Carrie and
Alton Barron are two physicians, well known in their respective fields
of psychiatry and orthopedic medicine. Carrie is on the faculty of
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Aldon is recent past president of
the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand and a long-time orthopedic surgeon for the NY Philharmonic Orchestra. I had the pleasure of
meeting Carrie when she began attending writing classes with me at the
Hudson Valley Writers' Center in New York's Westchester County--and
Alton some months later. Passionate about creativity and its power for
healing, their new book, The Creativity Cure (Scribners, 2012), is garnering rave reviews.
This
week, they share some of the process of writing a nonfiction book,
staying passionate about their subject during the long journey, and what
happens when it gets published.
When did you begin writing this book? What were the stumbling points and the Ah-ha! moments that you remember?
