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What is The Zen of Book Authoring?
Revealing the value of writing from the heart and soul over the last five decades, with a sneak preview of the first part of my memoirs.
Why I Decided to Author a Meta Book About Book Authoring
Memoir writing and reading have always been my interests, stimulating my cognitions and emotions. I have written many articles and read many memoir books and stories. I also taught memoir writing as a subject and shared my method in stories like this.
Last year, a publisher approached me and inspired me to write my memoirs. The idea was compelling, and I agreed to do that. However, I didn’t know how to distill thousands of journal pages, which I turned into a manuscript. Considering my workload and other writing, editing, and publishing commitments, I needed at least four months to achieve this goal.
As a good habit, I trained my brain and mind to write expressively every day about my thoughts, feelings, moods, achievements, and progress with ups and downs. This habit has helped me write over 40 books. Expressive writing has been healing and has also made me more creative and productive.
The challenge is publishing my self-talks and the inner world to make sense for…
