It was 8th years after my debut Novel at 2013. I was written lot of novel back then and several was published on mayor publisher, indie publisher, even online platform called Cabaca last year. There's around 10th Novel since back then and I was called as passive writer cause I have no workshop before.
But today, I was invited by a community of woman's writer to shared about my experiences in literature.
It was my first time invited to talked about my experiences and honestly I was nervous. I even can's sleep in D-1. I can't explained with much words except I nervous and excited in same time.
The talk show started at 4 pm. I have no preparation while wish I can talk active like another speakers.
Actually, I can't talk confidently. It's so hard for me to translate anything in my head to be words. I will make a space to make hmm, ng.. like, may be, for a while before I continued talk. And it's happened again.
The show hosting by Fatmi, who was humble person. Firstly she asked me to introduced my self which is I just said that I'm Vivie Hardika and I'am an author and reporter. Haha...
She then asked me how I started writing, and I shared that I was 8th grade when I started written a poem. It's not a good poem like professional writer back then. I've only written simply poem about romance and hubbub. Even I read that now I was like, oh no what is it? How disgusting my world back then.
Day by day, years by years, I started to moving forward to short story and sending to many medias. When I seen my works in the medias, I've been more motivated to writing, and from there I've been interested to write a fiction novel. I prefer romance teen lit or teen literature cause I loved to imagined everything what I can't done when I was teenager. So witting is my way to have another journey.
My first novel was teen-lit entitled True Love was published at 2013, and another novel in the following year. Until now I can describe how my feeling when my novel get published approval. It was like, Oh My God my dream come true and I was excited to see my novel in bookstore. That was a great feeling in my life.
It's all my book who was published.
My novel on online platform
Now my time to writing fiction is limited cause I have a job. I wish this year I can publish one more novel. One of my goals this year is comeback with adult-romance novel. I wish I could.
During the talk show I felt sorry to the host cause I can't be more talk active. Even though I wish I can be speakers again and sharing my experiences properly.