A Journey Through the World of Book Publishing |
This post is part one of a series.
One of my most important life goals has been to share some of the knowledge and wisdom I have learned over my life as a father, pediatric pulmonologist, counselor of children, adolescents and young adults (including through instruction in self-hypnosis), and active member of the Jewish community.
As I have always enjoyed writing, it seemed that creating a book about my experiences would be a good way to reach a wider audience. I suspect that many of Psychology Today’s readers and writers have similarly contemplated or chosen to write books as a way of sharing their ideas.
For this reason, I am offering this three-part blog series about some of my experiences as an author of multiple books written for the public, in the hope that others can benefit from reviewing some of the lessons I learned, including some unwelcome surprises.
I ended up reading extensively about writing and publishing non-fiction books, and hired a professional writer to help me present my ideas and experiences in the most effective way.
In my first book, I wanted to share some of my medical success stories with hypnosis to inform parents that there are effective non-medication alternatives for the treatment of many childhood disorders, including anxiety, chronic abdominal pain, bedwetting, insomnia, and shortness of breath.
I titled this book Journey to the Center, with a subtitle of Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis. The title was intended to convey that I teach children how to reach into the center of their beings to work........