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  This week's blog post is the next in the series of book back stories and is the story behind Helping the Disabled Veteran (Romer). From the editor -  Little did Joanna know that this would be the last full book she ever wrote. (She published ten books with MSI Press.) In fact, the final chapter was written by Mary Ann Raemisch, one of our copyeditors who had edited Joanna's previous books. Joanna was in the process of revising the book (originally written on the broader topic of all veterans, then deliberately targeted toward one of the more forgotten groups of vets -- those who ended up disabled from their war experiences) when she died unexpectedly. The revision was complete except for the final chapter. A colleague of Joanna was able to find and download the book from Joanna's computer files. I approached Mary Ann, knowing that she was familiar with Joanna's style, given her extensive experience copyediting Joanna's work, and asked if she thought she could emu

  Editor's comment. I am commenting here because Joanna has passed on, but her book has not; it is still very much alive and selling. It continues to provide good advice to those who are welcoming home and continuing to support disabled veterans. This book was an easy sell to us and something that authors trying to find a publisher might think about. First and important, Joanna had already published several books with us -- wonderful ones that helped a lot of people and some of which won national awards. So, quality of writing was no issue. Second, the topic was close to us. MSI Press was veteran-founded and, after conversion to an LLC, is veteran-run. (Note: we have a new book, being released, on September 15 that also addresses disabled veteran issues -- Heart to Heart Resuscitation; not yet advertised, but it will be soon. Watch for it!) For more book back stories, click HERE . For more stories about Joanna and her books, click HERE . For more posts/books about veterans, click H

  MSI Press wishes all its readers and staff a happy veteran's day this November 11, 2022.  A special treat for our readers -- Helping the Disabled Veteran by Joanna Romer. Treat yourself to excerpts HERE . Get a 25% discount with code FF25 at MSI Press webstore. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .