MY WRITING JOURNEY
I started writing short fiction during middle school, getting some local and national awards. During high school I was more into journalism and editing, co-founding the college newspaper and contributing to its 100+ years old literary magazine. Since I was equally passionate about science, I enrolled and graduated from a technical university and spent 20 years in the IT&C industry. While I wrote mainly emails, white papers and speech content in the past two decades, I somehow knew there would be a time when I would write again.
There's nothing more therapeutical, in my opinion, than getting lost in a fictitious world I resonate with, making space and time look and feel completely different. For now, my fiction work is available only in Romanian and some short stories are published on this website.
But most of my work is non-fiction, combining creative writing with my professional expertise.
WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT
In August 2022 I started the implementation phase of my boldest professional decision: to take a career break and dedicate my time to writing about what I’ve learned, practiced and made mistakes in during the past 20 years: leadership, continuous learning, resilience, authenticity, creativity, curiosity, storytelling, public speaking, trends and futurism, cognitive biases, diversity and inclusion.
These topics live mostly in my non-fiction: workbooks, guides and articles that make complex or abstract concepts accessible and practical. Most of them are applicable in any domain and they can help anyone ready to know themselves better and willing to maintain their relevance.
Four years later, while writing is not (yet!) my full-time career, I write everyday.
No matter how appealing personal experiences are, I like to use outcomes of scientific research each time I make a claim. Spending so much browsing through studies and experiments, when I find something interesting, I write an article (on the Blog here, on LinkedIn or on medium).
Sometimes, a too vast topic becomes a book and you can find it in the Publications section if it is already on the market or in the Coming Soon section if it's work in progress.
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I also write literary epic fantasy. On that side, the same questions become literal: systems, pressure and resonance are built into the magic, the cities and the costs characters pay. If you’re curious about the worlds I’m building, you can find my short fiction and worldbuilding notes in Overtone, my newsletter.
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