I Invite You to the Early Access to The Zen of Book Authoring in Digital and audio format, now open to beta readers. You’re Welcome to Join the Memoir Reading Journey for Book Authors and Book Lovers.
Dear Friends,
Happy Sunday. I trust this post finds you well and in good spirits. Yesterday, I shared a unique sample chapter from my upcoming book, The Zen of Book Authoring, which gives a glimpse of my decades of writing, editing, publishing, marketing, and book-selling experiences.
Selling is one of the most challenging parts of book authorship. Therefore, I wanted to give an introduction to that section to inform, educate, and inspire book authors. The responses were eye-opening and heartwarming.
Many authors struggled to sell their books and writers to monetize their content in this economic climate. My goal is to ease their pain and give them new perspectives from my experience.
Today, I spent a few hours completing the audio recording of the book via Google Studios. Next, I packaged it as a bundle in digital (EPUB, PDF, MOBI) and audio (MP3) formats. I uploaded it to my discount bookstore for early access to get the beta reading started, and this special book was to be refined with collective intelligence.
In this story, I’d like to briefly touch on why I write memoirs, their value to my readers, and how they can enrich the lives of other book authors, making this post both helpful and inspiring.
I Write Memoirs, and You Might Too If You Enjoy Writing
I write memoirs to remember, to clarify, and at times, to breathe. But something unexpected happened when I shared my life stories: people responded, not just with likes or polite praise but with depth and reflection, inspiring me to turn them into a book.
My loyal readers informed me with deep reflection. They remembered their own lives in May’s life stories, and they felt seen. They encouraged me to keep going as they found value in my stories.
I asked them what they appreciated most in my work; their answers were the personal stories relatable to their lives and taking them out of their comfort zones. The moments I thought were small, such as an encounter, a lesson, a mistake, a breakthrough, turned out to be what stayed with them. I was pleased to learn that my memoirs became a mirror for others across the world.
In my experience, memoir writing goes beyond cataloging your life. It involves exploring new meanings. I don’t see memoirs as a diary or a resume. I see it as a form of creative nonfiction where the purpose is not just to tell what happened, but to reveal what mattered and what still matters. It is writing that remembers, reframes, and reaches an audience.
Over the years, I gained experience to craft memoirs thematically, using short story formats. This style suited my voice and my readers’ lives and expectations. They found value beyond my intentions, and it delighted me as an author.
Each story reflecting my personal life became a self-contained emotional and psychological journey for my readers, too. I began to recognize what made them work and why they left a mark on my audience.
Within the Zen context, in an age of distraction, these stories became moments of pause. They were bite-sized, but they carried emotional and psychological weight. Some were even curated or boosted, reaching more readers than my most research-heavy pieces.
Short thematic memoirs are easier to read, especially in a frenetic world where most readers do not have long blocks of time to sit with a full-length book. They make us mindful and aware of our inner workings and the relationship with the external world.
A few pages can still carry emotional and psychological depth, and sometimes, they speak more directly than longer chapters ever could. That accessibility matters because it meets people where they are. But it was not just about length.
The emotional concentration of each story made it stronger for my readers. Focusing on one experience allowed me to go deeper into what it meant, how it felt, what it changed, and what it revealed. Readers responded because I gave them a timeline and a moment to reflect.
Writing methodically and thematically permitted me to move through time. I could write about something that happened in childhood next to something I learned last week, and it still made sense because the link was not chronology, but the new meaning it added.
Life does not happen in clean order. Neither does memory, which is complex and intangible. This understanding gave me the creative freedom to write with honesty and transparency, allowing me to give new meanings to my readers.
I was surprised to learn how universal these specific memories became, such as a quiet walk with an old friend, a sentence from a dying mentor, and a regret I buried for years.
Many readers from different countries and backgrounds found something familiar in these stories. They connected because they had felt something similar. That is the quiet power of memoir. It reminds us we are not so different after all. Something else began to happen, which inspired me to write The Zen of Book Authoring.
After each story, I noticed my readers slowing down within the Zen context. They told me they paused, that the story stayed with them, that it made them think of something in their own lives. That is the highest compliment to any writer. It means the writing echoed and gave value to the reader. It did not just inform but invited reflection.
From my perspective, these stories became a space to experiment. Each one allowed me to use a different tone, a different structure, a different rhythm. I could whisper or question, teach or confess. I had room to be human and relate to others with humility.
