Ask the Author: Jonathan Butcher
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Jonathan Butcher
There are three events which occurred in my life which made me believe that I could write:
- my sister wrote a kids' book as part of her high-school creative writing course and everyone who read it loved it. (We are looking into having this published)
- one of my brothers picked up one of his high-school creative writing assignments and started reading it "narrator voice"; he made it sound so professional, even though he was just fooling around, that it struck me: "this is how it happens - someone just has to put some confidence behind an idea"
- my colleague and now co-author, Leila Heidari-Faroughi, found out about my interest in writing and expressed her own interest, then invited me to collaborate on a project idea she had been thinking about for a while
As for current inspiration, it is in the world all around us. A lot of my favorite movies are actually screen-plays of novels; the ideas for those novels came from their authors' experiences somewhere in life
- my sister wrote a kids' book as part of her high-school creative writing course and everyone who read it loved it. (We are looking into having this published)
- one of my brothers picked up one of his high-school creative writing assignments and started reading it "narrator voice"; he made it sound so professional, even though he was just fooling around, that it struck me: "this is how it happens - someone just has to put some confidence behind an idea"
- my colleague and now co-author, Leila Heidari-Faroughi, found out about my interest in writing and expressed her own interest, then invited me to collaborate on a project idea she had been thinking about for a while
As for current inspiration, it is in the world all around us. A lot of my favorite movies are actually screen-plays of novels; the ideas for those novels came from their authors' experiences somewhere in life
Jonathan Butcher
Do it! Just do it! You will never know where it will take you or what will happen. And even if it doesn't bring fame and fortune, a book is the expression of your ideas; it is you sharing your perspective and your voice.
Jonathan Butcher
I wrote this book with a friend and co-author, Leila Heidari-Faroughi; Leila is originally from Persia (Iran) the idea for the book was hers and she invited me to collaborate on it with her.
The vision behind this project was to present references to Persian culture and legend in such a way as to inspire children and young people of Iranian descent to remember and understand their cultural heritage, even though they were born or are growing up outside of Iran.
The vision behind this project was to present references to Persian culture and legend in such a way as to inspire children and young people of Iranian descent to remember and understand their cultural heritage, even though they were born or are growing up outside of Iran.
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