When did you first start writing?
A very long time ago. I think I wrote my first stories on a typewriter back in the eighties. Later I used our first computer to write a children's story about living snowmen. Three years ago, I founded Merchants Of Air and since then I have been writing all kinds of reviews and articles. And then there are still countless of stories and ideas written down on paper.
What's the story behind your latest book?
I wanted to write about music, about the impact that music can have on a person's life. I was actually writing another book, a nonfiction book about the different musical styles, from ambient music to black metal and from krautrock to grindcore. However, when I reread the parts I had written, I thought the whole thing was dry. It was becoming something like a schoolbook and I wanted to create something lively, something fun to read. Then 'Sophie's World' suddenly came to mind. In the book by Jostein Gaarder, a young girl gets acquainted with philosophy. I thought "if Gaarder can write that about philosophy, I can do it with alternative music". The same day, I started writing 'Cecilia's World'.
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