Becoming an author...

Started up as a musician. Performing musician and a teacher of thousands of students. Sometimes I wonder if all the people I have ever taught and ever conducted or sang with would all come together...
Just the other day a few ex-students of mine were tagging the names on a photo of our children's choir called Gradus that had more than 120 singers in it and I used to conduct, perform and tour with back in Hungary. Those 'kids' are now adults, with families and children of their own holding serious jobs. Facebook notifies friends about their birthdays and I can't believe that those kids are now 40...Unbelievable. It was nice to read some of the comments that those times, singing in the choir and performing, were their nicest memories they have. I feel the same. Gradus was a very special choir in my professional life as well. We were close. Musically and personally.
Not only their lives have changed but mine as well. It is fabulous to have the opportunity to test ourselves in other territory as well. Writing a book and publishing something sounded so unachievable as a child. Only exceptional people write books and get published. My Dad, who was an engineer used to write poems and Sci-Fi novels. I thought that was fabulous and very exciting! Now I regret I don't have Dad's manuscript books.  I could get to know him. However, strangely, I am following his footsteps. A few years ago I started to think about putting my stories on paper. If nothing else, my biography, the highlight of my music career and my travels. Although I have started it, it is harder than I thought...The closer it is in time, the harder it is to write about it.  Fortunately, there are many things that interest me and I want to write about. That allowed me to get started, learn self-publishing and experience how things work once one has a few books out.
Honestly, it blows my mind that someone wants to read what I write. When I look at my stats and see that from week one the books are selling and just six month after publishing the first book, I have regular sales and downloads that are gradually increasing. It motivates me to keep writing and get better at it. It is much more exciting than I have ever thought it would be, to become a songwriter and an 'author'!
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