AUTHOR INTERVIEW
1. Let's start the session with your childhood reminiscence!! Oh - that’s a good place to start. Considering that most of the anecdotes and lessons are from my childhood, it makes sense. I had a wonderful childhood for the first 12 years of my life. Wonderful parents, a loving younger sister, a simple middle-class family with great values, a focus on education and life lessons, and a nomadic life (thanks to my dad’s transfers) that opened our eyes to various cultures and experiences. In short, it was a wonderful childhood. 2. How do you know when a manuscript is ready for publication? You usually have a plan in mind, and once the storyline is complete as per plan you know your draft is ready. And then, once you have edited it a few times…maybe half a dozen times….and read it cover to cover to ensure that you missed nothing. Perhaps then. But even with those checkpoints, it is sometimes common to find a little something that slipped your eyes and made it to the published book....