Skip to main content

The Transition

I’m writing this blog for the numerous requests I have received as of late from both friends and fans. I’m often asked the same question more or less just in different variations. “How do you come up with what you write?” While a very simple question that I’d love to smirk and reply “It just comes naturally to me,” it tends to be a bit more complicated than that.

In order for me to create, certain conditions must be met and catered or else I just find myself staring at my monitor. First and most important is my setting. Ambience plays a major theme in whether or not I and able to “transcend” over into the world I’m writing in. Confused yet? Allow me to elaborate further. Dim lighting and close quarters are best at starting the process. Large open areas I find overbearing and uncomfortable to write in, but stick me in a closet or small bedroom with the door shut and I’m golden. Next is sound. I CAN NOT WRITE IN NOISY BOISTEROUS SETTINGS! I find it nearly impossible. Sirens (Englewood), people, music, parties….NO THANKS! Silence is a beautiful thing and very much key. So, when all conditions are met, that’s when the transcendence begins. It is as if my soul or spirit leaves and my body and just becomes a vessel or voice for my characters. I am literally witnessing what they are doing and no longer am I in the room or confined structure where I write. I can see them vividly as they live a breath, the story telling itself whilst I, “the spectator” sit and write what I’m seeing. If that sounds odd to you then we’re in the same boat as I don’t understand it myself. Everything changes and I am immersed…lost sometimes even, all concepts of time and the physical world around me vanished. Even stranger, is if I am broken from this spell by an outside distraction. I find myself more often than not nearly jumping out of my pants if someone says something to me or even just calls my name.

So, there you have it, go ahead and ponder it. Better yet, try it yourself and see what happens. I think it may be the same as when people reading a good book, find themselves in what they are reading. This is the “escape” from reality they describe. The escape I so long to provide.

—A.D. SOMMERIO

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Coincidence to You Maybe, For Me a Message!!!

The day after Christmas and I’m going through my own version of “therapy”. By therapy I mean playing this extremely time consuming and addictive videogame to numb me and take my mind off of the last week’s events. Now this game and I have a serious history and at one point I was playing it so much I began to neglect my responsibilities as a writer. So much in fact, I sold my PS4 so I would no longer play it. Did that work? Yes, actually it did…until I purchased said game for my daughter for Christmas and now have been playing it on  her  system for the lack of my own. But why the relapse? Well Friday December 20 th  2019 I did something I almost never do. I attended a funeral. Now let me backtrack for those of you that don’t know me very well. I don’t do death. I don’t do wakes and I don’t do funerals. This has caused plenty of controversy for years between both sides of my family and myself. It is in no way meant to be a sign of disrespect. And in the past, before I...
Post a Comment
Read more

I get it 2020 but I'm on to you now and I'm moving forward!

I have come to the realization that 2020 is not going to stop throwing any of us curveballs. That being said, I wanted share this. For a while now, every time there was a tragic event I needed to take a mental break to recoup. I’ve watched cities burn, people dying from Covid-19, myself being stuck in the house almost feeling trapped.     The word “quarantine” becoming so synonymous with our everyday life it was ridiculous. But still it didn’t stop. 2020 refused to let up. Racial injustice, riots, looting and then finally a year of people close to me passing away.    Break 1, break 2, break 3….. and so forth. I found myself literally drowning in what was happening around me and barely living out my own existence and purpose.    So that’s what this is about. FIGHTING! Please, I implore all of you to keep going. Yes, we all need a break but life isn’t letting up. People are going to still pass away when you least expect it. Naysayers are still going to downpl...
Post a Comment
Read more

Reality Check > Royalty Check

Let’s get Personal for a moment. So, I got an email yesterday for yet another RC. Now first I would like to say that the last two months have been absolutely heartbreaking for me. But by the grace of family, friends and blessings—I have been able to stay afloat. I know—we all go through it right? Life sees you doing something you love/positive and places a bulk order for “monkey wrenches” to toss at you. However, this Royalty Check, while small and humbling in nature (no, I’ m not big time just yet lol) was a huge reminder and eye opener for me. To put it simple, people are buying Borrowed Time. But not just buying it. Buying it, reading it and referring it to others. They are enjoying Jacob’s story and I couldn’t ask for more. I would like to give thanks again to you all. I know a lot of the referrals may actually come from the very people, part of this page. I’ve always said I didn’t care about making a ton of money selling my stories. That still stands today, it’s secondary ...
Post a Comment
Read more