043: How to Successfully Co-write Your First Book with Dr. Rebecca Williams
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043: How to Successfully Co-write Your First Book with Dr. Rebecca Williams
If you’ve been thinking about writing a book, then you’re in the right place! In this episode, I had a conversation with Dr. Rebecca Williams, an award-winning author, psychologist, and leader in the field of wellness and recovery.
She breaks down how to successfully co-write a book including everything you need to know about finding a book topic, searching for a publisher, putting together a book proposal and marketing your book.
Rebecca gave so much helpful insight into how she found her co-author and the process they had for co-writing their book.
What you’ll find in this episode:
How Rebecca got interested in wellness and recovery
Why she wrote a book and co-authored it with one of her students
Her tips for co writing and maintaining a close personal relationship
Why you have to commit to kindness and acceptance
How they landed on their book topic
Her strategy for finding a publisher and creating a proposal
Creative ways they marketed their book
How she supports other authors in her industry
What she wishes she would’ve done sooner and her future plans for writing
About Rebecca:
Rebecca is an award-winning author, psychologist, and leader in the field of wellness and recovery. For the past 20 years, her work has focused on building resilience and embracing emotional well-being. She has been a program director at the VA San Diego Healthcare System and an Associate Clinical Professor at The University of California, San Diego. A life-long yoga enthusiast, Rebecca has also been a yoga instructor. She was able to combine the ancient wisdom of yoga and mindfulness with compassionate recovery from substance abuse in her books.
Rebecca has collaborated for over ten years with marriage and family therapist, Julie Kraft. Their first book together, The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress, and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors is popular with both therapists and recovering clients. The workbook is used in telehealth counseling and addiction recovery centers across the country. The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction has been translated into Korean, Japanese, and Hungarian! Continuing their writing journey together, Rebecca and Julie created a new book, The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully Beyond Addiction. The Gift of Recovery offers lots of in-the-moment mindfulness skills and adds powerful daily affirmations as clients continue on their personal healing journey.