Another Victoria's Secrets

So I tried making some illustration for Gapura novel and here they are. The first image shows Drupadi went out of the portal to catch a butterfly and in the second image Bima & Rani are about to enter the portal, looking for Drupadi to return her pendant. More of these will be inserted to the novel--and I need your prayers for the process of getting them to published nationally.. :)

For now you can visit nulisbuku for order and purchase. Thankies fellas! :)

My book GAPURA is officially published now via nulisbuku.com. Indonesian readers can order and read the printed words while readers outside Asia & Pacific can purchase it at Amazon Kindle. After you have the book in your hand and read it, I'll inform the book signing and discussion later, which will take place around South Jakarta for now, perhaps on mid September. (update: the book is inactive in Kindle because it is not written in English. Will work on this in the following year through an official publisher when I get one).

Below is the review, in Bahasa Indonesia:

I am so excited because tomorrow, August 27, 2014--at my mother's birthday--my first (physical) book of Gapura is gonna be published online. I'll let you informed about where to buy it. Just don't forget to buy it! The e-book is already available to purchase here (except for Asia & Pacific). Thanks guys!

Funny the way we meet people in our lives. I had just finished my first book of the trilogy I planned and meant to bind the printed manuscript at the near photo copy parlor in the complex yesterday. The middle-aged man who operates the machine asked me what the book is about and I told him the main idea, which led to a half hour conversation about our nation's history.

We both agree that Indonesia--that refers to Java--is a way bigger nation than what we know now, and we agreed on many subjects about Nuswantara. It's just funny how we could meet interesting people in the least predictable place. Like when I first met my soul mate two years ago. It was truly a random and unpredictable one. At the end of our conversation, he gave the binding fee free for me. It was nothing actually, but he just created a friendship here.

Anyway, I am extremely happy with this first draft I've been working on for almost 2 months now. It's close to perfect for me, tho I still don't know what's the editor/publisher gonna say about this. But at least I've finished a book now, which had been my dream since 2003. Geez it took me 11 years to get it really done, but I don't regret any of the process because this book is way beyond my imagination. I'm working on the second one already now.

Please pray for this baby of mine to be born and shown to the world! :) :)