Very quick post here. A few days ago my family and I went to "Swiss Science Center Technorama" (kids always love it!). There are thousands of experiments to do and observe. Among other things, I found - this. Who knows what this is? Those of you who read "The Senthien" will probably recognise it and know right away why was this interesting for me ;-) Unrelated to this post, I changed somewhat "The Senthien" book cover. In my pol, I had many who voted for that cover. My

Some of you who have been following my blog/Twitter/ Facebook will notice that the title of my first novel abruptly changed only two weeks before being published. :) There is a reason for that. From the beginning, I had a specific title fixed in my mind and it was - “The Mind”. I realized, however, while talking to my friends and beta-readers that this might not be all that suitable. You see, I have a rough draft of the whole trilogy in my head, and the Mind, a super advanced

“A mysterious Vision.An astounding new world.And a life she never could have imagined. Five thousand years in the future, the Earth is dead. A galactic network of terraformed planets, connected by teleportation portals, is populated by the genetically improved Descendants. The original Humans, labeled dangerous and barbaric, are kept under constant surveillance. In this seemingly peaceful society, Dora Dana Dasnan, a gifted Visionaire, serves the leading race of Descendants

Back from the dead. And not as a zombie as some of my youngest family members would like! :) No, I am finally at the end of the long journey of writing my first book, “The Mind”. And the journey demanded a whole lot more than I thought when I was starting out. I’m not going to go into those details here – but what I would like to share with you today is: the cover of my book. I am very proud to show you the work of Prasanta Kumar (who also designed my webpage). The cover o

I wrote “Dante’s 9” end of 2012 after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. I was shocked and devastated. I can’t imagine being one of those parents. Getting a call, hearing that there was a mass shooting in the school, finding out that your child was among the twenty that this man killed. How should one continue living after that? The worst thing is that one does. One continues living, knowing that their child is dead, and they will never ever be able see her or him a

I believe that literary work doesn’t really belong to me any more once it’s out in the public. Every reader then makes of it whatever they want in their own imagination. So my intention was to not talk about “Far Away” at all, but there are two things that are mentioned in the story that I would like you to see/hear. The sculpture that Moira mentions to Jack is the famous sculpture of Gregory of Nin in the coastal city of Split, Croatia. The sculpture is made by an artist

I’m reading “On writing” by Stephen King. I love it, as most of his fans or aspiring writers would/do. Two reasons: First of all, this is the first book of his where I can actually “hear” him, Stephen King himself. Not Carrie White or Stu Redman. But Stephen King. And it was very nice to “get to know” him like that. And funnily enough, he reminds me of Dan Simmons’ Martin Silenius, a satirical character in the epic “Hyperion”. Secondly, what I just absolutely loved is tha

I’m re-writing Book #1 right now. A few of my beta readers told me the meat on the bone is missing. So, I’m adding the muscle right now, doing some "body pump", some "jogging", "swimming"… Hopefully the body will be in good shape once the second draft is finished. In any case, in one of these new muscle-building chapters, my main character encounters a person who she already met at the beginning of the book (that part I wrote new as well). As they approached each other, I tho

Some months ago a beta reader gave me feedback on Book #1. It was useful and important feedback that I needed to address, but at that moment my first frightened thought was: I can’t. I don’t know how. The beta reader wanted to know more. More of everything. More about the past, about the future, about the characters, about their lives before and their lives now, more about the place, about this world, about the political situation. As I listened to it, I thought, “There’s a

A few days ago I met two good friends of mine. We exchanged our news over a minimalistic, but dirt-expensive dinner, and sooner or later we came to my new writing career. While talking about books and my writing efforts, one of my friends tells me that she knows she won’t like my books. I am puzzled and ask her why. She says: because I know your stories always have a happy end. We are going a little bit into a topic I covered some months back, but this is what I told her:

A good book is when I can’t wait for my next available free time to sit and read the next few pages. When I read the page on the left and my eyes keep jumping to the page on the right, desperate to find out what will happen. A book that I often rewind: I go back to read a paragraph again and again, because I really liked it. A story where I identify with a character: someone who is good, brave, but still has some minor faults I can relate to. A book where I can tell that the

Think of yourself coming into a painter’s studio. The wooden floor is splashed with colors. Lots of light streams in from the windows on the south side. Some windows are open and you can hear the murmur from the market below. And the room is full of paintings. Large paintings, small paintings, bright paintings, dark paintings, but – most of them are not yet finished. The painter creates his paining in a flash of inspiration. One morning he is inspired to work on landscapes. T

I think a short story is a little bit like a modern peace of art. A painting that everyone describes differently because it means something different to everyone. I wrote "Forbidden" and it means something different to me then it did to all my beta-readers who gave me their feedback. And I think this is the way it should be. Once out, the story is yours to make out of it what you want. However, I would be curious of what this story means to you, so please, give me some comme

"Forbidden" is now on iTunes and Barnes and Noble!! :)

She wants it. She needs it. But she can’t have it. It’s forbidden. But she takes it anyway. "Forbidden" free on Smashwords.com

I bring muddy pawprints on dark wooden floor, Get two yummy bellyfulls but I meow for one more. I jump up high, pressing fly under my right paw, Snatch it, crunch it in two bites, delicious though it‘s raw. I wake up from my midday sleep, I strech, yawn, then sit, I look around for cuddly place. See Mom. Mmm. Good fit. Then I snuggle on her laptop, pressing shift, delete, ignore, She smiles, gives me best of cuddles while I purr and snore. Evening is all quiet, bo

No text here. Just holiday. Only holiday. No book writing either. Will continue in few weeks. As soon as I can put together more then 10 words ... :)

It’s Tuesday evening, past 11, and my friend and I are still discussing the topic I brought up. She looks at me over a half full glass of Bellini and says, “You could still copy EL James… Take each third word, no one will point fingers at you for copycatting and it would still be a good sex scene.” We are, of course, talking about writing sex scenes in my books. I find writing those difficult, but I want to have them in for two reasons. Firstly, if I am reading a love story

I have just finished draft of the book ♯1! But that doesn’t mean it will shine tomorrow on Amazon’s bestseller list. :) There’s a long road still ahead. At this stage my book is written and self-edited, but what I now need is a second pair of eyes (or several of them). So before I give the book to an editor, I need to get input from beta-readers. Who are beta-readers? They are the first readers to read the book after an alpha-reader (which in this case is me, the author)

I know I keep repeating myself, but I’ve almost finished the book #1. Almost. What I’d like to cover in this (quick) post is the ending: should it be a complete ending of Book #1 with final conclusion or a cliffhanger. As it looks right now, I’m going to write a cliffhanger in book #1. Not because I want to hook you so that you buy the book # 2 (at least not entirely), but because if I am to finish the story (the way I like) I would still need to write another 30 to 50