Ask the Author: Adam Rabinowitz
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Adam Rabinowitz
Garage Band is my next book - a comedy thriller about a backroom actuary who gets retrenched and plans to get even with the company he feels betrayed by. The idea from the book came from endless visits to shopping centres, and looking at all the cars in the garage, thinking, "I wonder what would happen if ..."
Well, for the rest you have to read the book.
Well, for the rest you have to read the book.
Adam Rabinowitz
So many people tell me they've always wanted to write a book, and the one question almost everybody asks me is "where do you find the time to write?"
If you look at what I do in an average week, it's a lot. I run Imagin8, and I cater to the needs of every one of my 1000 customers. I lecture on Entrepreneurship. And I write in my spare time.
The answer to the question is, "you don't find time to write, you make it."
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you really want to write, make time to write. And don't let anybody put you down. Write till its finished, and then put your work in the hands of your audience.
If you look at what I do in an average week, it's a lot. I run Imagin8, and I cater to the needs of every one of my 1000 customers. I lecture on Entrepreneurship. And I write in my spare time.
The answer to the question is, "you don't find time to write, you make it."
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you really want to write, make time to write. And don't let anybody put you down. Write till its finished, and then put your work in the hands of your audience.
Adam Rabinowitz
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a kid out of high school, but somehow life got in the way. I have a folder on my computer of ideas, chapters, half-written books, plots and premises. I get inspiration from articles I see in newspapers, conversations I have with people - anything and everything.
The inspiration for one of my books came from a dream I woke up from, and it seemed like a great opening scene for a book, so I wrote it. This was the inspiration for Lost Soul - Immortality.
The inspiration for one of my books came from a dream I woke up from, and it seemed like a great opening scene for a book, so I wrote it. This was the inspiration for Lost Soul - Immortality.
Adam Rabinowitz
I've just finished my third novel - a comedy thriller called Garage Band (Nothing to do with music, everything to do with getting even), due for release later this year.
I'm working on the sequel to Porter's Rule: Slave to the City, so Matt Porter fans are in for another treat later in the year. What kind of trouble can Porter land himself in this time?
At the same time, I'm working on a non-fiction book, "How to Start, Manage, Fix, Grow Your Small Business (And Not Have to Work)". No planned release date for that one yet, but it's topical, relevant, practical and will make a real difference to small business owners. I'm using chapters of the book in class when I teach Entrepreneurship, and the content has been very well received.
As if that's not enough, there's two new game changing ideas that I'm working on at Imagin8, and of course there's my weekly newsletter and blog, which you can receive directly in your inbox. email me@adamrabinowitz.co.za to subscribe.
I'm working on the sequel to Porter's Rule: Slave to the City, so Matt Porter fans are in for another treat later in the year. What kind of trouble can Porter land himself in this time?
At the same time, I'm working on a non-fiction book, "How to Start, Manage, Fix, Grow Your Small Business (And Not Have to Work)". No planned release date for that one yet, but it's topical, relevant, practical and will make a real difference to small business owners. I'm using chapters of the book in class when I teach Entrepreneurship, and the content has been very well received.
As if that's not enough, there's two new game changing ideas that I'm working on at Imagin8, and of course there's my weekly newsletter and blog, which you can receive directly in your inbox. email me@adamrabinowitz.co.za to subscribe.
Adam Rabinowitz
I get it just like every other writer. I wrote a little piece about this in my Entrepreneurs Ask Adam newsletter (Edition #3) which you can find on my blog. Writers block feels like lack of inspiration, but it's also explained by Neuroscience, particularly in the works of David Rock. When you try to think of a solution to a problem so much you end up thwarting your own efforts. Drop your pen, leave the room, change the scenery, play golf, go for a walk, draw, paint - anything that relaxes your mind. The less you try to force an answer, the more easily one bubbles to the surface.
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