Dear Subscribers,
Today, I uploaded the digital files of my new memoir, The Zen of Book Authoring, in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI formats to Payhip at a low price. This book is close to my heart as it reflects my decades of writing and book authoring experiences with ups and downs.
What Is The Zen of Book Authoring?
Revealing the value of writing from the heart and soul over the last five decades, with a sneak preview of the first part of my memoirs.
Memoir writing and reading have always been my interests, stimulating my cognitions and emotions. I have written many articles and read many memoir books and stories. I also taught memoir writing as a subject and shared my method in stories like this.
Last year, a publisher approached me and inspired me to write my memoirs. The idea was compelling, and I agreed to do that. However, I didn’t know how to distill thousands of journal pages, which I turned into a manuscript. Considering my workload and other writing, editing, and publishing commitments, I needed at least four months to achieve this goal.
As a good habit, I trained my brain and mind to write expressively every day about my thoughts, feelings, moods, achievements, and progress with ups and downs. This habit has helped me write over 40 books. Expressive writing has been healing and has also made me more creative and productive.
The challenge is publishing my self-talks and the inner world to make sense for others, which is a challenging task. Therefore, this new project is taking more time than my other writing projects. I said I can’t do it before September 2025, and they said that’s fine, honoring my workload.
However, the publisher asked me to define the first part of the book and create a description as they wanted to create a preorder for 30 September 2025 and create visibility for it. They believe that many readers are interested in memoirs, and they think I have an interesting background, and my writing memoirs could be helpful to aspiring book authors.
I named the book The Zen of Book Authoring. Some alpha (early) readers of the book asked the reason behind this name. They found it a catchy title, and they like the subtitle too. The subtitle is “Write with Purpose, Teach with Clarity, and Earn with Integrity,” which explains the purpose of the book at a high level.
I told them I named this book The Zen of Book Authoring because writing a meaningful book is not just about words on a page but about cultivating presence, discipline, clarity, and compassion with every sentence. Our books open a window for readers to our inner world, and this requires courage and humility.
For decades, I treated writing as both a practice and a spiritual growth path that required inner stillness as much as outward structure, with the power of my technological and scientific background.
In this context, Zen does not refer to a religion or a strict philosophy but to a state of mind where distractions fade, focus sharpens, and creativity flows with less resistance from the ego and more performance in a higher self with metacognition.
This book reflects my mindset toward authorship—not rushing toward a finish line because of tangible benefits but walking mindfully with purpose, humility, and joy toward intangible benefits in every chapter I draft.
I included several characters from my primary school teacher to my doctoral thesis supervisor, neuroscientist Benjamin, who decided to be a mystic. These inspiring characters left a significant impression on my psyche and contributed to my growth as a book author.
I also added characters like a Zen Master friend, Brendon, whom I introduced in a story. In his earlier years, as a sales executive, he taught me the marketing and sales aspects of my books, which were my weak points. Ironically, while I move towards marketing, Brendon moved to the spiritual domain.
A Brief Description of The Zen of Book Authoring
The Calm in the Chaos of Writing
My writing motto is: Turn Your Knowledge into Words, Your Words into Value, and Your Value into Income.
Most advice on book writing sounds like a checklist: define your niche, know your reader, outline every chapter, write daily, edit endlessly, and then hope for the best. But what if there is another way — a more grounded, satisfying, and lasting way?
In The Zen of Book Authoring, I offer a different path—one that is rooted in intention, not just ambition. One that helps you write what matters to you while also delivering value to others. One that brings together purpose, education, clarity, and the possibility of income without compromising your voice.
This book is not filled with trendy tricks or overnight formulas. It is a practical, proven guide based on decades of experience writing, editing, publishing, designing, teaching, and mentoring thousands of authors. I have made mistakes, tested theories, and built systems that work for those who want to write books that inform and last and earn from them ethically.
The premise of this book is simple yet powerful: Create what matters, share what lasts, and get paid to do it. This guide helps writers move beyond formulas and trends by focusing on what they truly want to express, building trust, offering meaningful insights, and creating a steady income.
It is a practical and inspiring companion for those who want to write with clarity, publish with purpose, and build a lasting connection with their audience. If you want to write without selling your soul, teach without preaching, and create a sustainable writing life without burning out, you will find this book useful, perhaps even refreshing.
I wrote this book now because I finally had the time, distance, and clarity to reflect on what truly works — and what I wish someone had told me when I started.
Thank you for reading my story.
Quick updates on my writing and book authoring initiatitives:
Do you have a book that you’d like to have edited, published, and promoted?
If you are a book author, I offer editing, publishing, and marketing help to 100 experts as a pilot based on a revenue-sharing model without any upfront payment. Seventy writers from Medium and 691 writers from Substack have already applied for it, but I cannot do more than 100 in 2026. I will scale it after the success of the pilot. I wrote a story about it lately.
Why Am I Investing 3,000 Hours of Editing and Publishing with $0 Upfront Payment for 2026?
Empowering 100 experts to publish books isn’t just an investment of time, but a commitment to knowledge, legacy, and…medium.com
The second part of my memoir series is another volume, which will be published on 16 December 2025. It is titled Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life. How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome, Restored Brain Health, and Regained Vitality After 50.
I shared three sample chapters and linked them here if you missed them:
Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life
How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome, Restored Brain Health, and Regained Vitality After 50medium.com
When My Body Began to Fail Me at a Tender Age
A Sample Chapter from “Ketosis + BDNF: The Healing Molecules That Saved My Life — How I Reversed Metabolic Syndrome…medium.com
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Mother Nature’s Masterpiece: The Molecule That Restores, Protects, and Propels Deserves a Book
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I wrote several stories about ketosis and the ketogenic lifestyle, reflecting my experiences and literature reviews, which you can find in the following list:
Ketosis and Ketogenic Lifestyle
I wrote many stories explaining the fundamental requirements of the brain and nervous system with nuances in previous stories, so I link them as reference here:
The Brain Needs 4 Types of Workouts
The Brain Needs 3 Types of Rest
The Brain Needs 3 Types of Nutrition
Here’s How to Make the Nervous System More Flexible and Functional
Here’s How I Train My Brain Daily for Mental Clarity and Intellectual Productivity.
You can find many relevant stories about brain health and cognitive performance on this list.
Brain Health and Cognitive Function
You may also check out my 70+ healthy weight management stories, in which I used ketosis as a powerful tool for fat loss and muscle building.
As mentioned yesterday, our content ecosystem is growing rapidly, which will make the Substack Mastery Boost a global service in January 2026. This program excites me as it will help many creators, book authors, and content startups with low-cost educational and marketing support.
I have established multiple networks, including Superlearners, Health and Wellness, Freelancers, Technology Experts, Gamers, Book Authors, Scholars, the Writing Academy, Expert Contributors Network, and finally Affiliate Marketers Network, which will integrate with the Substack Mastery Boost program at Digitalmehmet.com, Substackmastery.com, and Illumination.com sites.
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Welcome to the Expert Contributor Network Curation Program at Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
I created this new initiative to empower experts and help them transition to the eminence path with community support…medium.com
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Explore some of my books including: Train Your Brain for a Healthier and Happier Life, Cortisol Clarity, The Mysterious Leadership Mind of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Substack Mastery Version 2, Monetize Your Passion with WooCommerce, Agile Business Architecture for Digital Transformation V2, Agile Business Architecture for Digital Transformation (Audiobook), A Powerful Toolkit for Substack Newsletter Mastery, Smart and Ethical SEO, Modern Affiliate Marketing for Writers, 4 Pillars of Enterprise Architecture, and Smart Email Marketing Content Integration, The Zen of Book Authoring