Publishing My Transplant Book
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I like to think that I can afford everything but none of us can.
I’d like to think that I could publish a manuscript myself but time keeps ticking on. My urgency to publish my manuscript stems from my health problems post double lung transplant. I am in kidney failure and I will do anything to see my words in print before I die.
Publishing my manuscript is not just about me but, I imagine, about the thousands of others travelling the same road who should not go without.
A manuscript taking the reader on a journey through the latter stages of Cystic Fibrosis, my impending death and subsequent double lung transplant. I am alive because of a stranger’s selfless decision.
One year after my transplant I started to write, realising that post-transplant life was not what I had initially imagined – the highs and lows were hazardous and I had not prepared myself for those. I have ridden the roller coaster for five years, I don’t know everything but I know a lot more than I did before I began.
One thing that has never changed – I have never regretted my decision to have a transplant.
This writing experience has been nothing but cathartic, hilariously funny and blindingly painful. It is written with honesty, courage and a little bit of my ‘heart on my sleeve’, just to help others.
Publishing a book is expensive, daunting and something I need help with. Any money raised will go directly into publishing and editing my amazing book and any further printing costs. I want this to be available to everyone.
Perhaps it is also a way of me expressing my gratitude to my precious donor.
I am grateful for any support you can offer, every single dollar counts towards my ultimate goal.
Thank you!
I’d like to think that I could publish a manuscript myself but time keeps ticking on. My urgency to publish my manuscript stems from my health problems post double lung transplant. I am in kidney failure and I will do anything to see my words in print before I die.
Publishing my manuscript is not just about me but, I imagine, about the thousands of others travelling the same road who should not go without.
A manuscript taking the reader on a journey through the latter stages of Cystic Fibrosis, my impending death and subsequent double lung transplant. I am alive because of a stranger’s selfless decision.
One year after my transplant I started to write, realising that post-transplant life was not what I had initially imagined – the highs and lows were hazardous and I had not prepared myself for those. I have ridden the roller coaster for five years, I don’t know everything but I know a lot more than I did before I began.
One thing that has never changed – I have never regretted my decision to have a transplant.
This writing experience has been nothing but cathartic, hilariously funny and blindingly painful. It is written with honesty, courage and a little bit of my ‘heart on my sleeve’, just to help others.
Publishing a book is expensive, daunting and something I need help with. Any money raised will go directly into publishing and editing my amazing book and any further printing costs. I want this to be available to everyone.
Perhaps it is also a way of me expressing my gratitude to my precious donor.
I am grateful for any support you can offer, every single dollar counts towards my ultimate goal.
Thank you!
Organizer
Leanne Demers
Organizer
Miranda NSW
