“Hello world” seems a good way to introduce myself, especially since I work in the IT industry. This was pretty much the first program we It geeks write – that code snippet to display “Hello world” on the screen. I am an author. My first novel “Of Love & Lovers” was published in 2012 and I am keeping my fingers crossed for the next to come out soon. So, yes I am an author.
Being a writer, I suppose everyone thinks that I can just sit on my computer, open a blank page and start typing. The words are just meant to flow out without stopping, as if it is a blueprint in my head that is just straining to get itself out in the world. I wish this were so, I really do. However, what nobody realizes is that the beginning is always the hardest.
Most of the time I read something or here something that makes me go “Now there might be a story in that”. It just a germ of an idea, a sprouting of a tiny, green leaf after a long winter. So I get on my laptop, open up a new Word file and then proceed to stare at it. For a few minutes. Hours. Maybe even days. I know how I want this story to shape up – I just don’t know how to begin. the journey.
But isn’t that true of all of us? Don’t we all have that little voice in our head, telling us to go for something but we keep wondering “How do I begin? What is that first step I should take?” And one day we come out of it and realize that the hours have just whiled away as we sat there wondering how do we take that first step towards our dream. I let go of my dream for a few years and while I am scared I will never make it again, I have decided to keep trying. I have to just take that first step, get those first few words onto paper and then just let the story flow out, hopefully. So, for now, it’s hello world and hope to see you around. Ciao.
