From Spark To Flame

Every human endeavor, be it of greatness or hideous, starts with a spark in a human mind. Or sometimes, with sparks in multiple human minds! Like in the case of the world famous San Francisco Golden Gate bridge. This bridge which materialized with the design by a team lead by Chief Engineer Joseph Strauss, was initially conceived by many common folks on both sides shores who used to shuttle between the two using ferries. In fact, people started thinking about a bridge in the late 19th century itself. But it took time to take shape as there were several engineering hurdles to overcome - the ocean currents, the strong winds, and the clouds and the mist that cover the bridge surface most of the time.

Thus came into being this suspension bridge which is almost 2 kms long and a quarter kilometer tall! The key to the idea was that spark in the minds of the people to connect the two ends. We do get several such sparks in our minds daily, don't we? What do we do with them?

Sparks for short stories also happen in the same fashion in our minds. And then, the plot builds and becomes a flame that burns within us till it becomes a story and be placed in the hands of our readers in the form of a book, or in front of their monitors, these days!

From spark to flame is where the author's space is. In these days of ubiquity of English short stories everywhere, it takes a lot to create a niche and an image as an author, to be a brand that's liked by the audience. A lot of research and experience goes into constructing the stories right from ground up, to be presented in a form that's delectable to the readers!

Such sparks did materialize as short stories in my English short stories book 'A Pebble Unlistened', which can be fetched in Amazon and Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0CGKQ1Q2M/

If you are someone who loves a quick read of around 4000 words in an hour or so as a short story, the book is for you, as it contains 14 such short stories to be consumed at your convenience.

If you would like to talk to me about this book, please feel free to message me in LinkedIn, and I would be glad to chat.

Happy Reading, and keep those sparks alive!