Today, please join me in welcoming author, Christopher Loke whose debut novel, The Housekeeper’s Son, will be released on May 19th. I mean to say this is a very high drama; a quirky literary thriller. If you don’t believe me, watch the book trailer. With tons of class and elegance, and proper cuisine to round things out. You do not want to miss this book.
Christopher Loke
Planting Cabbages: When did you start writing and what motivated you?
Christopher Loke: I started writing when I was about twelve. I wrote a lot of garbage, things that I am too embarrassed to even share. But the fact is, I got a lot of practice from writing things that did not matter. As the saying goes, “Practice makes perfect.”
As I grew older, I started to read more—from Shakespeare to Jane Austen to Michael Crichton. Then I realized what was missing in all of my stories: the so-what factor. I began to find subjects that I cared about and wrote them down. I wanted to write about things that mattered, subjects that could trigger an emotion and cause people to think. But as easy as it sounds, it was anything but easy. It wasn’t until I was in my early 30’s that I even began to write seriously. At this time, I had all the experience in life I needed to write a book that might matter to a lot of people. Hence, The Housekeeper’s Son.
The one thing that motivated me as I wrote was the sheer fact that one day I would be read across the globe. My book would change someone’s life.
The Housekeeper’s Son Book Trailer.
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