Book Publishing Advice from Kevin C. Alston, Author of The 'Real' American Diet


Born & raised in the small town of Mullins, SC, by God-fearing parents who instilled religion into his life at an early age, he's had an insatiable appetite for knowledge since birth. God blessed him with a keen, analytical mind, & an almost feverish desire to help others. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, married to the love of his life, with five wonderful kids, & a deep passion that still burns within him to help the less fortunate, through whatever means necessary.  The correlation between what we eat & the epidemic-like rise in diseases of today has the author on an impassioned mission to get to the bottom of what he thinks is a big conspiracy by our government & Big Business.

His latest book is The ‘Real’ American Diet.



About the Book:

This book is a culmination of the author's life, but mainly the past 10 years, where personal tragedies have led him to discover more about the correlation with food, nutrition & the diseases of today, & how it affects us all. 

This program is an experiment of sorts, with the author using himself as the guinea pig, with positive results having been discovered, & hopefully, in time, even bigger positive results yet to come. 

Between our government & Big Business, we, the people, are already involved in an experiment.  It's like a big laboratory.  With all of the harmful toxins that are allowed in our air, food, &  water, diseases are at epidemic-like levels, & the author, for one, would like to know if there is more to this than is being told to us. It speaks volumes when other nations refuse to accept grains & meats from us, or at least it does to the author. 

Most of the ailments we suffer from today emanate from our guts, & our poor diets keep the sickness-wheels turning, costing each of us millions of dollars, a whole lot of heartache, pain, & suffering.  It's time to make a change, & that change started with the author's experiment on himself.

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Thank you for your time in answering our questions about getting published. Is this your first book?
This is my first book, but I don't believe that it will be my last. I decided to write this book after my 'other' daughter passed away at the hands of Cancer. She fought a tough battle, & that was my first time actually seeing the struggle personally. My mom & dad both died of cancer, but I wasn't present to 'see' the struggle. My daughter didn't deserve a death like that, so I was compelled from that day that I had to do something
With this particular book, how did you publish – traditional, small press, Indie, etc. – and why did you choose this method? 
With this book, I chose traditional, mainly because I had no clue as to how to write a book, even less of a clue on how to get it published
Can you tell us a little about your publishing journey?  The pros and cons?
I'd been writing poems since 2000. This particular book was written mainly to combat cancer, of which I'd seen countless loved ones, friends, & coworkers succumb to. After my 'other' daughter fought & lost her battle with cancer twice, I'd had enough. The pieces that I'd been putting together over the years finally came together after I read Dr. Joel Furhman's 'Eat to Live'. I don't know enough about other options to express my opinions on the cons, but the pros are that you pick the publishing company that gives you the best deal, sort of like with your cell phone, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T. Whoever has the best deal for you.
What lessons do you feel you learned about your particular publishing journey and about the publishing industry as a whole?
There's a lot of publishing companies out there to choose from. Take your time & pick the one who best suits your needs. Remember, you don't have to let one do the entire process. One might be better at publishing, & yet another might be better at marketing. You decide. You don't have to stay with one, per se
Would you recommend this method of publishing to other authors?
Yes. I'd recommend the route that I took. Now that I know of other ways to market, it makes it even better now.
What’s the best advice you can give to aspiring authors?
If you are an aspiring author, get started. Start writing. You can get the publisher after you've completed writing. But you definitely need to get started. Why wait? Tomorrow isn't promised to any of us.


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