by hidayat | May 28, 2023 | Blog Post
CONGRATULATIONS to those of you who have made it to the shortlist of the Poetry Competition! It was not an easy task to select only eight poems from the 26 that were entered, but from these eight poems we will have our two winners and runners-up. Don’t forget to...
by hidayat | May 23, 2023 | Blog Post
A poem expresses emotions, touches the heart, speaks to the soul, and inspires the imagination. Poetry is not easy to write. It takes talent and skill to create specific images, or word pictures, and to express emotions about a particular theme. It is very unlike...
by hidayat | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog Post
I had always been awkward to the point of comedic. Not that I actively went out of my way to be funny, mind you. It was simply my low self-esteem combined with my implicit belief that I was ugly – I detested the huge blob of a nose I had inherited from daddy dearest –...
by hidayat | Jan 9, 2022 | Blog Post
Celebrities have such a huge influence on our lives that many actors have come to think of themselves as untouchable, perfect and irreproachable. In reality, they are only human beings who bleed when they are cut, to borrow a line from Shakespeare. Their arrogance has...
by hidayat | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog Post
Why is it that self-published authors are forced to use a book distributing agent to get their books into book stores? I think it’s a shame that places like Bargain Books and Exclusive Books refused to accept my novel simply because I didn’t approach them...
by hidayat | Aug 7, 2021 | Blog Post
In answer to Lathlin’s question, she nodded once. Lathlin looked at her more intently, then said, “May I approach, Your Emptiness? I need to observe more closely the energies swirling around you. You may have your Harvesters search me for weapons, but I assure you, I...