So, today I went to my local library (http://www.fountaindale.org/) for their Local Author Faire. I learned a lot about the reality of writing and authorship today along with meeting a lot of awesome people (see below).
The first thing that I learned (or re-learned or actualized or whatever adjective you want to use to describe understanding) is that authors are people. Like you're a person and I'm a person... they're a person. Whether they've sold ten books or ten thousand. Whether they've written one book or one-hundred. Whether they're self or commercially published. They're people. They have likes, dislikes, issues and whatnot like the rest of us. The awesome thing is that we have something in common. We all, on some level or another, enjoy to read or write.
I'm not really what you would call a shy person <insert snark here> and so going to something like this was pretty awesome for me, because I got to talk to people, writers and authors, who were at some point in their career (a career that I envision myself moving further along in) and discussing their journey.
What they can do, what they have done (and are planning to do again), I can do, and if it's your passion, so can you.
So, that said, there's no mystical "thing" about being an author or a writer. There's no hidden secret that will get you somewhere that others haven't gone. It's just about being a person and having a story to tell. So, what are YOU waiting for? Go tell YOUR story!
Thanks for reading and thanks for your support!
~Stephan
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