We periodically feature guest input from impactful authors we’ve worked with. Please enjoy this Q&A about the writing process with health policy and medical biography author Brian Klausner, M.D. As a medical doctor, he brings a unique perspective to the topic of homelessness in America.

SPIRITUS BOOKS: Tell us a little about your book, In the Gaps: Better Understanding the Expensive Human Suffering of Chronic Homelessness, and why you wrote it. How has it helped you personally or professionally?

Please enjoy this Q&A about the writing process with memoir author Cynthia Francois.

SPIRITUS BOOKS: Tell us a little about your book and why you wrote it.

At first, writing my story, Traveling through Grief: Life, Death, and Ten Months in a Tent, was just a way to process unbearable emotions and events surrounding my new husband’s sudden death. I felt like I could no longer hold onto the weight of it all, and as a professional marketing copywriter, I write and simplify to make sense of all things—whether it be the sudden death of my husband, or to promote an interactive flat panel display to educators in schools around the globe.

I wrote a blog in the aftermath of his death and continued to journal during a road trip through the U.S. national parks. I used those existing writings to outline and format my manuscript, which follows me through living on the road while in survival mode after I lost everything. Over time, I thought my story could help other young widows experiencing similar life changes.