About Me

‘Treasure those beautiful poetic moments in your life, you may never experience them twice.”

I write poetry, short stories, children’s stories, articles, and am a novelist.

I am also a Book Reviewer. I charge a nominal fee for the service.

I have published a few books which can be found on Amazon. Please visit my author page: amazon.com/author/shobanagomes

Visit my homepage: https://alittletimewithshobana.blogspot.com for more on my publications.

Connect with me on my social media platforms:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHQF01GktoaRb-eeefP_TA (subscribe to my you-tube channel)

My name is Shobana Gomes, a poet/writer from Malaysia.

Works published / Reviewed / Collaboration:

https://masticadoresindia.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/when-your-cup-runneth-over-by-shobana-gomes/

Published on MasticadoresIndia – When Your Cup Runneth Over.

22/10/2021 – Book Review – The Everyday Hero Manifesto by Robin Sharma

https://reviewservicebyshobana.blogspot.com/2021/10/book-review-everyday-hero-manifesto-by.html

08/10/2021 – Some Danced In the Rain, a historical short fiction, accepted by Something Or Other Publication, LLC.

08/10/2021 – Book Review – Hope’s Merry-Go-Round by Mary M.Cushnie-Mansour https://reviewservicebyshobana.blogspot.com/2021/10/book-review-hopes-merry-go-round-by.html

30/6/2021 – Book Review – Five Faces of A Mortal by Terveen Gill

https://simplyshobana.net/2021/07/03/book-review-five-faces-of-a-mortal/

Here’s another collaboration I am excited to be part of, the details of which can also be found on my book page.

My books have been listed on the new Estory App Store, a contract between Shandong Huayang Culture Development Co., Ltd., and Shobana Gomes. You can download the app. to read them here. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/estory/id1555615400 (IOS edition).

The Android edition will be coming out soon.

June, 9, 2021

One of Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers, The Winning Writers Editorial, USA, published my article, Go back to the Basics, as follows:

Recent Honors and Publication Credits for Our Subscribers:

Shobana Gomes’s article “Go Back to the Basics”, an essay about stopping anti-Asian racism, was published on Medium in May, which was Asian-American Heritage Month – Jendi Reiter, Editor

May 16th,2021 – Go Back To Basics #StopAsianHate published on Top Edit

https://shobanagomes-24245.medium.com/go-back-to-the-basics-f220750608bd

March, 2021 – Attended the 5 AM Club Method course by Robin Sharma

Book Review: The Safety – March, 15th, 2021. P.E. Fischetti. https://reviewservicebyshobana.blogspot.com/2021/03/book-review-safety-by-pe-fischetti.html

Book Review: Big Train’s Backyard -February, 20, 2021. P.E. Fischetti https://reviewservicebyshobana.blogspot.com/2021/02/review-big-trains-backyard.html

“Let It Rain, Let it Shine” is published on 06/01/21 on Penser Study Point website. (A guest post by invitation) https://penserstudypoint.com/2021/01/06/let-it-rain-let-it-shine

Book Review: Miss Pretty Please by Mr. Paul Fischetti Dec,30. 2020 https://reviewservicebyshobana.blogspot.com/2020/12/r-e-v-i-e-w-title-of-book-miss-pretty.html

Book Review: Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story on 18/09/2020. https://simplyshobana.net/2020/09/19/book-review-mary-the-mary-tyler-moore-story

“The Fire of Independence Burns Steadfast” a 500 worded article was published in Subtledge-Indus, India commemorating their 73rd Independence Day on 3/08/2020. https://lnkd.in/gSvASUi

“A Letter to Desire,” https://lightboxoriginals.com/letter-to-desire/ – published in Lightbox Originals on June 24, 2020

“Into the Realms of a Summer’s Dream,” a short mythical story, – the winning entry for the August 2019 issue of the Enchanted Conversation Magazine.

Volunteer Reviewer for the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, 2019 Young Authors for Tomorrow (11 years and under) Competition.

Translated Jose Marti Perez stories and tales from English to Bahasa Malaysia for the Cuban Embassy in Malaysia.

“The Raging” flash fiction was published in ArtHut on the 24th of April 2019. Read the story in the articles & stories section!

A Christmas Duet was featured in the April 2018 Newsletter of WinningWriters.com –One of the Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers .

“Goddess of Song” a mythical poem, was the winning poem published in the February 2018 issue of the Enchanted Conversation Magazine.

Shobana’s poem “A Potter’s Clay” was published in the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC)as a peace initiative contribution in 2014.

A Christmas Duet was published in paperback edition on 25/1/2018 and is now sold worldwide (the links are below). I was awarded the Top 10% among writers badge for my entry “A CHRISTMAS DUET” in the Inkitt Grand Novel Contest, 2014.

‘Imagination Unchained” was featured in Women’s Weekly in 2015