Monday, April 9

I'm working on a couple of books now; one's signed, and it's called "Webcasting" (with MP3 and RealAudio), and the other is still in development, but is design-oreinted and very cool.

When I was thinking about the concept of writing a book, what that would mean to my self-image &em; a professional author! to think! &em; my career prospects, etc., I actually found myself wondering whether I'd use my own name on the book. I actually considered publishing under an alias, ala Jacob Nape or Creon or Alonso Quijano. I was promptly smacked around by everyone so I'd realize what an idiot I was.

I was actually afraid of pinning my name to potential failure, to something I'd never done before, but couldn't run from. Then I started writing ... and it was good. So I signed on the dotted line ... Bill Peña. I'm still scared, but, hey, most people never get the opportunity to fail, especially at 22. I got more in me.

posted by creon @ 7:06:43 PM