{"id":4916,"date":"2017-11-30T09:36:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T08:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinpur.de\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2017-11-30T09:36:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T08:36:51","slug":"im-writing-a-book-its-going-to-be-a-picture-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/ich-schreibe-ein-buch-es-wird-ein-lese-bildband\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm writing a book - it's going to be an illustrated reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I counted it on my hands, I realised: The good life<\/em><\/a> is book no. 10 from my pen. I found it so impressive that I had to take a deep breath.<\/p>\n

My first attempts at writing<\/h3>\n

I wrote my first book at the age of 13 - or at least I started to. I didn't get beyond one and a half pages back then. But you have to start somewhere.<\/p>\n

When I was at school, I published a book of poems with friends - photocopies of our works. Bound by hand and decorated with paper that we coloured with oil paints in the bathroom sink. There are things you only tell your parents years later.<\/p>\n

The Egg parabolas<\/em>, as we called the opus, didn't make it any further than the first \u201eedition\u201c, which we gave to friends and relatives for Christmas. Unfortunately, poetry is not so popular.<\/p>\n

I didn't end up publishing another completely finished book because when I was finished I felt that it wasn't mature enough and not \u201eme\u201c.<\/p>\n

The fourth attempt was successful.\u00a0Swing. Your life in balance<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>was my first book to be written and printed. And it has now even gone through several editions. As my first work, it will probably always have a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n

I have also written in recent years:<\/p>\n