– Who am I? If the headstone on my grave read “He Took Care of Her” and there was an arrow beneath it pointing to the grave beside mine, and my wife was in that grave, that would be okay with me. Thus, while I wasn’t expecting it, I certain felt it could happen.
It takes great confidence and single-minded determination to write a book, have it make sense, find someone willing to pay for its potential, and then have readers want to buy it. That said, if an author doesn’t believe that his novel is worthy of being a bestseller, then it probably won’t be one. I have my publisher to thank for its success. – I did not expect The Boy from Reactor 4 to be so popular. – The Boy from Reactor 4 is your most successful novel. By then I was much more experienced, and I ended up keeping about 15% of my original version. Once those books were published, I went back and rewrote The Altar Girl in 2014. Then I put it aside and worked on the three Nadia Tesla books that followed it. – I wrote the story over a three year span from 2007-2009. – How much time did you need to finish the story and to publish it? She also possesses the traits that I find most admirable in a human being, namely integrity, compassion, and a fearless pursuit of her goals. – Nadia is an amalgamation of traits that personify my experience as a first generation Ukrainian-American, and my perception of what others like me experienced.
– Tell us something more about your main character Nadia? Is she close to someone from your real life? – The biggest challenge in writing it was making the protagonist, Nadia, strong yet vulnerable. – What was the biggest challenge during the write up process? – Some of the story is autobiographical, and I wanted my family to read it. – The Altar Girl is about a woman driven to solve her godfather’s murder because she’s trying to discover herself. – What is your new book The Altar Girl about? We’ve got great chance to speak with Orest Stealmach about his new book and many more interesting topics.
Currently the story is averaging 4.4 Amazon stars. As part of Kindle First selection for the month of April, the novel already received many positive feedbacks. The book is a prequel of The Nadia Tesla Series by Orest Stelmach. The Altar Girl headed Kindle Amazon Bestselling list 25 days before its official release.
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