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LittWorld leads to published book

Tuesday, 28 April 2015 / Published in LittWorld, publishing, writing

LittWorld leads to published book

By Yahya Djuanda, Indonesia

The LittWorld 2012 conference in Kenya had a really big impact on me, especially on my writing goals. I also learned much from other participants about how committed they are in writing with Christian values.

I met four people who really reignited my writing passion. They were from d1_014 indonesian greeting AfricanMongolia, China, Egypt and India. Their countries are similar to mine, Indonesia, where Christianity is a minority religion. They live their writing careers as a small light sparkling in the darkness of the country. They write a lot and help people without using Christian jargon. They are very inspiring to me. After Kenya, I continued to email with them.

Back in Indonesia, the conference experiences and inspirations slowly but surely made me stronger and more confident in my writing goals. I must be a light for my country through my writing. During my service as an editor at Berkat Christian magazine, I started to write a general book about fathering and a husband’s calling and responsibility. By “general book” I mean not an explicitly Christian book.

Why am I writing the book? Today in Indonesia there are some 220,000 legal divorces per year as noted in the Religion Office, or about 700 per day! These happen for various reasons, mostly disharmony, followed by economic reasons and domestic violence, and divorce occurs among young couples with low education.

My wife, a Sunday school teacher, also mentioned how many of her kids’ parents have problems. She was visiting kids’ houses to get to know the families deeper, and often found that the parents had problems in their marriage, such as living separately, not talking to each other, and domestic violence, but they were still in a legal marriage. In most of the families’ cases, the cause was the husband.

These cases will negatively impact soul development, mental strength and the religious lives of the kids. It will affect the kids’ personalities and characters, and impact his/her own future family. I heard a call in my heart to write about the issue.

I was a participant of a book writing camp in November (4 days and 3 nights, a year after the Kenya meeting), and during the camp I wrote the wholeYahya-book-cover-An draft of my first book. The camp was supervised by Edy Zaqeus, a Catholic best-selling author, ghost writer and writer coach.

My book title is: Andakah suami keren itu? (Are You A Cool Husband?). The book is about a husband’s calling and his responsibility as the head of family. The draft is finished, endorsements are there, and the quotes and jokes are in place.

We congratulate Yahya! After he wrote this article, one of Indonesia’s large general publishing houses released his book in October 2014. It’s now available on Amazon.

141124LittWorldPosHave you considered attending LittWorld 2015? Join us in Singapore, November 1 to 6. Don’t miss our triennial conference for Christian writers, editors and publishing staff from around the world. Invest in your publishing ministry and the readers you serve. You will gain fresh skills, vision and networks and become part of the global LittWorld “family.” Register today.

Tagged under: Christian, Indonesia, publishing

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3 Comments to “ LittWorld leads to published book”

  1. Joan Campbell says :Reply
    April 29, 2015 at 11:19 am

    It’s so lovely to read what an impact LittWorld had on Yahya, and how it sparked such a significant book. Well done Yahya, on the book, but even more so on shining Christ’s light in your country.

  2. Grace Q. Estano says :Reply
    September 17, 2020 at 4:22 am

    I have been a writer/novelist/contributor in MOD Magaine, a family oriented magazine here in the Philippines. Unfortunately, it had closed down in 2008. I was also a writercontributor to Woman’s Home Companion Magazine, Aglow Magazine, Light Touch Magazine (a Christian magazine) and others. I would like to contribute to LittWorld but I don’t know how to go about it.

    1. Dawn Jewell says :Reply
      September 17, 2020 at 9:55 am

      Hi, Grace, thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself and comment. We do not publish unsolicited articles like other magazines. However, we encourage you to take advantage of our resources for writers, such as joining our upcoming free webinars, subscribing to our e-newsletter and blog, and following us on social media. In addition, we invite you to participate in our 3 remaining monthly writing contests, Sept-Nov. You’ll find details at https://littworld.org/writing-contest/ . Thank you!

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