I waited a long time for my first book to be published and wondered how that moment would feel. Would it be like shipping the initial release of the flagship product from my first software company? Or more like the birth of my sons? Would it be that “Rocky” moment, when Sylvester Stallone, after defeating Apollo Creed, cries out: “This is the greatest night in the history of my life…YO, ADRIAN! I DID
Category Archives: Urge to Write
The Urge to write
The urge to write began in my teens and continued well into my twenties . Despite several software startups and a lot of years, it has stubbornly refused to go away. So to launch this blog, I thought I'd pay homage to it with one of my favorite writer anecdotes:
- The prolific science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, was once asked what he would
A strange and mightily obsessed book
I just finished rereading To a God Unknown, John Steinbeck’s second novel. I first read it many years ago when I was fifteen and it made a huge impression--not quite the book that started me writing, but close. I decided to reread it to find out why it had such an influence on me.It’s not regarded as one of Steinbeck’s best or even a particularly good novel.
Criticism ranged from lukewarm to
First draft frustrations
It's been suggested that we write first drafts with our hearts and subsequent drafts with our heads. It's also been said that first drafts are crap. Likely, both are true.
When I start a new book, I try to keep that in mind. I usually know the beginning and end, but the impetus to write the book is nothing more than a series of images. A long
