Staying Alive

 

Shobana Gomes Reveals the ‘Faction’ Formula

Behind Her Best-Sellers with Launch of Modules 1-3

Written by Joseph Wilson | Published on May 27, 2026

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I am absolutely thrilled to share some incredible news with my readers, fellow authors, and literary community today! On May 27th, 2026, CB Herald News published a wonderful feature article detailing my creative journey, the continuous success of my Amazon No. 1 bestseller, The Children of Sun: Incas of Ancient Peru, and the official launch of my new masterclass curriculum, The Faction Revolution Modules 1–3.

To read the full piece, you can check out the official article here:
Shobana Gomes Featured on CB Herald

Staying Alive 

Is it another day I open my eyes to?

It wasn't a promise made to me

the night before.

The heat was unbearable

I felt it burn and bruise

My body, doused in sweat

Fatigue shared my complaint.

I tossed and turned

The blurred images came to haunt me once again.

I know not who they were, but they called out my name

As the clock ticked away, my breathing grew laboured

I knew it was a matter of time

Before I breathed my end.

I could not die, no, not at this time

The pain was raw

Though I hardly screamed

For whom would I awake

to plead my cause

The world was asleep while I wallowed in agony.

I closed my eyes and prayed to die

If only to ease this suffering inside

Staying Alive was an option

and not a choice.

-shobana- 

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That Wintry Ride on a Train

Featured on Google News The National Law Review

Shobana Gomes Reveals the 'Faction' Formula Behind Her Best-Sellers with Launch of Faction Revolution Modules 1-3

Press Release • May 25, 2026

Award-winning Malaysian poet and author Shobana Gomes has officially announced the launch of her highly anticipated masterclass curriculum, “The Faction Revolution Modules 1-3.” This groundbreaking educational training guide formalizes her innovative "Faction" storytelling methodology, a technique that infuses intensive, verified historical research with imaginative fiction narrative.

"Treasure the poetic moments of your life; you'll never experience them twice." — Shobana Gomes

Read Full Press Release on National Law Review

 

One wintry day, when the world was submerged in snow,

The train whizzed its way without a care,

The quiet trail ahead was met with its wheels grinding on metal rails,

and I welcomed its noise in my wake.

Not that I slept the whole way through,

But when I did, I heard not the train.

The noise, found not, its way

to my head.

A book lay on my lap,

with open pages unread

While my mind envisioned

The snow's beautiful spread

of white chiffon, and a silky ensemble

on landscapes that once breathed life

as you and I do.

Oh, what magnificent vision I imagined

It was as if the clouds above

had thrown about sprinkles of flakes.

and filled the whole land with a beautiful glaze.

Oh, yes, and the story?

I wish I knew what the ending would be like

So I read the words, turned the pages

until at last

I found the story has come to an end.

For what else could I do until I

reached the destination 

The train and I were meant to have 

on that wintry ride when the snow fell like rain.

-shobana-

Hey all, I have a new book for you to read for free. 

The Frenchman and His Lady is free to read on @Inkitt.

It's a romantic-comedy, and you'll love it. If you liked the story, please share, like, and leave a review.

Thank you.

https://www.inkitt.com/stories/689705

Plus, don't forget the duo who painted the streets of Trivandrum with a love story on a hot summer's day.

https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1733283

Happy Reading! Have a great week ahead.

Till My Wings Take Flight

The horizon seems far 

till my wings take flight

-shobana-

Please Read Here:

https://www.issuewire.com/the-new-faction-storytelling-method-1865495938606270

Issuewire.com Press Release on The Faction Revolution - Modules -13

Free Book to Read:

Falling In Love With A North Indian by Shobana Gomes

bridging two lands.

A Girl Captured in A Vision

She sits lost in words, a soft breeze blowing across the blue horizons. Gentle waves from turquoise seas splash onto sands as white as pearls. They bridge land and sea. The ocean waves’ soft rhythm is a calming guide, taking her into deep reflections, where dreams reside. There is a haven of a love story in the book she reads, where two people from different lands meet on the streets of Trivandrum, to fall in love, and finally consummate their love amid the exotic tropics of Malaysia. 

She is a Malaysian Indian, and he is from New Delhi. He is the perfect distraction in Falling In Love With A North Indian. A free book to read on Inkitt. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1733283. Please like, share, and leave a review, as the book is a contest entry. 

Have a great weekend.

-shobana

On Shobana's Musings: Author Spotlight: Nestor Eguez. https://shobanasmusings.blogspot.com

Her mind takes flight to places far, Guided by the sun and the morning star. In this tropical haven, love takes hold, A timeless story, waiting to be told.

Another 100 words and more

Okay, here's another 100 words of 'anything that comes to mind' because my muse went missing, and my story can't be read because of Error 500. It is the host website's error, so I have to wait it out.

This morning at six-thirty in the a.m., when I was driving out of my residential area, I switched on the radio to hear that it was Mother's Day this Sunday, only I didn't realise it, because I didn't want to, as it was heartbreaking this year since Mom died, and I still felt the raw hurt that came with grief, but then, someone told me that time heals, which is not true in any sense, since I still grieved for Des, Jacky, Dad, and now Mom

-shobana-

I caught this beauty while driving back from the airport the other day as I couldn't deny it was the sunset that always mesmerised me and  I wondered if paradise was actually a place on Earth, or otherwise, why were there beautiful pictures of nature's striking images still prevalent in these times, where a part of the world was caught up in war, others in catastrophies undeniably, and then there are the sunsets and yet the sun rises every morning without a delay when we keep time haphazardly.

-shobana-

https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1733283. 

Here's a free book to read. Falling in Love with a North Indian will take you into the heart of Trivandrum, Kerala, for a love story. A Malaysian Malayalee goes to India to study, and meets a North Indian, and falls headlong in love with him. It is a work in progress and a rewrite. I have entered it for a contest, so please, like, share with friends and family, and review the book if you liked the story. Thank you. Have a great weekend.

Read Chapter 7 here: https://shobanagomesbookstore.blogspot.com/2026/05/falling-in-love-with-north-indian-free.html

An Old Fashioned Love Song

Just An Old Fashioned Love Song

Did I sing

One spring

When flowers bloomed everywhere you looked

I saw a princely image of you

And I kept that image locked in the deep recesses of my heart

I was a princess at one time

Walking along shores that stretched miles and miles

I walked barefoot and nimble

OH, the sands they tickled, and once I stumbled

over the rocks that had

been washed ashore

after years of sleeping

in ocean beds

never heard of before

Who goes there, the crustacean asked

Tickled by her sight of distress.

Look with nimble feet, does she walk lightly on our sands

The rocks, she steps on

and tumbles down to a fall

and sits there 

still regal

Perhaps a Princess

Well, who knows

She's someone as pretty as dawn.

Then the seas rushed forward,

Their angel had fallen

They washed over her sandied feet

And the waves

lifted her off to their cradle

Somewhere far in the oceans bygone.

That night, the ocean waves

sang an old-fashioned love song.

-shobana-

A free book to read: It is a Work in Progress and a story retold.

Please like and leave a review after reading.

Thank you

Anjali is a high-spirited, vibrant Malaysian Indian who goes to India to enrol in a Computer College. She meets the dashing Aarav, who saw her in passing on arrival at the airport. Everywhere she went, she saw him and wondered if it was a coincidence. She felt something for him and discovered that he was not a native of Kerala, but a North Indian from Delhi.

Falling in Love with a North Indian will take you into the heart of Trivandrum, where two people meet and discover each other. This funny, adventurous love story will endear any reader of any age. Here's the link: https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1733283. Please like and review the story. Thank you very much.