Monday, October 19, 2009

Prove Them Wrong, Quill Oct-Dec 09





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*Update: The Resurrection of Jonathan Brady just advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2012!  In 2010, an earlier version of The Resurrection of Jonathan Brady made it to Round Two. Then last year, after a major overhaul of the novel, and changing the title from The Lonely Affair of Jonathan Brady to The Resurrection of Jonathan Brady, it was shortlisted for 2011 Faulkner-Wisdom Award.  I knew I was on the right track, so I revised the novel last July/August 2011 and again January/February 2012 for this year’s competition.


Here are links to some of my author-to-author interviews of first novelists:

Ivy Ngeow author of Cry of the Flying Rhino, winner of the 2016 Proverse Prize.

Golda Mowe author of Iban Dream and Iban Journey.

Preeta Samarasan author of Evening is the Whole Day

Chuah Guat Eng,  author of Echoes of Silence and Days of Change. 

Plus:

Beheaded on Road to Nationhood: Sarawak Reclaimed—Part I 

2 comments:

wonda4 said...

A good write-up! Thanks for the encouragement. My motto: RIPs- Resilient,Indefagitable,Persistent, Perseverance, Patience). One day, I hope.... But talent? *Scratching my head.

Borneo Expat Writer said...

Thanks. Don't worry about the talent. There are a lot of talented writers who lack everything you just mentioned. They wasted their talent. Just write and improve your writing and follow your RIPs!