Ask the Author: Alan D. Raguso
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Alan D. Raguso
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Alan D. Raguso
It's not easy to write. We often have little time to write because of our jobs, personal commitments, family needs and our personal needs. Sometimes "life just gets in the way." I always wanted to write novels and oddly I've been writing nonfiction medical motivational and guidance materials and books. Someday I might start writing a fictional novel. Time is very limited for me so right now I'm concentrating on writing books that may help others improve and change their lives for the better. We must believe in what say and do. We have to ask this question at the end of the day: What did I learn and what did I do to help others? We must speak out for the truth as we believe it to be. Our individual needs are paled compared the needs of others.
Alan D. Raguso
I am working on my second book which will take my concepts in my first book to a higher level. Conventional thinking about diabetes is stuck in the mud. A number of medical doctors have come out to say there's got to be a better way to fight and eradicate prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and there is.
If I were to walk into a room of 100 strangers and asked them to raise their hands if they, a family member or friend had prediabetes, type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes they show off hands would be incredibly high. I can't stop what I do. I recently had another high school classmate die at age 62 from the effects of diabetes after suffering for a very long time. When these things happen it drives me to continue on my course of writing and lecturing diabetes patients. This work is not something to make me money or to fill an ego void. You have to bring it from the heart. Follow that voice that says with quiet encouragement "keep writing, keep talking."
If I were to walk into a room of 100 strangers and asked them to raise their hands if they, a family member or friend had prediabetes, type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes they show off hands would be incredibly high. I can't stop what I do. I recently had another high school classmate die at age 62 from the effects of diabetes after suffering for a very long time. When these things happen it drives me to continue on my course of writing and lecturing diabetes patients. This work is not something to make me money or to fill an ego void. You have to bring it from the heart. Follow that voice that says with quiet encouragement "keep writing, keep talking."
Alan D. Raguso
My two passions of writing and helping fellow patients has been combined to let me extend myself into a field for which I had no training whatsoever. My full time job is real estate property management. I have done that well over thirty years and I'm 62 years old. I put off any thought of writing and publishing a book until about three years ago. I am a volunteer in diabetes education and have spent a lot of hours with certified diabetes educators in education classes, support group meetings and a diabetes education advisory committee for one of our local hospitals. I had developed hand outs, lecture outlines and graphic displays for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes patients. I was encouraged to take the next step to write and publish a book. I have been humbled by the response and support by both medical professionals and diabetes patients. We can make a difference around us and improve other people's lives.
Alan D. Raguso
When we try too hard we can sometimes hit a wall. I tend to "stitch" my work together. I keep paper and pen with me almost constantly. Many times a riveting idea will hit me when I'm driving, on my exercise bike or working on sometime totally different than writing. I will write these ideas down and later sit down and write a piece or a potential chapter. I combine partially completed segments together and build a rough chapter. I like to set up a rough outline early on for the future book. I have been working on my second book for what might seem to be a long time.A seasoned professional full time editor reminded me once that when it comes to writing a new book and publishing that new book that "fast does not mean necessarily good". Take your time crafting your work. Your book should be an extension of you the author.
Alan D. Raguso
Be true to yourself. Write with conviction and thoughtfulness. Say what you mean and mean what you say. TAKE RISKS. Sometimes we stick our neck out and things appear to fail. We can sit back and do nothing and never fail because we never took any risks. Be realistic as an author. There is fierce competition out there and you may go up against seasoned skilled authors that write for a living. I am 62 years old and still working at a very intense full time job. I don't let that stop me from writing and speaking to groups. Live on!
Alan D. Raguso
I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic January 21, 2001. Conventional medical thought is that you will slowly get worse over time. That does not need to be the case. I am quite positive I am alive today because of steps I took to improve my health. I've been connected with a number of Certified Diabetes Educators over the years and I have spent thousands of hours researching the disease. Having saying that I still get curve balls that come along. I believe in Total Diabetes Warfare. My book contains extremely useful information for prediabetics and type 2 diabetics to help combat, prevent or even reverse the disease. There is currently no actual cure for diabetes. Reversal is a state you can achieve for a better life.
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