SEAK, Inc., will be offering its 8th Annual Medical Fiction Writing for Physicians course October 27-28, 2007, in Falmouth, MA, at the Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort. The course provides an excellent introduction for physicians interested in fiction writing. I attended the course a few years ago and found the organization, presentation, and interaction to be top-notch.
This course will again be led by NY Times best selling physician-authors Michael Palmer and Tess Gerritsen. Michael Palmer, MD, is author of Critical Judgment, Silent Treatment, Natural Causes, Extreme Measures, Flashback, Side Effects, The Sisterhood, Miracle Cure, The Patient, Fatal, and The Fifth Vial. Tess Gerritsen, MD, is author of Body Double, Harvest, Life Support, Bloodstream, Gravity, The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Vanish and the Mephisto Club.
In addition to the main conference, preconference sessions held on October 25-26 will include The Secrets to Writing a Best-Seller , How to Write Riveting Dialogue, Writing Medical Fiction that Sells, Non-Fiction Writing for Physicians , Creating Memorable Characters, and How Physicians Can Get Their First Novel Published.
SEAK was founded in 1980 by attorney Steven Babitsky, who as a practicing attorney recognized the need for excellence in continuing education. Steve named the firm after his family: Steven, Ellen, Alex and Karen. Alex holds an MBA and is the manager of SEAK’s Directory product line. Karen is SEAK’s Director of Marketing.
SEAK has developed into one of the nation’s finest providers of continuing education and professional training. SEAK sponsors the nation’s longest running and largest Workers Compensation and Occupational Medicine conference, is the world’s leading provider of Expert Witness training and texts, sponsors the largest writing seminars for doctors and lawyers in the country and publishes national directories for Expert Witnesses and IME Doctors, having a combined circulation of over 100,000 copies.
SEAK has trained over 20,000 doctors, lawyers, nurses, expert witnesses and other professionals in the past ten years alone.
Steven Babitsky, Esq., the President of SEAK, is a former trial lawyer and was the managing partner of the law firm of Kistin, Babitsky, Latimer and Beitman. He has successfully represented thousands of injured workers and others with disabling conditions for over twenty years. He has been involved extensively in the arenas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, and Social Security disability. He is a founding director of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners. He is a well-known author, an experienced trainer, and recognized internationally for his expertise. Steve is also the founder and president of Expert Witness Consulting, a service dedicated to educating expert witnesses about the legal arena.
For more information on the course, visit SEAK’s website.
