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Featured April 3, 2026

Why I always write my first draft by hand

Many people ask how I begin a new novel. The answer is simple — with a blank notebook and a pen. The slowness of handwriting forces me to think; the rushing speed of a keyboard tends to suppress thought rather than reveal it.

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April 3, 2026 Writing craft

The lost sentence — how I find a novel's voice

Every novel is built around a single sentence. I search for the one that carries the whole story within it — not the first sentence, but the heart.

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April 3, 2026 Translation

What a book loses in translation — and what it gains

Little Turtle in English became something different. Not worse, just different — the way a piece of music sounds different on another instrument.

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April 3, 2026 Reading

Five books that changed the way I write

Not necessarily the most famous ones — but these books told me something essential about structure, silence and what is left unsaid.

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April 3, 2026 Music & Writing

When a novel becomes music — the songs of Little Turtle: Glow Mushroom

After the book was published, I started composing music for it. Not as illustration — more as a dialogue between words and sounds.

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April 3, 2026 Creativity

The myth of writer's block — and what lies beneath it

I don't believe in writer's block. I think there is only fear — the fear of the blank page, the fear of not being good enough. But that can be healed.

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April 3, 2026 Event

Book launch in Pécs — thank you for a wonderful evening!

The launch of The Wanderers: In the Shadow of the Weaver was a truly special evening. Thank you to everyone who came and shared that intimate gathering.

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