I had a great time at the Lenape School Library Fair yesterday (If I would have known that it was also 'Crazy Hair Day' I would have done something with mine). I spoke to many awesome young readers about Joshua's adventures and signed a lot of copies. It inspired me to work on the sequel and prequel to The Three Feathers even more and to get through writing it faster. As a writer it is always very helpful to know who you are writing for.
If you have read the book, feel free to write me with your comments at stefanbolz@yahoo.com or leave a review on Amazon.
I also wanted to tell you about the German translation of The Three Feather. As I am writing this, a friend of mine is working on it very diligently. I'm expecting the book to come out sometime over the summer. Because German is my native language it will be interesting to read it once the rough translation is done. To read something in your native tongue is always deeper, affects you more than in any other language, however long you have known the other one. I very much look forward to reading it. This is in part due to my having been influenced by German fair tales like the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen. A few of those tales made their way into The Three Feathers for sure.
I also met several young readers yesterday who expressed an interest in writing. If you are reading this and you have an idea about a story or a book or even just a scene, as crazy and 'far out' as it might seem to you now, just dive in and let yourself completely immerse in it, if only for a few hours. See what happens. Put your pen to paper (or your fingers to the keyboard) and write. The Three Feathers is nothing but me giving complete permission to myself to dream up a story as fantastical as this one. Let your imagination soar and see where it takes you. I always use my iPhone's voice recorder when I get an idea about something and record it immediately - even if it's 2AM at night. Those ideas are usually the best ones. Several of the scenes and images in The Three Feathers came to me at night or while driving my car. As a writer it is your job to catch those ideas. They usually only appear once. You gotta be quick and don't let them pass by.
Until next time, best of luck to you,
Stefan
Thanks alot for the book. Yeserday at lenape. Its Amber here and i read your book last night. I stayed up until 3:25 a.m last night reading your book. It was great. You should make a sequal. :) This book of your inspired me to start writing my own books :) hope i get as far as you did one day. :) I think you should ddicate one of your books to me lol ive asked a lot of authirs they all said no. dont have to just a thought. Wel thanks for the book and thanks for inspiring me! -Amber
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Hi Amber,
DeleteI'm glad you liked the book. I could tell that you might. About making a recording of it: I will, in fact, attempt to do an audio version of the book sometime this year. You will be the first to know when it happens. I'm glad reading the book inspired you to write. Don't let anything ever stop you. Just start and see where your imagination takes you. There are no limits to what you can do. And now that you have such great companions on your journey, like Grey and Joshua and Wind and all the others, nothing can stop you anymore.
Be well and let me know from time to time how you are doing.
Very best wishes,
Stefan
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