1. What inspired you to write this
book?
I wanted something
to change my world, a painting that would make that happen. I wanted something
I’d never seen
before in the art world. I used to sit for hours late at night thinking about
what to paint that would make that change. It was Egg lady
wearing a scarf that made that change.
When my husband
first saw Egg Lady, he said Ta, you’ve gone mad
nobody will buy that, later that morning, I put it on sale, and it sold within
10 minutes, and I could have sold it ten times more. Now my Eggs are hanging on
walls all over the world.
I always thought of
my Eggs as real people and I imagined them living on a deserted island but I
wanted more than that which is where Captain Thomas and his crew come in.
2.
What exactly is it about — and who is it written for?
In the middle of a
great ocean was a small Island that had never been discovered; at the turn of
the century, when the great sail-ships were plying their trade across the seas,
a small shipping company in London operated by Captain Thomas was in decline.
There was a chance he would have to sell the business to pay the growing debts
after seven generations.
Captain Thomas set sail from London with seven
crew and cargo that could save the company. It’s attacked by Moon Black, a vigilant monster and protector of Egg Island and its people.
For some unknown reason, Captain Thomas and the crew were the first crew ever
to survive and wash up on Egg Island, but unfortunately, the valuable cargo was
lost.
Both parties are
shocked when the crew and the people on the island see each other for the first
time. Both are perfectly normal; apart from their faces, the Island people's
faces look like fried eggs the crew had just eaten for breakfast.
The Island is full
of characters and strange things, but do not be alarmed because it’s normal
here. Apart from the Egg people, dolphins, including a giant one as big as a
ship and one even bigger who, sleep at the bottom of the sea. Baboons who think
they own the place; firebugs as big as coconuts who light up the village; giant
turtles who protect the kids when swimming; coconut crabs, bright orange with
cat-like habits who like their belly scratched; little bees with big eyes
always sharing honey and mushrooms that produce eggs.
Captain Thomas and
his crew live with the Egg people for eight months while they rebuild the ship
to return home; there are many stories, including a court case held by talking
baboons. The ship is ready to return home; it is loaded with a chest full of treasure
(unbeknown to Captain Thomas, as is Sabo, who is stowed away on the ship):
London, stories of treasure, greed, evil and kidnapping. A chase back to Egg
Island, another attack by Moon Black. Justice prevails, Sabo returns home, Egg
Island is destroyed, another Island is to be found, and an Egg family return to
London for more adventures.
I think it’s a book
that will appeal to all ages 2 of my best review are from an eight year old
girl to a 71 year old lady.
3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book?
Enjoyment a couple
of hours in a beautiful place and a story of friendship and kindness of greed
and betrayal, but how doing the right thing in the face of adversity can
bring reward.
4. How did you
decide on your book’s title and cover
design?
The tittle was
fairly obvious and the cover I wanted to show Sabo on the Island and in London
so people would look at it and think whats that?
5. What advice or
words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!?
Never give up I
wrote in on my phone in Thai my husband and daughter helped to translate to
English it took months the translation was not right it was not capturing what
I had in my mind so I sat with my husband who has dyslexia and we went through
it line by line at times I thought one of us is not going to get out of this
alive. I was not happy until it was exactly as I wanted it to be and luckily we
are both still here.
6. What trends in
the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing
industry is heading?
I think the book
world is like the art world going from strength to strength. I left school at
twelve to work in the rice fields I now live on a small Island in the South of
Thailand with the internet I can showcase my artwork and sent to all round the
world the I’m doing the same now with my book. People will always want
beautiful things art & books that they look at and feel NFTs was to be the
biggest thing but I sold a lot of real art to an NFT collector who said he
wanted something real to look at.
Beauty will never
die.
7. Were there
experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when
writing this book?
I remembered my
school days; when I was a kid at school, we
would have to take our lunch box as there were no kitchen or cooking
facilities. When the dinner bell rang, we would all sit on the floor to eat our
lunch.
Almost every day, I
had a fried egg on rice, and the other kids would say, ‘Ta fried egg again, you
will start looking like a fried egg’.
8. How would you
describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to?
I only know my own
style when I was a kid, we never had books so I don’t have a lot of experience
with books and how they are written.
9. What challenges
did you overcome in the writing of this book?
it was only later
in life when I met my husband he got me reading books, some years back we went
to the UK and I couldn’t believe how many people were on busses and trains
readings books and book shops and art galleries everywhere especially with the
art galleries I was like a kid in a sweetshop.
Getting it out of
my head onto paper, getting out of my head was the easy bit translating it to
English was a challenge and it would have been easy to give up and concentrate
on my paintings I was making a good living and thought more than once do I need
this hassle but I am glad I persevered and I'm very proud of the book and the
feedback I get from people who have read it.
10. If people can
buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?
Because Egg Island
is full of characters and strange things, but do not be alarmed because it’s
normal here. Apart from the Egg people, dolphins sleep at the bottom of the
sea, including a giant one as big as a ship and one even bigger. Baboons who
think they own the place; firebugs as big as coconuts who light up the village;
giant turtles who protect the kids when swimming; coconut crabs, bright orange
with cat-like habits who like their belly scratched; little bees with big eyes
always sharing honey and mushrooms that produce eggs and of course Captain Thomas
and his shipwrecked crew and you can’t read about that anywhere else.
About
The Author: I am Thai and an international
best-selling artist I paint people they may not look like your normal person.
One day I was frying eggs for my husband and thought that would make a great
face so my Eggs were born and I’ve sent my Egg people all over the world I have
sent my art to 68 countries. For more info, please see: https://www.instagram.com/taartist/
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