Updated January 2021
Do you want your caregiving story published?
Not a week goes by when a caregiver calls or writes asking how to write a book or get his/her story published. After years of responding to each inquiry, I prepared a series of three articles for aspiring caregiver authors.
First, ask yourself, do I want to write a short story or a book?
If you want to write a short uplifting story for caregivers, consider submitting your story to a magazine, Kindle shorts, or as one of a collection of short stories in an anthology.
If you’ve always wanted to write a book…
Read the three articles below. Read and digest each before finishing your manuscript and spending your money on too-good-to-be-true offers. What’s low-cost on the surface will cost you dearly going forward. Invest your time and money, wisely.
1. Ask The Caregiver’s Voice – How do I write a caregiving book?
In this 2020 updated article, read the four steps to becoming a published caregiver-book author. Tapping an undiscovered niche is key to uncovering a goldmine of speeches and international sales. Warning: It’s harder to do today, but it doesn’t mean you can’t get it done.
2. Your Caregiving Book – Write and Get Noticed
These key steps in researching your colleagues’ work (competition) will help you take the right course of action toward being noticed in this 2020 updated article.
3. Book TIPS – Getting your Caregiver Book Published
After you’ve completed Steps 1 and 2, the last step is getting your caregiver book published. This article reviews today’s publishing options and how to build a platform.
Years ago, former caregiver, the late Charles Schoenfeld asked me, “How do I write a book?”
An innocent question asked many times by well-intentioned caregivers who desire to be published authors. The answers are not so straight forward.
I’ve been in publishing since 1992, that’s almost 30 years and I’m still learning and keeping up with publishing’s ever-changing landscape.
I replied to Schoenfeld and then forgot about him. (Sorry, Chuck!) 
About a year later, he wrote (paraphrased): My book is finished. Would you be willing to review my manuscript? Of all the budding authors who contacted The Caregiver’s Voice, this retired UPS driver-turned Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA), accomplished what few do.
At first, I hesitated reading the too tall pile of single-sided pages. Out of respect, I began reading a few of the pages. I couldn’t put his manuscript down! It showed potential. So, I sent him some editorial remarks. When his book was published, I posted a review to TheCaregiversVoice.com. He and his wife expended A LOT of effort in touring, speaking, and signing copies of his book. Click to read The Caregiver’s Voice Review of A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Dementia Ward.
