Fathom The Symbols! You Need to Illuminate Yourself

Wow... wow... the last time i wrote to this blog was on the end of 2015, and on 2016 there was only one post that i took from another website i wrote to: www.homeschoolingteen.com. It seems that i was super lazy for writing online, perhaps because of getting no earnings *oupss*, you know, sometimes i act like a gold digger for i`ve never been living rich in all my 15 years. I mean, i got eyes and mouth, a perfect body function (i don`t say having a perfect body look, still need to look athletic but regarding my laziness for workout, i`m not sure this will turn into reality), i got good mom and dad, good friends, a compound bow, ability to swim and shoot, a strong body, a lot of books, an ability to memorize everything easily (except where i put this and this). Oh?

I only never got adequate money to own all the bookstores around the world, owning archery company and wasting my moneys for archery supplies, books, traveling with my parents, and pizza. Oups... Nope, i`m joking, man, i`m more than enough with all i have. It seems that i won`t change what i have with yours.

Becoz i`m more rich than those who got iPhone 7, still want beauty surgery for ungratefulness, and looking for boyfriends instead of asking daddy to notice them, funny. 

so praise due to Allah for making my life super duper colorful.

Wait, what? You`ve contributed on the time-wasting i organized for several minutes on reading negligible things.

Petty things

Trifling things.

Anyway, it has a point, the point why i don`t write in blog is because...

i don`t get money

i don`t use AdSense and cannot use it. What a villager. Who cares? Because after a long absent from blog, i finally got my very own novel pubslihed by Dar Mizan in the Fantasteen, or a teenage-fantasy segment. 

This book is called "Iluminasi"

WOW...

wow....

I started reading about ecoterism, symbols, zionism since i was in 6th grade of primary school. My dad is the one who introduced me to this world, beside Islamic history topics and religion comparation. These topics have always been my favorite and best for the small talk i do with dad everytime he comes home on weekend. But regarding to my very short time, i never had enough space to express my knowledge. And it was January 2016, a month after i joined ARKI 2015 and i met a bunch of cool friends. They are young authors you know. When i only wrote in blog, BAMMM!!! their books already showed up in the bookstores. I was motivated to write a book. I`ve been always starting and book and ended up stucked in tedious situation for the unfinished pages. But this time i tried to reach my goal.

And on the end of January 2015, i reached my goal; finishing one book, which i submitted to Mizan pubsliher to the Fantasteen series.

I`ve never read Fantasteen series before for i read alot translated novels and conspiracy topics. I contacted my elementary school teacher, Ms. Danik. She is not only a teacher, but also a literature enthusiast and having an online book shop. I bought four Fantasteen books from her (with discount lol), one of them was written by my friend. I purchased the books by riding bycycle to my primary school building (i`m 15 years old and obeying the rule, i`m not riding motorcycle before 17, i mean... i cannot as well, until now) and she asked me, "Alifia i wonder why you buy Fantasteens? I usually see you read 'heavy' books, why are you interested to Fantasteen?"

And i answered, "i wanna write Fantasteen, miss. And I need example, so that i buy them.", and she nodded, and then saying she waited for my novel to came up and if finally i could be a real book writer.

I wasn`t sure if my book would be accepted. You know, most Fantasteen books are horror, involving horror circumstances, ghosts and others. But i got different ideas. I hate horror, probably it scares me instead. But mine wasn`t. I wrote about... secret organization, ecoterism, kabbalism, occultism. That`s it, that is my job to scrutinise and write down things about ecoterism. I talked about the David Star of Israel, and i wrote a paragraph mentioning about Fatimid and the Assassin. Will it be risky? If i wrote about horrors, i would be optimist the publisher accepting my work. But this is a different theme, would they?

I was waiting hopelessly. My work wouldn`t be accepted because i write about a risky group of people, i pondered. Until the editor of Mizan confirmed my work would be published. 

ALHAMDOULILLAH (all praises due to Allah)

The book was printed on the initial of March, and yes, you know this book is new.

"ILUMINASI"

Here is the cover. Have a nightmare, good people ;)

The first title was "Illuminate It" until the editor changed it into "Iluminasi". I don`t know the purpose until now, maybe it would be more eye-catching or familiar? I don`t know, what do you think?

When i received the book and read it myself, i was a little bit shameful for some historical fallacies. I mean, since the first time, i knew it was still a theory and not 100 percent right or wrong, i was just concerning if some readers take it all "facts" and not "theory". Some of them are facts, some of them only theories. It was just fun to put these theories in a fiction, that`s why i used them. I also was irritated with some weird names i used, oh my god why? Some people said these names are unique. But i thought, "these names are so-not-indonesia" (becoz i don`t like Indonesian names), and some names sound weird. Anyway, i love it when i thought, "wow, it`s a good start before i write more risky books and putting risky and bitter historical facts and becoming a conspiracy novelist" (i`m obsessed to conspiracy, am i?)

I don`t have more idea to write below here. What i want to say is only...

BUY MY BOOK.

I`m not offering you, i`m asking you and forcing you to do it because everyone should.

What? Man? Does it sound like Alifia?

No?

I apologize then, i`m not gonna forcing you ahahah, but with another method, i`ll keep whispering you to click on Mizan Store and purchase "Iluminasi", or walk to bookstores like Gramedia or any others and pick my book from the Fantasteen bookshelf. Because why not?

It`s like we can be pretty sure if you don`t buy it, you`ll have some occultists initiating you to a secret satanic lodge in your dream :)

See you. 

Wassalamu`alaikum, May Peace of Allah be upon you... (this surely will work inshAllah)

May no satanic cults ruining your dreams, (except if you don`t buy my book, this duaa won`t work)

with luv

Alifia Afflatus