Interview with Judith Moore

Author of  The Five Laws of Love: Enriching the Love Within

Where are you from originally and where do you reside now?

I’m an Air Force brat, grew up living in many different places, including Spain, but now I live in a log cabin in the mountains of Midway, Utah.

If you currently reside somewhere besides where you were born, what’s the story that lead from there to here?

My father retired in Provo, Utah, where I went to BYU and met my husband. After college we moved several times, ended up in California for 20 years, then moved back to Provo. A divorce led me to move the beautiful Heber Valley and my mountain home.

What made you decide to write and publish your first book?

I assisted Marie Osmond dealing with chronic fatigue, then with postpartum depression. We ended up writing a book together called “Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression.” I wrote the last part of the book describing our work with hormones, health, etc. However, because I wasn’t a “mental health professional” the publisher took out anything related to treating emotions. So I wrote a second book, “Healing from the Heart: the Inherent Power to Heal from Within” which taught about the effects of emotions on our health. It is a novelette with a CD of guided meditations.

How would you describe your books to first time readers?

As an integrative, functional, holistic physician I have treated the emotional health of my patients along with their physical health. The books assist in healing from both. Two of them, “Healing from the Heart” and “The Five Laws of Love”, teach the lessons as stories to keep the attention of readers who are sick enough it is hard for them to read.

Who do you feel is most likely to connect with the topics you write about?

Anyone can use the tools taught in the books, especially “The Five Laws of Love: Enriching the Love Within” because our society today doesn’t really know what love is, and how often we are acting from fear rather than love.

However, most people who read my books are suffering from physical and/or emotional illness.

What unexpected or surprising thing did you learn during the process of writing and publishing?

I self-published my books (except the one with Marie Osmond) just to get them out there for my patients. Writing a good book is hard, but marketing it is harder. I don’t have the time or the money to market the books the way they should be marketed.

If you could, what advice would you give to past self yourself before embarking on this journey?

Spending more money on marketing doesn’t necessarily equate with more sales.

How many people would you ideally like to reach with your books?

Everyone who is struggling with life in some way.

What has been the biggest challenge and frustration during the process to date?

Marketing.

What’s your biggest strengths when it comes to book a) writing, b) publishing and c) marketing?

Writing to keep the readers’ interest and teach principles to help lives is my greatest strength, I believe. I have so many people say that one of my books changed their lives.

What’s your biggest weakness when it comes to book a) writing, b) publishing and c) marketing?

Coming up with the money to publish…I haven’t tried to find a publisher. My time and energy is very limited. I’ve never made money on my books beyond the time and money I have spent.

When do you think you will you write your next book?

I have one more book to write but the inspiration hasn’t come yet. Hopefully in the next couple of years.

Are you self published or did you use a hybrid publisher, or a traditional publisher?

Traditional “Behind the Smile”
Self “Healing from the Heart”
Self “First Night and Beyond”
Friend trying to be publisher “Between Two Minds”
Hybrid “The Five Laws of Love”