You don't really want the truth!!!

Is our curiosity insatiable? It would seem so. We relish the gory details. Whether on TV, in the newspaper, or in the bookstore, stories which tell the good, the bad and the ugly always sell... at least I thought so until now.

People love hearing the truth about what goes on in your average restaurant, the gross stories which show the horrible things which happen to your food. People love reading about the lies, cheating and debauchery of literally anything. But do people want to know what really goes on in your local hospital?

I think not. Again, the book I'm trying to get published, an honest look at nursing, told from a male perspective has been turned down. The publisher said it was written well, even said I had some writing talent, but they don't think books about hospitals and nurses will sell.

What makes it even harder is my book is not a cheap, nasty tell all book. It's an honest book which shows how amazing nurses are, what horrible conditions we sometimes work in, but also show some of the horror of what can happen. Why show the horror?

By showing the bad, we can see what happens when hospitals are chronically understaffed and managers cut staff. Maybe this way positive changes can happen.

By showing the bad we can see what it takes to be a great nurse or doctor, and show how easily it is to be a bad nurse or doctor.

The publisher enjoyed my work, but doesn't think the public want to know, as well as think the public can't handle it.