Feb 16, 2013 | News and Updates
It’s now been 3 weeks, 3 days, and 33 hours since the launch of A History of the Present Illness and so far it seems that the book and its message are both resonating with patients and doctors, readers and writers, which is to say, it seems to be resonating with...
Feb 9, 2013 | Aging, Health Care, Public Medical Communication, Writing
Sometimes life imitates art. The final story in my collection, A History of the Present Illness, called “A Medical Story”, opens with a doctor making a home visit to a public housing building. While I changed details to protect the patient and create a...
Jan 30, 2013 | News and Updates, Writing
It was a beautiful winter Sunday in San Francisco as we crossed the bridge to Marin… The store in Corte Madera is huge and includes a cafe, a great reading space… and so many BOOKS… Of course, I was there to read from A History of the Present...
Jan 25, 2013 | News and Updates, Public Medical Communication, Writing
Two nights, two readings, two launch parties, two great independent bookstores with every seat taken and people standing among stacks and in doorways. Some words to describe this: exciting, gratitude-inducing, terrifying. I’d been given variable advice about...
Jan 23, 2013 | News and Updates
It’s been a good 24 hours since the book launched – a really good 24 hours! A History of the Present Illness has been getting some great reviews and attention. Here’s a selection: 7×7 Roundup: This Week’s Top Literary Events Heatherlo Book...
