How Are You COPING?
Coping:
The Many Faces of Love and Care
I saw the need for this book. People around me are caregivers. Their lives are rarely easy, but they COPE. Personality plays a role, and reality reigns.
Read twelve different short stories about caregivers and a quick novella about a long-distance caregiver. Think about the man who runs away on his motorized vehicle. See how the neglected daughter cared for her mother with care and compassion.
The book cover shows that there is a rainbow, and you are not alone. How did they do it? Learn from their experiences. Look for the rainbows.
This book is not a medical book, but twelve true stories about men and women who cared about their relatives and friends with love and understanding.
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New 4 You!
If you want to write, I implore you to go to the bookstore to see what’s selling and what’s not. Why? You’ve already purchased a few books but that didn’t fit your style. Talk with people and join a writers’ group. Look for your favorite author or book and go through it again to see how it’s put together.
Writers need to read. Very few authors simply sit down and write a book. There is (gasp) a beginning, an ending and a middle, plus planning for some writers, who create copious notes. They fill in the blanks. Others research and research to be sure a non-fiction work is accurate. Some have a gift for re-writing an event that occurred in their life. Do not be afraid to try different styles.
When I wrote my last book, I first made a list of the kind of people I wanted to interview, not a real-person list at first. I wanted diversity: males, females, different illnesses, and more. Then I interviewed individuals.
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