Freelance
Non-Fiction Book Writer
Freelance
Book Writing by Author, Instructor and Therapist Laurel Alexander
LAUREL ALEXANDER: FREELANCE NON-FICTION BOOK
WRITER
If you’re looking for a highly published, freelance non-fiction
book writer who also has wide-ranging experience as a therapist,
tutor and coach, I can help you.
Specialist areas:
small business development, natural beauty, training & development,
journaling, food and drink, health and self-help, natural pregnancy,
stress-related conditions, crystal healing, counselling skills,
cognitive/behavioural coaching, mind/body/spirit, psychology,
relationships, nutrition, mindbody link, website writing, insomnia,
cancer (especially breast cancer), women’s health, positive
ageing, employee wellness, self development through creative
writing, energy healing, visualisation and imagery, life coaching,
flower essences, anxiety, complementary therapies, career development,
relaxation techniques, positive psychology, earth-based religions,
wellness coaching, astrology, reflexology, stress management,
weight management
PUBLISHED HEALTH BOOKS
- Everyday Calm: 365 Ways to a Better You (Octopus)
- Getting into Complementary Therapies (Trotman)
- Directory of Nursing and Midwifery 2005 (Trotman)
- The Directory includes course listings from all
the major institutions in the UK. It covers pre-registration,
post-registration and postgraduate levels and includes
information on the structure of the NHS and how nursing
and midwifery fit in as well as on the job opportunities
in both branches, salary levels, the different routes,
qualifications and funding. The directory also provides
a comprehensive listing of Institutions offering degree
and diploma courses that make it a useful addition to
the reference shelves of those involve din advance and
guidance on higher education. Career Education
and Guidance
- I have already found this book a useful reference
for students looking to take a vocational degree and
training following initial studies in other subjects
and I would recommend it to other Careers Services as
a useful addition to their reference collection. Judy
Mead, Careers Adviser, University of Exeter
- Medicine Uncovered (Trotman)
- This book is definitely a worthwhile read for anybody
who has trouble distinguishing Clinic Cytogeneticist
from Cytoscreener – well worth buying. Peter
Jones, careers officer, Careers Guidance Today
- Getting into Healthcare Professions (Trotman)
- Getting into Physiotherapy (Trotman)
- Nursing & Midwifery Uncovered (Trotman, 2nd edition)
- Following a brief introduction to the history of
nursing and midwifery, this book offers the reader information
on the situation and opportunities in both private and
public sectors and in the armed forces, including salary
expectations. It also describes training routes and qualifications
and gives details of some of the complementary therapies
in nursing and midwifery. The coverage is comprehensive
and there a plenty of case studies and facts to help
the reader explore the professional sector. Careers
Education and Guidance
- Creating an Employee Wellness Programme (Management Books
2000)
PUBLISHED CAREER DEVELOPMENT
BOOKS
- Working from Home on the Internet (Internet Handbooks)
- Career Guidance on the Internet (Internet Handbooks)
- Graduate Job Hunting on the Internet (Internet Handbooks)
- Overseas Job Hunting on the Internet (Internet Handbooks)
- Career Planning for Women (How To Books)
- Finding a Job with a Future (How To Books)
- Learning New Jobskills (How to Books)
- Turn Redundancy into Opportunity (How to Books, 3rd edition)
- A positive read about a negative subject. O
S Magazine
- Laurel. I was made redundant in January last year,
so while looking for a job I loaned books from the library.
I came across your book Turn Redundancy into Opportunity.
Since then I started my own company and while it is early
days yet, I feel positive and am learning much about the
international business world. Many thanks for the inspiration.
Mark
- Career Networking (How To Books)
- If networking sounds like hard work, then this book
should change your mind. Career Secretary
PUBLISHED BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
BOOKS
- The Yin-Yang of Business Communication (Management Books 2000)
PUBLISHED INTERNET BOOKS
- The Complete Beginners Guide to the Internet (Management Books
2000)
- Marketing your Website (Management Books 2000)
- Secrets of Profitable E-Commerce (Management Books 2000)
PUBLISHED EDUCATION & TRAINING
BOOKS/RESOURCES
- Education & Training on the Internet (Internet Handbooks)
- This compilation is a must-have for anybody in the
business of writing or running online education and training
courses. It will appeal in particular to those in further
and higher education who are currently under pressure
to deliver more online education. Roy Johnson
- Secrets of Successful Online Training (Management Books 2000)
- 675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People (Gower)
- This is truly a collection of resources for holistically
developing yourself and those around you, involving a
development of the mind the body and the spirit … What's
more important than developing ourselves to be fully
functioning human beings in all aspects of our lives?
This resource provides a very user-friendly pack of activities
and strategies to help us on this very important lifelong
journey. Arena
- Companies with a limited training budget could use
675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People to help
staff increase self-awareness, self-esteem, skill and
confidence. Food Manufacture
- This innovative and useful resource collection offers
information, advice and activities to trainers and learners
in a comprehensive and practical learning manner … This
resource is packed with a wealth of information and advice
that takes it beyond a self-development manual and is
collectively a subject textbook, a training course, a
session planning and design aid, and an activity resource.
I feel it is of exceptional value in view of the multiple
uses it offers. Training Journal
- An experienced trainer would be able to utilize
many of the activities effectively, in a whole range
of learning situations. National Association
for Staff Development (NASD)
- A sound and extremely comprehensive resource that
should be seriously considered by anyone interested in
self-development or the development of others within
an organization. It makes a valuable addition to my library
and one I have no hesitation in recommending. Croner
Management Training Briefing
- I found the pack highly inspirational. Personnel
Today
My books have been featured in: Women’s Realm, The
Booksellers Buyer Guide, Ms London Weekly, Evening Standard,
the Guardian, Management Today, Elle and Bella
OTHER WRITING PROJECTS
- A range of breast cancer patient newsletters for the Nigel
Porter Unit (now the Park Centre for Breast Care), Royal Sussex
County Hospital
- Book reviewer for Making Money
- Book reviewer for Working from Home
- Book reviewer for Careers Guidance Today (ICG)
- Reviewer of complementary health material for CancerHelp UK
(the patient information website of Cancer Research UK)
- Web content writer
- Expert panellist on nutrition and complementary therapies
for Amoena Life Magazine, a twice-yearly glossy lifestyle magazine
that is free to women who have had breast cancer (www.amoena.co.uk)
- Writer of distance learning courses
- Writer of training manuals
- Published features in a wide range of magazines
FEES
Each freelance writing project is charged accordingly.
HOW TO COMMISSION ME AS A BOOK WRITER
If you would like to discuss a writing project with me, please
telephone me on 01273 564030 or email me at info@laurelalexander.co.uk.
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