no such thing as a nice rich kid.”

That is the tagline for To Have and to Have More by Sanibel, a novel described as “sad rich girl satire about hyper-privileged boarding school kids and their consequence-free lives.

Sanibel’s essays have been published in New York Magazine, ELLE, and Air Mail. Her debut novel To Have and Have More will be published by 8th Note Press in fall/winter 2024. She lives in Greenwich Village and is currently working on a satirical reimagining of the Odyssey from Athena's Point of view.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

Jennifer Locke is a ghostwriter and book strategist who helps business owners, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs become authors and showcase their brilliance on the page. She has been writing for 11 years, with experience ghosting for major publishers. As a book coach, she has helped dozens of authors write their own books. She has also developed a guide called Book in Six to help authors write a book in six months.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

Bryson White is a hiphop and R&B ghostwriter, here to tell us about his work and maybe ruin some of your favorite songs. You can find him on Instagram @IamBrysonW

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

Megan Okonsky is a ghostwriter and novelist based in Austin, TX. Who has worked with C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, and media personalities to produce bestselling business books and memoirs. She also ghostwrites DMs on dating sites, dropping pickup lines and arranging coffee dates for her clients.

You can find her on Instagram and Substack.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

In this bonus episode, book coach and author Vicky Quinn Fraser is back to talk about writing with ADHD.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

Jeffrey L. Rinek is the author of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent’s Pursuit of America’s Worst Predators by Jeffery Rinek. Jeffrey spent three decades hunting child predators and serial killers as an FBI agent and profiler based in Sacramento, California where he pioneered a new, empathy-based approach to interviewing suspects. He recently appeared in season 4 of the podcast Serial.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever restless explorer was driven to pursue ever greater challenges, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest—his own hero’s journey.

In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition yet shrouded in darkness and danger. There, he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a “spiritual journey” to a holy lake—a journey from which he would never return.

That is a summary of Lost in the Valley of Death: a story of obsession and danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠

John Feal worked as a demolition supervisor at Ground Zero until a disabling injury—when an 8,000-pound steel beam landed on his foot five days into the cleanup. As 9/11-related illness started killing his friends, John became a relentless activist for the survivors and responders. He lobbied Congress to pass The James Zadroga

Through the FealGood Foundation, John continues to advocate for the health needs of first

Vanity Fair has covered his

He’s now writing a book, scheduled for publication in September, 2026, for the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I am his co-author.

NOTES FROM A GHOST is a podcast about stories and the people who tell them.

My name is Charles Daly, and I’m a ghostwriter. If you have an epic story, I’d love to hear it. You can find me at ⁠Dalyprose.com⁠ or on ⁠Linkedin.⁠