There were many inspirations for this book. I’m not able to tell which one came first or which was the dominant one, if there was even one. They probably came together all at once to inspire this book in a ‘flash of inspiration’.Perhaps I can start with a story that took place during my university […]

One morning, I was at the usual car park of the coffee shop where I get my breakfast every day. I had just parked my car and a very unusual sight caught my eye- it was a little black cat with three white socks! It was staring straight at me and was totally unafraid of […]

You must be wondering why this book was dedicated to the great Austrian composer Franz Schubert, when there was no mention of his name whatsoever in the entire story. Well, that’s because most of this book was created during a nation-wide lockdown in my country from April to May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

One day, I was sitting in a food court having my lunch, and as usual, thinking about my books-why they are not selling, how to make them sell, or more importantly, how to make more children like them. Suddenly, a thought just came to my mind: so far I have been producing books inspired by […]

With this post, I have finally caught up with my backlog to write a blog post (capturing the thinking and creative process) for each of my works. I’ve aimed to make these blog posts as detailed and accurate as possible, as they were meant to be read by my 80-year old self and all my […]

After getting the long overdue blog for ‘A Dream’ off my chest, as I’ve put it off for almost a year, writing the diary for the creation of ‘Theodore the Unfortunate Bear’ was so much easier. It was, after all, more recent memory.Technically speaking, ‘Theodore’ was not my fourth, but my fifth book. The book […]

I’ve finally got down to writing a blog for this book, almost 11 months since I started working on it in 2018. I must have greater discipline in writing a blog for each of my works as soon as it is completed, as it’s obvious that the longer it is, the less we remember. And […]

As they always say, in writing a book, the hardest part was the beginning. For me, I find that many parts are difficult. For example, I always wondered if I should start with the story line or the moral (message of the story- I cannot imagine a children’s book without a underlying message), or should […]

I’ve never written a blog, I don’t know how to write a blog, and I have a phobia for creating one, for various reasons…. First, I have many doubts and worries about how to create a blog. I worry about how the text will turn out in the end, how it will look on the […]