The experience of the past As an academic doc and researcher, I’ve published numerous journal articles, chapters, and books, with major publishers. I’ve written (and continue to write) subject matter expert tomes with the publisher names that line medical library shelves and academic CVs. I know what that process looks like: the various editorial committees and reviewers, the revision cycles and edits, the long timelines, and of course, the contracts in which we as authors give away our ideas and work for minimal compensation. I’ve also published independently through Kindle — first with Dharma Drops and Brain Doc , and now with a novel. The difference isn’t just logistical. It’s about voice. Tacit understanding Many doctors have written books outside of academic pursuits. Some about an aspect of practice, others about their own journeys. And many of them, if you look closely, were written with others — ghostwriters, “collaborators”, with editors who shape the narrative toward something marketable.…