Authors and publishers: the mutual selection process.

Writing a book is a full-time job--a demanding, frustrating, and lonely occupation. Most nurse authors append this task to another full-time job in teaching or practice and, often, to family responsibilities as well. To fulfill all these commitments and emerge physically and mentally healthy requires a special kind of person--one who is organized, disciplined, and tenacious. Yet having written and been published affords a satisfaction unsurpassed by few other experiences. If your careful, informed search for a publisher culminates in a successful book, you will have added an exciting and profitable dimension to your life.