We were lucky to catch up with Allan Hudson recently and have shared our conversation below.
Allan, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
Growing up in a blue collar family with my father self-employed, I witnessed what it was like to be successful. When I say successful, I mean putting food on the table, paying your bills, heating your home, taking care of a family. Both my father and older brother were models for me as the youngest of our clan. They didn’t complain, they rose early, worked hard and made time and money for some of life’s luxuries. It’s the environment I grew up in and I like to think it kind of rubbed off on me.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
People often ask me, when did I started writing. Or what inspired me to write. The question always recalls memories of my mother who was a school teacher. She would bring home readers featuring the famous brother and sister, Dick and Jane. Their little sister, Baby Sally and the dog, Spot. Yeah, I’m that old.
It fostered a love of reading and for books. Being an avid reader over the years, I always had my own stories swimming around in my head but never wrote them down.
Later on I discovered an author who eventually turned out to be one of my favourites, Bryce Courtenay. The notable thing of his achievements was that he only started writing in his early fifties, as I was at the time. It was then I decided to try writing. I happy I did.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
I believe an author must be a patient person. Sometimes the ideas or the storyline stalls and we need to not be in a big hurry but do it right the first time. Self-editing skills are a good investment of our time. An an inquisitive mind helps.
As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?
One of my favourite novels is Matthew Flinders Cat by Bryce Courtenay. After reading this fantastic story, I checked the author out and discovered he wrote his first novel in his early fifties and went on to write many bestsellers. It was his accomplishments which inspired me to start writing at roughly the same age. It’s never to late to realize your dream of writing a book.
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- Website: https://www.southbranchscribbler.com
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- Linkedin: @hudson_allan
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