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00:00My name's Isaac Usain Bivaraja.
00:03Perfect, perfect.
00:04And you've got quite a unique copy in a way.
00:07You've always got your own published books.
00:08So, yeah, what type of books do you write?
00:10It would be like suspense and sci-fi kind of books.
00:14Ah, okay. Interesting.
00:15And what's the book you've got in front of us here?
00:18The Guardians of the Universe.
00:20Ah, okay.
00:21And that's something that you've kind of...
00:23A storyline that you've created yourself.
00:24Yes, like, it's not really by myself.
00:26So I have a cousin who kind of helps with...
00:29He's, like, the same age to me.
00:30He's called Muhammad.
00:31Right.
00:31And he helps with the books a lot.
00:33So he can give me some ideas and I write it.
00:36Ah, okay.
00:36So it's kind of like a collaboration thing.
00:37So maybe he kind of comes up with ideas and you do the writing.
00:40Mm-hmm.
00:41Yeah, do you want to tell us a little bit about the plots?
00:43And, yeah, how do you get your ideas from?
00:45So I kind of get my ideas from, like, kind of, like, TV shows that are similar
00:49and, like, books that are similar.
00:52So there's not much books that are similar to it, though.
00:54Yeah, okay.
00:55Interesting.
00:55Yeah, so what kind of your influences?
00:57You say TV shows?
00:57What gives you good ideas?
00:59It's, like, Star Wars kind of thing because it's, like, sci-fi.
01:02Okay.
01:03And it's kind of...
01:04It's pretty similar.
01:05Nice.
01:05Is that one of your favourite Star Wars?
01:06Is that one?
01:07Not really.
01:07It used to be.
01:08It used to be.
01:09Ah, okay.
01:09What sort of things do you watch now?
01:11Ah, Harry Potter and stuff like that.
01:13Ah, okay.
01:14Do you think that's going to be influencing some of your ideas in the future?
01:17Yeah.
01:17Yeah?
01:18Because I was going to write a book that was a bit like Harry Potter, but I scrapped that idea.
01:22Yeah.
01:22Because I had a lot of ideas, I think.
01:24I'm currently working on another book.
01:26It's, like, three short, scary stories.
01:30Okay.
01:30And it's all going to be, like, one book.
01:33Ah, okay.
01:34Interesting.
01:35And obviously, yeah, as you can see, we've got, like, a bit of a prototype of one of
01:39your writing novels.
01:41Yeah, so how did you go about publishing them?
01:43So, I was, like, such...
01:44I was always wanting to, like, publish my book ever since, like...
01:47I got this one homework from my, like...
01:49My first piece of homework was a writing thing, and I didn't want to do it, and then
01:53I just did it.
01:54And then I really liked writing, and then I'd just write as a hobby from then.
01:57Okay.
01:58And then I'd just...
01:59I'd write stuff like this.
02:01I got my hobby when I was about six.
02:03I wrote this one when I was seven.
02:05Right.
02:05So, when I, like, got a bit older, I typed it, and then I was, like, I need...
02:11I want to publish this.
02:12And I was emailing, like, publishers, but they never got back to me.
02:16And then, about a year later, when I was turned 10, I was, like, maybe there might be,
02:21like, some self-publishing websites, and I searched it up, and I found Amazon KDP,
02:26and they, like, would, like, publish it for me.
02:30Ah, okay.
02:30Interesting.
02:31I understand there's a bit of a story there as well.
02:33Yeah.
02:33But your parents didn't know that you were doing that.
02:35Yeah.
02:36Shall we tell us a little bit about what happened there?
02:39Yeah.
02:39So, I would just wake up, and then I would just write it, and then one day I just, like,
02:43searched up, oh, self-publishing, because I'd read, like, an article about self-publishing,
02:49and I was, like, I might be able to, like, publish my book with this.
02:52And then it was in the morning where I was still asleep.
02:56I woke up, like, six that day.
02:57And I was just trying to publish it for a whole day.
03:01Okay.
03:01Was you in a bit of trouble, or was it okay?
03:04Yes.
03:06So, is it something you want to keep doing?
03:09Is it something you want to do for a career?
03:11Maybe you keep writing stories and become an artist?
03:13Yeah.
03:13Oh, interesting, interesting.
03:16And have you got, yeah, how can people access?
03:17How can people get your books?
03:18So, if they search on Amazon, my name, Isaac Raja, I-S-S-A-C-H-V-E-T-H-A-R-A-J-A-H.
03:30Yeah.
03:31And then they'll, like, find some of my books.
03:34I've made a book where it's, like, about this, but it's, like, loads of short stories,
03:40about ten short stories.
03:41And there's about five other books.
03:46Perfect.
03:46Are you currently writing any more at the moment?
03:48Yeah, I'm writing a prequel, actually.
03:50Because it's, like, the story, it begins, like, of this book, it begins, like, quite far
03:57into the timeline.
03:58Right.
03:58So, it needs, like, a prequel so you can understand better.
04:01Nice.
04:02And do you enjoy, kind of, the whole world-building aspect of it?
04:04Yeah.
04:05That's nice.
04:07Perfect.
04:08Yeah.
04:08Because, like, with writing, you can do whatever you want.
04:10Like, there's no limits.
04:11Yeah.
04:11Gato.
04:12Gato.
04:14Gato.
04:14You