Strokes Of Pen

About The Author Charmeljun Gallardo is a former Radiologist and author. His first book is Ready for the World young adult book series. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Creative Writing degree in 1996. He is a writer, photography enthusiast, sports fan, movie geek, stroke survivor, and an adventurous foodie. He lives in San Diego, California with his wife and son.  About Book Ready For The World - Driver’s Education:   All Brandon Delacruz is asking out of his young life is popularity, riches, and the girl of his dreams. But what he does have are good grades, a ten-speed bicycle, and his two lifelong friends, Josh and Ally, at his side. And together, they’ll navigate their way through the rigors of high school life. But unlike high school, real life doesn’t come with study guides. Brandon realizes that the girl he’s always dreamed about has been there all along. And as he untangles his feelings for Ally, something tragic happens to her ...

About Book & Author Irrationally Passionate by Jason Kothari is a book about dreams, struggles, and achievements. In this book, Kothari has shared his life-changing events and incidents tha t helped him develop his entrepreneurship skills. He has been open and honest about his life struggles such as facing bullying, coming face to face with gangs in Hong-Kong, to being almost lost to addictions – everything has been conveyed as it is! There has been no shying away in expressing the journey. And, these things make this book more interesting to read. I just dived into it and kept reading it in a smooth flow. The writing is in story-telling style, which keeps the interest together. The language is crisp, easy, and simple to understand. Since, the author has been open in conveying his life experiences; it makes the story relatable. For example: bullying is something that happens with a lot of people and while reading Kothari’s account, many people would empathize with him. Similarly ...

The Collage - This is just 50% of my dad's collection Books are his passion. He loves books as they are his companions. From what started to be mere, reading hobby has now turned into a collection of books, magazines, novels, and newspapers. Who’s he? He is my dad, Naresh Dudani. I have seen him collecting numerous books… so numerous that we have stop counting. If we have to collect and count his books, they will all sum up to somewhere around 80,000 +.

Rohan Dahiya, author of ‘Grey Skies’ says that, “Well as everything there are two sides to both the story and the characters. The word Grey most aptly refers to the state of limbo, a nonexistence between black and white, of indecision and uncertainty, and it definitely is present in these people.” In an exclusive interview with Strokes of Pen , Rohan shares his experience that went behind penning this book. Here’s the detail of the interview:

Image Source "Being Happy is all about it,” Tanya affirmed by looking through her glasses and book. “That is so clichéd. Real life is not books, Tanya”, Risha said with authority. “You are saying that because you really not know what simple life is.” “Yeah, as you know life very well.”