Saya merasa di Indonesia, menulis belum mendapat ruang yang cukup di sekolah. Padahal saat ini semua dilakukan dengan menulis. Mulai dari menulis email, menulis pesan via whatsapp/bbm, ngetwit sampai update status. Semua membutuhkan keahlian menulis. Jika tidak biasa menulis, bisa-bisa yang ditulis akan menimbulkan kebingungan dan salah kaprah banyak orang, pesan dalam tulisan tidak akan [...]
For the latest Nulis Buku Club meetup, we picked ‘Set Writing Goals for 2013‘ as the topic of the meetup. We invite one of the most productive writers, @IfaAvianty, writers of 70 books, to share her tips on setting writing goals. Mbak Ifa explained that we have to check our time availibility, physical health, emotional [...]
I was interviewed in a talk show in MNCtv News yesterday about my book ‘Yes, You Can!‘ with Bella Fawzi and Adjat. After the show, I sat down for a while in their couch to eat some delicious cookies :)) – then one of the crew come to me. He said, “Miss… I really want [...]
With writing life becomes more interesting. Writing teaches to most of us that we are not looking at things as closely as we ought to and we are not understanding them as deeply as we ought. These days, we let life slide off us. -Ted Hughes I travel to Bali for Ubud Writers and Readers Festival [...]
“In 100 years, we will not be known for our technological advances; rather we will be known for how we used technology to tackle some of humanity’s biggest challenges.” ~ Adnan Mahmud, Co-Founder Jolkona.org I had the privilege to attend @AdnanMahmud session at @atamerica when he was visiting Indonesia last week. In a way, I felt that [...]
It’s been 8 years since I published my first book. And last Saturday, September 15th, 2012, I launched my 25th book called, ‘Yes, You Can!‘ at Universitas Indonesia’s library. Thanks @NouraBooks and @UI_Library for making it happen. It was a mixed feelings. I still can’t believe that there are people coming to an event just for me [...]
Who’s your most inspiring teacher? That is the question we asked on NulisBuku.com & Biovision’s writing competition with theme: Vision for Education in Indonesia: Gratitude to My Teacher. It got 200++ short stories submitted in less than 2 weeks. And finally we announce 3 winners, @Aida_aie @Steve_Me_Pure @Wuri27to experience free traveling to Belitung Islands in the [...]
This month I had a situation that make me have to write a novella (shorter version of novel) in 13 days (don’t ask why, it’s a long story hehe). It’s in the same time where I have to start 2 new biz ventures, one is Salsabeela fashion line (and Salsabeela boutique launch!) and other is [...]
I have just published 2 books in the past 2 months, they are Cerita Sahabat & Rahasia Penulis Hebat Menciptakan karakter tokoh. Both of the books are published at Gramedia Pustaka Utama (GPU), they’re one of the biggest publishers in Indonesia, and I’m excited to partner with a lot of great writers in those books. But [...]
So what is your definition of success? It’s really hard to measure. A lot of journalists would ask me about how much my companies make. And of course I’m not comfortable in answering that. But they need numbers to sell in their media. Apparently people still need that to be motivated. So they’d keep pushing [...]
When you create excitement, education happened! That’s what I learn from watching one of TED videos about a professor who put PCs in slum areas in India and just let it there without doing any mentoring to the kids around. In days, even hours, a lot of them could create things using the computer. No [...]
Petualangan menulis saya sebenarnya dimulai dari saat saya sekolah di bangku SMP. Saya mulai menggambar komik, dan menulis ceritanya. Waktu itu, masih benar-benar meniru komik terkenal Happy Mari Chan dengan rambut kriwil-nya yang menggemaskan Saat SMA, saya mulai lebih sering menulis. Ini karena saya mulai mengenal cinta. Tentu, bagi kebanyakan orang, cinta adalah salah satu [...]