Andre SanThomas's Blog - Posts Tagged "driven"
About me...
So, I suppose I should tell you all a little something about me. Let's see...
I've always been a writer. From the time I was quite young, teachers, parents, relatives marveled at my ability to put words together. I should probably credit my dad. He had a bullshit gene that could spin a yarn like nobody's business.
But as I got to be an adult, I didn't write fiction. I wrote a lot of technical papers, reports, white papers. I created a lot of educational materials, academic articles, made hundreds of presentations at conferences. All real world cut and dried stuff. I did it well. People often said I did it in such an easy to read way that it stood out in a sea of dry, boring stuff.
One day, someone on a message board I frequent mentioned Nanowrimo. I was intrigued. Here's something I could really sink my teeth into. Could I really write a whole novel? Could I write one that would be any good at all? Hmmm...
So, I took up the challenge. For those of you not familiar, Nanowrimo challenges you to write 50,000 words during the month of November. If you do that, you "win". No one reads what you wrote. You could type the same word 50,000 times if you want. No one judges if your novel is actually good, no one claims it will be publishable, but when it is all said and done, you can claim that you've written a novel. You can pull that out at dinner parties when people ask what you do. You can drink white wine and look over the edge of your glasses at people that have not dared to do the same thing. I was game.
I had no idea what I might write, but what spit out was not only Erotica, but a BDSM based erotic romance. I'm a seat of the pants writer, so I had no idea where this was going when I started. The characters took over and led me where they wanted to go.
I did complete my Nano novel. It needs a major re-write but you will see it at some point as part of the Sensual Submission line. Once it was done, I knew I needed to wait a month and give it some distance, so I started a second. You'll see that in Sensual Submission some time too.
Over the next year, I completed three more (Ielle, Ovia and Sensual Submission: Driven). I have two more Realm of Janos books in progress and ideas for more after that.
These ideas are spitting out, laying themselves down on paper. The characters are clamoring to have their voices heard after decades of suppression under technical manuals and educational materials. They demand to be heard, and you'll be seeing more and more of them.
I've always been a writer. From the time I was quite young, teachers, parents, relatives marveled at my ability to put words together. I should probably credit my dad. He had a bullshit gene that could spin a yarn like nobody's business.
But as I got to be an adult, I didn't write fiction. I wrote a lot of technical papers, reports, white papers. I created a lot of educational materials, academic articles, made hundreds of presentations at conferences. All real world cut and dried stuff. I did it well. People often said I did it in such an easy to read way that it stood out in a sea of dry, boring stuff.
One day, someone on a message board I frequent mentioned Nanowrimo. I was intrigued. Here's something I could really sink my teeth into. Could I really write a whole novel? Could I write one that would be any good at all? Hmmm...
So, I took up the challenge. For those of you not familiar, Nanowrimo challenges you to write 50,000 words during the month of November. If you do that, you "win". No one reads what you wrote. You could type the same word 50,000 times if you want. No one judges if your novel is actually good, no one claims it will be publishable, but when it is all said and done, you can claim that you've written a novel. You can pull that out at dinner parties when people ask what you do. You can drink white wine and look over the edge of your glasses at people that have not dared to do the same thing. I was game.
I had no idea what I might write, but what spit out was not only Erotica, but a BDSM based erotic romance. I'm a seat of the pants writer, so I had no idea where this was going when I started. The characters took over and led me where they wanted to go.
I did complete my Nano novel. It needs a major re-write but you will see it at some point as part of the Sensual Submission line. Once it was done, I knew I needed to wait a month and give it some distance, so I started a second. You'll see that in Sensual Submission some time too.
Over the next year, I completed three more (Ielle, Ovia and Sensual Submission: Driven). I have two more Realm of Janos books in progress and ideas for more after that.
These ideas are spitting out, laying themselves down on paper. The characters are clamoring to have their voices heard after decades of suppression under technical manuals and educational materials. They demand to be heard, and you'll be seeing more and more of them.
