Over the past year, I’ve been working closely with Connect 2 Be The Change co-founder TaKisha Jacobs as a ghostwriter and thought partner on her memoir, Fork, Knife, Spoon, Gun—a raw, voice-driven story about loss, survival, and what it takes to break a cycle of violence from the inside.

The work has been built on hours (and hours) of deep interviews—long conversations, revisited memories, circling back again and again until we get past what happened and into what it felt like to live it. From there, I’ve shaped a full manuscript that stays true to TaKisha’s voice while building a narrative that can carry a broader readership.

The book is complete, and while we have a range of publishing options, we’re intentionally pursuing a traditional route to reach the widest possible audience; it’s currently out with a number of literary agents.

Key skills:

• Translating lived experience into a clear, compelling narrative arc

• Designing and developing a full book proposal (positioning, comps, market framing)

• Deep interview work and voice capture

• Collaborative editing and story development

• Agent outreach and publishing strategy

• Audience and platform thinking to support the book beyond the page

• Shaping messaging for a story that carries both personal and social weight