Ask the Author: Daisy Mae
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Daisy Mae
Hi Saralyn,
I'm so sorry I didn't answer this - I just never saw it I'm so sorry!
What a brilliant question!
In terms of similarities, you need commitment to both, certain skills - be they literary or medical, and discipline to turn up and get the work done. Both jobs involve engaging with people, listening and talking, and being able to communicate.
I guess writing is solitary. No-one can answer back! Plus the responsibilities are different. The consequences of making a mistake in each occupation, are very different - but can still be significant.
Medicine is factual, writing is abstract. Medicine follows protocols, whereas writing is unique and individual. Writing is dreamy, soulful and conveys feelings. Medicine is mostly about tradition, red tape and to survive long term in the medical field, you do need to keep fairly detached.
I had not seen the parallels and differences between medicine and writing before, so this is a clever question!
I would say that I am a people person - so I am good example of the blend between the two - and I have one foot firmly planted, in both camps!
Thanks for asking! Daisy
I'm so sorry I didn't answer this - I just never saw it I'm so sorry!
What a brilliant question!
In terms of similarities, you need commitment to both, certain skills - be they literary or medical, and discipline to turn up and get the work done. Both jobs involve engaging with people, listening and talking, and being able to communicate.
I guess writing is solitary. No-one can answer back! Plus the responsibilities are different. The consequences of making a mistake in each occupation, are very different - but can still be significant.
Medicine is factual, writing is abstract. Medicine follows protocols, whereas writing is unique and individual. Writing is dreamy, soulful and conveys feelings. Medicine is mostly about tradition, red tape and to survive long term in the medical field, you do need to keep fairly detached.
I had not seen the parallels and differences between medicine and writing before, so this is a clever question!
I would say that I am a people person - so I am good example of the blend between the two - and I have one foot firmly planted, in both camps!
Thanks for asking! Daisy
Daisy Mae
Well I haven't had it yet. I do have a bit of an aversion to sitting in the chair in front of my computer! But - once I've done it and logged on, I am usually lost in whatever it is I am doing for hours. At the moment I am writing mostly medical articles for my sexual health blog on the Huffington Post, Menopause Matters, Dr Ed etc - so these are humorously written but have a factual theme. I do write other articles for book sites, about my book, and anything else they ask me, and these are more imaginiative. I do want to write a beautiful, totally fiction, story, and I plan to do this once my medical books are completed.
Daisy Mae
I have changed my life as I have stopped my clinical work to write full time, as I am now 55, and needed a change. This means I can plan my day myself, and I don't have to get up at 6am, put on a suit and go off to my responsible day job any longer! I can go back to bed with a cup of tea! I love reading and I no longer feel guilty if I pick up a book or a newspaper - I'm not in a hurry- I can immerse myself in the story. I love looking for opportunities to promote my book.
I love telling people about it and discussing it with them. I feel proud of it, I never promised Shakespearean literature - my book is just a good story well told (I hope!).
There is also a great satisfaction in changing from science - so to speak - to arts. I've been to listen to other authors discussing their books, book readings, work shops, publishing talks etc and it's been so interesting getting involved in a whole new sphere of life.
I didn't know I was so creative! It's been like a champagne cork popping out of a bottle!!
And my publicists did a great job, so I enjoyed being interviewed for various magazines including Bella for example, and my photo-shoot for the article this month in Woman and Home. It's fun being a celebrity for a day!
I love telling people about it and discussing it with them. I feel proud of it, I never promised Shakespearean literature - my book is just a good story well told (I hope!).
There is also a great satisfaction in changing from science - so to speak - to arts. I've been to listen to other authors discussing their books, book readings, work shops, publishing talks etc and it's been so interesting getting involved in a whole new sphere of life.
I didn't know I was so creative! It's been like a champagne cork popping out of a bottle!!
And my publicists did a great job, so I enjoyed being interviewed for various magazines including Bella for example, and my photo-shoot for the article this month in Woman and Home. It's fun being a celebrity for a day!
Daisy Mae
Just do it. I always wanted to write and my house is full of half finished manuscripts. But I was stuck in the rat race in my day job and just unable to give it the time and commitment it needed. But once I had actually finished writing a book that is 130,000 words, 425 pages! - what an elation! And it's a wonderful feeling to hold your book in your hand, and also to give other people such a lot of pleasure. I think having a little notebook with me in my handbag and writing things down during the day has been invaluable. Also, reading news items, listening to the radio, doing and reading book reviews, my book club!, the support from the writers groups I attend, all this has been invaluable. But just believe in yourself.Get started and write something you would like to read yourself. Write it for you. Not for anyone else. Don't worry about what other people will think about it. Books without any emotion are not great reads. Tell your story no holes barred! Then be proud of it!
Daisy Mae
Just do it. I always wanted to write and my house is full of half finished manuscripts. But I was stuck in the rat race in my day job and just unable to give it the time and commitment it needed. But once I had actually finished writing a book that is 130,000 words, 425 pages! - what an elation! And it's a wonderful feeling to hold your book in your hand, and also to give other people such a lot of pleasure. I think having a little notebook with me in my handbag and writing things down during the day has been invaluable. Also, reading news items, listening to the radio, doing and reading book reviews, my book club!, the support from the writers groups I attend, all this has been invaluable. But just believe in yourself.Get started and write something you would like to read yourself. Write it for you. Not for anyone else. Don't worry about what other people will think about it. Books without any emotion are not great reads. Tell your story no holes barred! Then be proud of it!
Daisy Mae
My next book Daisy's Love Secrets is being published on Valentine's Day 2018. I am currently working with my publisher Clink publishing on this.
I have just finished the audiobook of Dating Daisy, now on Amazon ACX, thanks to my wonderful narrator Catherine Carter. I am currently working on Daisy's Little Book of Menopause which I hope to publish before Christmas. I am also writing for various Christmas blogs so I am busy doing these pieces.
I have just finished the audiobook of Dating Daisy, now on Amazon ACX, thanks to my wonderful narrator Catherine Carter. I am currently working on Daisy's Little Book of Menopause which I hope to publish before Christmas. I am also writing for various Christmas blogs so I am busy doing these pieces.
Daisy Mae
I am writing all the time now, for book and review sites, my blog on The Huffington Post, Menopause Matters, Dr Ed etc.. I mostly write about Sexual Health and Menopause as these are my specialist subjects. But I love fiction and I am attending various writers groups, and always getting ideas. I read a lot of news items on line, and scan the medical literature for current topics to write about. Most recently I saw a statistic about a 74% reduction in genital warts in girls under 18, and I was so amazed by that I had to find out more and write about it. I have a notebook in my hand bag and I write down anything I hear on the radio, any newspaper headline ot just anything that catches my imagination.
Daisy Mae
The book is based on my own experiences of internet dating. I took a very deep breath and did this, aged 52, after my divorce. I hadn't had to think about dating for 30 years! I am also a doctor in a sexual health clinic, so I wrote about some of the experiences in the clinic. All in all, I made myself laugh writing it. I didn't think I would ever publish it - but when I got to the end of the story I just felt other people might enjoy the journey too!
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Nov 08, 2018 03:32PM · flag