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My journey to writing my first book was long and arduous. Long ago, I made several attempts in writing of my own, but that didn't go anywhere. The energy of youth quickly dissipated in the daily routine of life in the former Soviet Union, where I was born. Was it all a waste of time? I don't know. Could be. But on the plus side, I learned a lot about human beings--everything good and bad in all of us.
In the early nineties, my wife and I moved to the United States. The need to settle in a new country also didn't leave much room for writing. Only after retirement, I seriously considered storytelling as something I would be doing to the end of my days. But even at that time, I decided to try something different, filmmaking. That's because I loved visual storytelling. Since the days when the trilogy plot stuck in my mind, I was dreaming of shooting the full namesake feature consisting of three episodes a la Star Wars trilogy, the original one. And that's where it got interesting.
I knew that serious filmmaking required great skills and experience. My wife and I made several short films, which turned rather successful; at least we received five awards. After our last movie, Time Fuze, I decided that it was time to tackle The Midas Touch. I did so, wrote a script, and sent it to a script consultant. Working with him turned out to be an eye-opening experience because I understood several things. They were all on the surface; still, I failed to see their importance. "Sergey, you've built a nice world, but where is the Death Star in your script?"
Alas, I didn't have a death star in my Episode I. I tried to convince Mike that it would appear in Episode II. "Sergey, why don't you write a book first?" was Mike's response. I talked to my wife, and she supported his idea. The next morning I started writing Fun and Games, Book I of The Midas Touch trilogy.
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