His journey as a writer began in May 2018, at the age of 39. In December, of the same year, he received his first-ever prize for a short science fiction story, written for a contest organized by the well-known Romanian science fiction club "Helion", based in Timisoara, Romania, where he took 2nd place, with the short story "They Were Two". Ever since 2018, he has published twelve books: 4 free-verse poetry titles in a concept saga, 6 spiritual titles, and two science-fiction titles. He has lots of books under edit so expect a lot of new stuff from him in the coming years. Adrian Tanase is also known as an electronic music producer, creating music under the moniker "Xplore" since 1999.