Every artist has that life-affirming moment when they instinctively know what path they must take, for me it happened quite late in life and today the day of my 61st birthday I have decided to write about it.
I was brought up in the town of Blyth on the Northumbrian coast, never in my wildest or craziest dreams did I ever contemplate on being a writer, not that I wasn’t surrounded by creativity at home, both my father and brother were professional musicians and my great uncle was none other than the great comedian Stan Laurel. Although I dabbled with various musical instruments as a kid and loved comedy I just didn’t see either of those fields being my life and destiny.
Today we hear a lot about how role models should influence our youth, but for me growing up my role models were my parents, pictured here after they unveiled a statue of Stan Laurel in Stan’s birthplace of North Shields. They instilled in me a belief system to pursue one hundred percent what you believe in, chase your dreams, never ever give up and ignore any negativity as this will bring you down.
Sage advice if you ask me and since that moment when I knew I had to write, I have never looked back. My plans for the next twelve months will include a short story collection and my debut novel ‘The Whistleblower.’
A future post will talk about independent publishing and authorship and what it means to me. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at paul.woods@welovemondays.co.uk
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