Richard Lowe is an author, photographer, and professional ghostwriter who writes here about the things that have actually shaped him: prejudice and how people change their minds, a long career in technology, the people he has loved and lost, and a lifetime of stubborn curiosity about how the world works.
He has written and published 113+ books under his own name and ghostwritten 54+ more for clients across technology, cybersecurity, healthcare, finance, and consulting. He is the author of The Ghostwriting Advantage and spent 20 years as Director of Computer Operations and Technical Services at Trader Joe's. His clients have included Fortune 50 executives, tech founders, business coaches, and a platinum-selling musician.
This is his personal site. For his ghostwriting work, see thewritingking.com. For his fiction, see masterofworlds.com.
For many years I collected quotations: lines from books, plays, speeches, comedians, computer culture, proverbs, and the old Unix fortune files. I called the collection my fortune cookies, because like…