The more I wrote with honesty, transparency, and humility, the more I began to understand what readers were really seeking in memoirs. They were not just looking for stories but looking for meaning, for connection, for a sense that someone else had felt what they had but had found the words to explain it.
They wanted more than entertainment, education, and information. They wanted emotional resonance, something to hold, think about, and feel.
They wanted wisdom but not in the form of lessons handed down from above. What they craved was honesty, real reflections, quiet truths told through the details of ordinary days. And they still wanted to be captivated.
A memoir, after all, is still a personal story. It needs rhythm and momentum. It needs scenes that breathe, images that linger, and sentences that invite reflection. Readers want to learn, but they also want to be pulled in, to be part of something alive.
They want to understand what it means to be human. They want insight into pain, joy, and change. Not just your story but theirs, too, as reflected through yours.
Writing memoirs has helped me understand something essential but straightforward: we do not write to be remembered. We write to remember ourselves and each other.
And when it works. It is a shared breath, a nod across time, and a hand reaching out from one life into another.
The fundamental aspects of a memoir include self-reflection, honesty, intimacy, and personal storytelling. It reflects my unique voice, layered to invite my readers into the atmosphere, life lessons, and emotional journey of remembered events that I craft.
I write memoirs not to archive my life, but to share it, not to impress, but to offer. Not to close chapters, but to open new ones in others. How about you?
I wrote many stories about memories. For example, in 2023, I wrote an educational story to guide writers about writing memoirs. I linked it here if you missed it.
Why and How I Write My Memoirs
Crafting memoirs thematically in a short story format might bring a treasure trove of advantages, offering rich rewards…medium.com
I’d like to share a special personal story with you. It reflects my thoughts and feelings about a child we sponsored and our epistolary bonds.
Soulful Connections: Finding Meaning in Mammadou’s Childhood Letters
The meaning of epistolary bonds and their impact on my journeymedium.com
I want to share three stories related to the therapeutic and financial value of writing that were loved by thousands of writers.
Expressive Writing Can Heal, But Also Generate Income If Done Correctly
Do you have a book that you’d like to have edited, published, and promoted?
If you are a book author, I offer editing, publishing, and marketing help to 100 experts as a pilot based on a revenue-sharing model without any upfront payment. 70 writers from Medium and 691 writers from Substack have already applied for it, but I cannot do more than 100 in 2026. I will scale it after the success of the pilot. I wrote a story about it lately.
Why Am I Investing 3,000 Hours of Editing and Publishing with $0 Upfront Payment for 2026?
Empowering 100 experts to publish books isn’t just an investment of time, but a commitment to knowledge, legacy, and…medium.com
The second part of my memoir series is another volume, which will be published on 16 December 2025. It is titled Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life. How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome, Restored Brain Health, and Regained Vitality After 50.
I shared three sample chapters and linked them here if you missed them:
Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life
How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome, Restored Brain Health, and Regained Vitality After 50medium.com
When My Body Began to Fail Me at a Tender Age
A Sample Chapter from “Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life — How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome…medium.com
What Is Beta-Hydroxybutyrate and Why I Decided to Write a Comprehensive Memoir Book About It
Mother Nature’s Masterpiece: The Molecule That Restores, Protects, and Propels Deserves a Book
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Biochemistry of Ketosis Simplified with Nuanced Perspectives and Personal Experiences
A New Clinical Trial Found a Low-Carb Diet Better Than the Dash.
Perfect Storm in a Teacup: Can Intermittent Fasting Increase Heart Disease Risk by 91%?
Here’s Why I Focus on Nutritional Biochemistry Rather Than Diets
I wrote several stories about ketosis and the ketogenic lifestyle, reflecting my experiences and literature reviews, which you can find in the following list:
Ketosis and Ketogenic Lifestyle
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I wrote many stories explaining the fundamental requirements of the brain and nervous system with nuances in previous stories, so I link them as reference here:
Here’s How to Make the Nervous System More Flexible and Functional
Here’s How I Train My Brain Daily for Mental Clarity and Intellectual Productivity.
You can find many relevant stories about brain health and cognitive performance on this list.
Brain Health and Cognitive Function
You may also check out my 70+ healthy weight management stories, in which I used ketosis as a powerful tool for fat loss and muscle building.
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I created this new initiative to empower experts and help them transition to the eminence path with community support…medium.com
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