Like every wanna-be writer out there, I’ve finished a book, set up a website and a couple of social media pages, and I already feel I’m on my way to stardom. :))

But the truth is that I’m more on a quest than anything, like the one Ulysses undertook when he had to return to his wife from the Trojan War.

Should stardom ever be my destination, let it be remembered that Ulysses reached his after 10 long years.

I start mine on January 1, 2025. I pray to have God on my side and a few people I like to call “my family”. I will love the artists I’ve always loved, and devote my life to beauty, truth, and compassion.

But, most of all, I will never lose sight of why I’m doing this.

I will go to work and sometimes take too long in finishing books. I will make use of all the procrastination tools at my disposal, including social media and sewing clothes for my stuffed toys.

I will research like crazy, read other contemporary writers (and think I’m way worse than any of them), and live my life the only way I can. I will stop to pet strangers’ dogs, compliment women on their unexpected fashion choices, or engage in debates with people behind various desks and counters.

I will write page after page as if there’s someone really out there, a desperate fan waiting for whatever I have to put forth.

I will try to think of a way to dodge the grandfather paradox in time travel, and with this end in mind, I will read all the books that I never would have otherwise approached for the manly yet simple way their authors have explained “things”.

I will come across fellow writers and readers, editors, marketing specialists, losers and know-all’s. I will make an impression on some and I will bore others to death.

Some men and some women will have me gasping in awe as to how beautiful they are although there’s nothing traditional about their faces, their names, or their daily occupations. Some will hurt my pride, a couple will take advantage of me in my darkest hours, but I will never, never lose sight of why I’m doing this.

And the reason I’m doing this is because I believe our soul is the only true immortal thing in the world and that mine can only roam freely when I’m writing.

Writing as if I can already see YOU reading this, my dear friend.

More on my literary creed in the Books section.

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