25 Reasons to Publish in 2025
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Do you have a resolution — or the resolution — to publish a book in 2025?
There was a time that each and every one of our 10,000+ authors was in your shoes. They persevered, finding the time and creative resolve to tackle the challenge of writing a book, even on the days it felt impossible.
Were the rewards worth all that effort?
At the end of 2024, we asked our incredible authors what publishing a book has meant to them in their life. Their incredible (and incredibly varied) answers are sure to help motivate your writing and publishing today and the ensuing weeks and months of 2025:
1. My particular book/story is a trip down memory lane for me. I'm addicted to it. Many people who inspired my story are gone; my book brings them back to life.
— R.B. MacNichol, author of Marines of Quế Sơn: A Tale
2. A clear sense of purpose attempting to help others.
— Payson Hunter, author of The Investors’ Advocate
3. I never want to have regrets. I have left a legacy of love to my family and have proven to myself just how strong I really am. It’s been an awesome healing and revealing process. In short, I’m very pleased with myself. I’m 70 years old and I just published my first book.
— Susan D. Dagenais, author of E is for Maggie: Loving a Daughter with Autism
4. Everything. It was the story of my husband’s family and their search for freedom.
— Gary Bergthold, author of We Are Wanderers We Are Seekers
5. It has given me immense pride and won accolades from many people, friends and family — as well as strangers who have read the book.
— Michael Newman, author of Between These Walls
6. Fulfillment. Just to have accomplished writing a book and getting it published, a tangible “product” you can be proud of. Many people are in jobs in which they (almost) never see the end result of their labour, the satisfying thing about a book is (a) it is very personal and (b) it is a very clear and satisfying end product you can show to people. It is just marvelous.
— Martin Groenewoud, author of Canada Through My Eyes' and (in Dutch 'The Livingroom Pub')
7. I never seriously thought I could write a book and publish it. Wow! And people even like it!! It's what I now want to do more than anything else — the sequel is well on its way.
— Harold Munn, author of Faith in Doubt: how my dog made me an atheist and atheism made me a priest
8. The satisfaction of completing a long and difficult task. The opportunity to entertain or perhaps inspire the reader.
— Mario Morin, author of From Terra to Harmonia - Out of the Sun
9. It has been a joy to share our transition to retirement with others through the book.
— Peter Teasdale, author of Across England with a Project Manager
10. To publish candor. Requested by my kids.
— John W. Galler, author of Unfinished
11. Writing Mindful of You has brought me a deep sense of fulfillment. My first-born son struggled with schizophrenia for 15 years before succumbing to the ravaging illness in his brain. Writing his story has been cathartic and healing. Being able to honor my son’s memory and contribute to ending the stigma associated with mental illness through this book is so gratifying. Thank you, FriesenPress, for walking beside me in this journey and guiding this first-time author to completion of a work I am very proud of.
— Nancy Morgan Mumford, author of Mindful of You: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope
12. I wanted to write about my experience of being a rescue flight surgeon in the US Coast Guard and waited 4 decades to find time to write down my retained thoughts on what I wanted to tell. Getting it into book form was a dream come true, and I felt proud of that accomplishment and it has led to two more books. Writing gives me a pleasurable purpose. It is a delightful process and makes me more satisfied with “retirement”.
—Lee Walters MD, author of Microbial Mysteries: A Rocky Road
13. Allowed me to meet people and organizations that I would normally not have done.
— Leonard Albert Paris, author of Jim Crow also Lived Here
14. I wrote about my childhood and early life. It was fun to think about those times and write stories about that time. [Just] the thought that some of my descendants might read my words about where they came from and what happened then.
— George Rock, author of Farm Stories
15. It's satisfying to have made something out of one’s experience of life.
— Ross Klatte, author of Waiting for the Revolution
16. I had been working on this book for more than two decades and so it was a tremendous accomplishment and feeling of success just to complete it and get it published!
— Brenda May Whiteman, author of Unmet Needs Never Go Away: A New Paradigm for Raising Our Children in the 21st Century
17. A piece of me lives on and gives purpose to my journey.
— Kathy McLaughlin, author of Back to Life
18. This has been a lifelong dream to me. I started writing as a child. Seeing my dad's book come to life has been the happiest I've been in a long time. Finding a publisher who sees my vision has helped me tremendously. I'm very grateful to have finally finished my book.
— Katherine Brady, author of Stories at the Kitchen Table
19. WOW. The reaction from readers has been fantastic. So many are asking when book 2 is coming out.
— Marianne Richards, author of The Bandage Solution
20. Being a published author has let me connect with new peers and given me purpose, post-retirement.
— Don Bourque, author of The High Priestess
21. This has fulfilled a life-long dream. I view the book as part of my legacy that I am leaving for others to enjoy for years to come. It is a peek inside my creativity and the way my mind works. :)
— Melanie Peacock, author of HR Can Be Murder
22. Publishing Viktor has been my greatest success. It was a dream come true for me to see my work in actual book form. It has inspired me in many ways. Someone once told me that I wasn't a good writer...so I wrote the story and published it just to prove to myself that dreams can come true no matter what anyone says. I proved to myself that I could do it.
— Julie Ann Trentin, author of Viktor
23. That it is never too late to publish….and I did this in my eighties with close assistance from FriessenPress.
— Joy A. Medford, author of The Kill
24. A confirmation of what I always knew I had inside of me.
— Lynne Armstrong-Jones, author of On the Trail of the Sunset's Dawn
25. It's not my first, but at 82 years, it's a good way to finish.
— Robert W. Lever, author of Climbing Parkinson's Mountain Takes Faith
Publishing in 2025 isn’t just about finishing a book, it’s about starting something extraordinary. The reflections of these authors—each unique, heartfelt, and inspiring—showcase the power of bringing a story to life. Whether you’re driven by personal growth, legacy, connection, or simply the joy of creation, publishing your book is a huge accomplishment.
Your story deserves to be told. And in 2025, it could be the start of something unforgettable—not just for you, but for everyone who reads it. If you’re ready to take the leap, the blank page is calling.
