The Salt Prejudice

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Synopsis:

What does it take for us to have a courage in life? How one of a million hearts would hold to paint their life into a piece of poem? It is all written in a single poetry. Consists of ten spiritual poems and short stories about a bitter taste of life, sadness, joyousness, and living as a human being. That’s it: A poetry for souls.

The Salt Prejudice

04 January 2016

Golden Arch Books

7,000 words. 101 pages.

10 chapters (+Introduction)

English

Poetry & Short Stories

e-Libraries and e-Bookstores Distribution of the Poetry Book "The Salt Prejudice" Following the Discontinuation of Its Print Copies

In Creating the Magic behind The Salt Prejudice :

I started writing this book on the 3rd until 10th January 2016, so it was approximately about a week. Fiuh, pretty much?

I was writing the whole ten poems and its short stories in constant four days, and making cover design plus learning the self-publishing world of Smashwords in two days.

Everything started because I was planning to undergo a trial and error in a world of self-publishing before I might put the other books to born into the wild world. Since it always has a so-not-good stereotype in my country, so, it was a risky business though.

I had planned to put the book (The Salt Prejudice) on Smashwords since so many people has said that it was a good place to start. So yeah, I took a look and until now, I love the agreement and deals they have offered me for the promo and worldwide distribution, which are all amazingly so good to be true. But that’s all the truth. I was precisely gave it a try and threw all my luck in there. It was great. Just within an hour after I published the book, someone has already reviewed it with four stars… ooouch it made my heart so flattered.

This book once got pirated by someone’s very irresponsible on the internet.

I think that was the risk of getting out a sample without applying a digital protection. But seriously, imagine the feeling that I had; it was my first time publishing a book, and within a day, somebody stole the content and sharing it without my prior consent. However, the download link is broken by now.

Note that the publication was originally on the 4th January, because the book was a trial and wasn’t finished at that time, I gave out a free sample for three poems and its stories, until the later publication date on the 10th January, I’ve already submitted for the new edition that available for official purchase.

The Songs that Triggered the Visionary Dreams :

I wrote while the music was playing constantly, which made the inspirations felt so overwhelming and more vivid inside my head. A little note: I was actually started listening to these songs when I had reached the fifth chapter “The Mountain and Hills” and precisely for chapter “The Devil in You” was the song’s called Wild Side by Cross My Heart Hope to Die, which was always hovering inside my head like a spectrum, sounded similar like the echo inside a cave. So inspired!

Here is the song playlist I listened when writing :

Atlas by Yaarrohs
Run by Rhodes
Mountain by Yaarrohs
You There by Aquilo
Red Dust by James Vincent McMorrow
Wild Side by Cross My Heart Hope to Die
Welcome the Storm by Clann (Instrumental)
White Flower by Clann (Instrumental)

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Reviews :

The Salt Prejudice

I don’t know much about reviewing poetry, but in my humble opinion, I would say this work has potential. It seems good to me.

—Andrew Bushard, Author, Smashwords ⭐⭐⭐⭐

First of all, let’s talk about the cover. IT’S FREAKING GORGEOUS. Okay, I don’t know about you, but I really like artsy things (especially pictures or videos) so I really love the cover for this book. Everything about the cover is basically just perfect!

Personally, before I read this book, I really thought that I wouldn’t like it because poetry or poem are just not my stuff but I ended up really like this book. Both the poetries and the stories were all really inspiring and beautiful. However, I didn’t have any favorites just because I thought they were all just the same, like there was no specialities in each of them. In my opinion, they’re all just same with each other which is poetry for souls (see what I did there?)