HOW IT ALL BEGAN | THE CAREER OF WRITER LeandroVSilva
For those who haven’t started their writing career yet, maybe the beginning of my journey will be the push you need to start yours, and for those already on this path, maybe you started in a curious way, just like me.
When I was 5, I became interested in drawing, and by 7 I already drew fairly well for my age. I could copy almost any drawing from magazines or even from TV just by looking. Since I came from a very humble family, my parents saw my drawing talent as useless, because they didn’t believe that, for poor people, art could be monetized or even very profitable.
So drawing was just a hobby for me. From age 7 to 14, I drew and created little stories with those drawings. The funny thing about that time is that I’d cut those drawings into rectangles and turn them into a sticker album. I’d glue the cutouts onto other sheets, imitating the album my parents could never afford to buy me.
A hard life and pressure from my parents made me set drawing aside and focus on my studies, since, in their view, it was the only way to change our lives.
Time went by, and after much sacrifice I finished high school with two technical diplomas: electronics and mechanics. I worked for almost 3 years in mechanics at a private company until I passed a public service exam for a military career.
MANY TIMES WE GIVE UP ON OUR DREAMS TO FOLLOW CAREERS THAT SEEM TO PAY MORE, THAT ARE STABLE, OR SIMPLY BECAUSE WE THINK THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES.
Life went on: I got married, had two children and, while I was studying Physics at UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University), at the end of my fourth semester, I found some of my drawings, the ones I made between the ages of 9 and 14.
Those memories awakened a feeling in me that I still don’t let die: the feeling that what I did made me very happy. Despite a hard childhood, I was very happy when I was drawing and creating my little stories.
Those drawings that awakened this feeling sparked my creativity, and new story ideas started pouring out. From that day on, I began writing down every story idea I had. Many were interesting but scattered and didn’t form complete stories. Even so, I kept writing everything down.
One day, at university, waiting for the next class, I had one of the biggest brainstorms of my life. The storm of ideas that is now taking shape as the Enerkry series. Those ideas helped many of the scattered ones find their place, forming the complex universe of Enerkry, which I keep developing to this day.
That’s when I decided to pursue a writing career and publish my stories. I left university and started investing my time in developing the story of Enerkry and many others.
I REALIZED IT'S BETTER TO LIVE DOING WHAT YOU LOVE , EVEN EARNING LITTLE, THAN TO EARN A LOT AND FEEL LIKE A PRISONER OF YOUR UNFULFILLED DREAMS
I took a Graphic Design course and dedicated myself to learning the fields and tools my writing career might need.
After a long time of development, I finally finished my first book, Os Irmãos do Gelo, and it wasn’t long before it was on sale on the most popular e-book publishing platform, KDP: Kindle Direct Publishing, from Amazon.
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About the Author
Leandro Vieira da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, June 11, 1986), also known as LeandroVSilva, is a Brazilian writer, author of the Enerkry series among others. In 2018 he released his first book, Os Irmãos do Gelo, the first book in the Enerkry series.
Founder of LeandroVSilva STUDIO, in 2022 he left his stable job of many years to found his own company, dedicate himself to his career and help other authors in their literary and business journeys.
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