Aside from dancing, sketching, photography, graphics designing, 3D and of computer technology, I love reading fiction novels and books, of course writing short stories as well but not that good.
It began when I was successfully influenced by my intelligent nerd high school classmates. Pretty cool and thanks to them. One of my favorite book that I have read was
Lord of the Rings by
JRR Tolkien and
Harry Potter by
JK Rowling. In fact, aside from books I also have a collections of their series films. I am an avid fan and no one can't stop me. Sometimes, I dream wearing an old cloak, holding a magic wand or so memorize spells and even wonderful charms. You might think I am a crazy wizard but I'm not, just a fanatics.
I also inclined reading different children's books. I do still remember
The Runaway Soup of
Sesame Street,
Grover's marvelous adventure. Remember?
Yeah, books! Talking about books, I will be introducing another good book which is
Trockle,
The Monster Under the Bed by
Miss Holly Jahangiri, a professional writer with over 20 years of experience in technical writing, poetry, free lancing, fiction and editing. Taken from the site
Imaginary Friends here's the description of the book:
"
Stephen does not like to go to bed because he knows a monster is underneath. Even when told that Monster repellent was sprayed under the bed, he knows it did not work. Under the bed, Trockle does not want to go to sleep because he's afraid of the huge monster above. "
Exciting! When I was young my parents always insisting me that there were monster underneath my bed. They really scared me at the time tons. It really made me scared, so scared.
About
Trockle, the monster under
Stephen's bed. In his
INTERVIEW with
Noah,
Trockle was obviously a humorous monster, in addition, he loves sweets and candies, also of vegies like carrots and brussels sprouts, wow that's green living by the way. Like
Stephen, when I was young (again) I do not like vegetables because of its disgusting taste. Almost all children complains about vegies, vegetables and vegetables but
Trockle loves them as good as he rolls under the bed. A good role model for the children, isn't he? And guess what? He has a pet, no joking, not just one but many, one that includes three silverfish, a cockroach (maybe they are now mounted and multiplied, so cockroaches) and houseflies. Including
Flisgo the
Fish and
Billy Bob Bee, but only it was a secret and he reasoned not to tell to his mom (maybe now his mother knows it then). And if you want
Trockle to visit your bed, just put dirty socks and dust bunnies under, for sure he will be visiting you but with
Stephen. Haha! That was really reasonable humor. Wonderful monster
Trockle.
Childrens enjoyed his story last year and
Irma is taking off the blast this year and to the next. I want to buy the
Trockle as well and include it in my small library, I will check the book from the nearest bookstore here and or buy it online. A must read books.
On the other hand, I will enjoy
Irma's
A Puppy Not a Guppy and thanks to
Miss Holly Jahangiri that I was chosen to have one of her autographed copies of
the book. Thank you very much! Aside from
Trockle, it's also a good book that you will certainly in love with. For information and details, visit
Imaginary Friends HERE and or read my
POST.
Excited to meet
Irma and her guppies (
Lightning,
Herman and
Oscar). I will be introducing her as well to my shubunkin fish and feeder fish. They have also names,
Ena,
Dric,
Azar,
Elga,
Lyth,
Ryff, and the two feeders
Aff and
Aven. And hoping that
Trockle will visit here soon, it will be a great significant discussion and of chance.
And to you my readers to have concrete ideas on effective writing let's hear it from the author her self,
Miss Holly Jahangiri.
With all the books and stories you've written and published, which of them is your favorite and less of? And how do you write effective stories?"
Japaul, which of my stories is my favorite?? I enjoyed writing all of them. (The ones I don’t enjoy writing end up in the trash can, and I try not to dwell on them – too many great things to remember, without wasting brain cells on the ones that weren’t.) How do I write effective stories? I hope they’re “effective”… to me, that means I’ve done one or more of the following: entertained the reader, taught someone a new skill, provoked a thought or two, changed an opinion, clarified something that wasn’t easily understood before – depends on what I’m writing, and who the audience is. The best way to do that, I think, is not to bore the reader to tears. And the only way I know to do that is not to bore myself to sleep while I’m writing. Maybe you think I’m kidding, but I’m not. I have a low boredom threshold. Not everyone likes every story I’ve ever written, but “boring” is not one of the more common criticisms I hear.
When writing fiction, it sometimes helps to start right in the middle of the action, or to lead off with some dialogue – maybe an emotional snippet from the middle of the conversation. Many writers feel this overwhelming urge to give you all the backstory before diving into the story; I’d rather reveal that bit by bit, at the point in the story where it becomes important to know."
Irma's answer to:
What do you feel that your story is now a reality? And if your mom and dad agree now to have you a puppy, what breed you want and what about the guppies do you still love them if ever?"Irma wrote her answer down and asked me to type it in. She is at a friend’s birthday party right now. “
I still want a puppy, but I understand why Mom and Dad don’t. I hope they’ll change their minds one day, but for right now – even though I’ve been teasing them and Miss Holly all week – I’m pretty happy with Herman, Oscar, and Lightning. Those are my guppies’ names. They’re pretty cool. And I wouldn’t want them to get jealous or think I’m more interested in having a puppy than I am in them. I do think they know stuff, even if they can’t talk. But if I got a puppy, I think I’d want a big dog, like a Keeshond. Miss Holly’s been telling me about hers. She had a little black Poodle that was really sweet and cute, but she said Keeshonds are scary smart dogs. I heard about this dog, once, that could do addition and subtraction problems, and I’d like to see if I could train one to do math. Miss Holly says her Keeshond used to pull her on her bike and give her rides, and that sounds like fun. A little tiny dog couldn’t do that. Would I still love the fishies? Yeah, they’ve grown on me. Once you love someone for real, you don’t stop, just because you make new friends, too!"
Smart kid, huh?
And the impressive reply of
Miss Holly Jahangiri to the pet I like the best:
"
Japaul, how many cats have you known? “Humble” is just not a word I’ve EVER thought of in conjunction with a cat. Your fish are beautiful; at first, I thought that photo was a watercolor painting! Lovely."
Are you amazed and inspired now like me? Join the discussion
HERE and chat with the author :D
Now, I am asking you back.
Is there a monster under your bed? Would you also like to meet Trockle as I do? Do you also have an interesting and frightening bed time stories? Drop and share it here.
What are you waiting for? Grab your own copy of
Trockle and
A Puppy, Not a Guppy now!
*Thank you very very much and congratulations
Miss Holly Jahangiri and
Irma.
Merry Christmas in advance. Btw, I included two of your sites on my
Blogosphere lists (
Blog Roll).
