I’m always amazed at how many people I meet who say something like ‘Wow, you write books. I wish I could. I’ve had this idea but it will never happen.’ (I’m guessing you are probably thinking the same thing too! Shall I tell you some of the most common reasons they give me? I’m too young I’m too busy There’s no money in it I will never get an agent, let alone a publisher There’s also a subtext which may or may not be vocalised: No one will ever want to read what I write Self-publishing is stigmatised I’m not that smart I’m…
Read More..We’ve all been there at one time or another – me more than most I suspect – where you find a million reasons not to start that that book you have an idea for. Feel free to substitute any similar activity – we could be talking homework assignment, Powerpoint deck for a presentation, song, business pitch, etc. – you get the idea. I’m reminded of a task where I had to analyse pages of raw customer shopping data and devise a marketing strategy to help a company leverage that data. I stared at a blank screen for hours, with no inkling…
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RJ O’Connor originally trained as an aircraft engineer, spending his spare time racing motorcycles until a serious accident triggered a change of destiny and a degree in Fine Arts. He has still not learned his lesson though, and drives cars on tracks as fast as possible whenever he can. His adventures have led him to a career in airlines and telecoms, which have seen him fly aid, medical staff, journalists and even rock groups to destinations all over the world. He grew up in a small copper mining town in the heart of Africa before moving to what is now Zimbabwe and then finally to the UK, where he lives with his wife, two children and two cats in West Sussex. Their English cottage backs onto a Saxon moat.
