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The Last Three Hostages

The Last Three Hostages (Tiga Sandera Terakhir)

Title: Tiga Sandera Terakhir (a novel)
Subtitle: Terinspirasi dari konflik berdarah di timur Indonesia
Genre: Military thriller
Language: Indonesian
ISBN: 978-602-0989-47-1
Author: Brahmanto Anindito
Editor: Hermawan Aksan & Miranda Harlan
Format: Paperback
Dimension: 14 cm x 21 cm
Thick: 309 + xiv pages
Weight: 280 g
Publisher: Noura Books 2015

Indonesia is in tumult due to a brutal hostage-taking. Five tourists from France, Indonesia and Australia are captured. As it occurs in Papua, the forefingers suddenly point to OPM, a militant organization of West Papua liberation. But surprisingly, OPM denies that. They say, “It’s not us! Taking of hostages won’t bring any good for OPM’s image. Why would we do that?”

Happy End, Sad End, atau Cliffhanger: Alternatif Mengakhiri Cerita atau Bab

Happy End, Sad End, or Cliffhanger?

Ending atau pamungkas suatu cerita barangkali hanya bagian kecil dari bangunan cerita. Namun, perannya begitu krusial, mengingat bagian ini berpengaruh sekali dalam membentuk kesan akhir di benak pembaca. Sebuah ending yang baik tentu dapat membuat audiens membaca atau menonton ulang karya tersebut sambil membawa perasaan kagum… atau kecewa.

Book Writing for Executive Branding talkshow. — “Book Writing for Executive Branding” talkshow. *Photo from Edy Zaques’ Facebook*

Beberapa hari lalu, seorang teman mengajak saya mengikuti talkshow bertajuk Book Writing for Executive Branding yang diadakan di Spazio Building, Surabaya. Saya tertarik karena melihat komposisi pembicaranya yang kelihatannya “seimbang”.

Literary Agent in Indonesia

In the countries with a good literary tradition, the literary agents might be hero. They conjure up the bad manuscripts to the good ones, so the publishers will happily read and/or publish them. But in Indonesia where the writers aren’t so wealth yet, we tend to question their role.

Where do You Put Your Books?

The number of our books continues to grow each year. Thus, we need additional space. How do you deal with that?

Newbies Have Questions

Beberapa bulan belakangan, saya banyak menerima pertanyaan-pertanyaan dasar tentang penulisan. Hm, aneh. Padahal saya bukan guru atau motivator penulisan. Saya cenderung orang lapangan dalam dunia penulisan. Man in the arena, kata Theodore Roosevelt. Bagaimanapun, jika pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu tidak dijawab, kesannya saya sombong. Namun kalau mau dijawab, kok pertanyaannya itu-itu saja, bikin capek, hehehe. Maka tebersitlah …