Writing has always been the means to an end for me, but never the end itself. I've been known to use it to obsessively pursue academic excellence or "scam" my way into other kinds of questionable so-called success — as well as use it as an attention-attraction device.

It did not occur to me to write for the sake of writing until I found myself in a corporate career at age 20. I am 23 now and have lived in Australia for nine years — my family settled in Australia after immigrating from Bulgaria when I was 13 (in 1995).

Thus as a result of my mother's crazy courage, I found myself as a migrant in a contemporary metropolis such as Melbourne. To further spice up my life story, I was also diagnosed with rapidly advancing scoliosis just prior to arriving in Australia. But the bizarre twists and turns didn't end there because I met the love of my life at just 15 while we were both still in high school. It is these bitter-sweet and retrospectively exciting experiences that were the inspiration behind, and served as the setting for, the fictitious accounts in Sex, Scars & a Superheroine with Scoliosis.

Although the business analyst job I found myself in while I was still at university, absolutely had its moments, during the quiet times there was so much mind-numbing boredom that I had to amuse myself through observation and personal reflection in order to avoid imminent brain-death. It was during that time that I came to the somewhat clichéd conclusion that everyone has a very urgent need to attain the status of recognized uniqueness. This desire is universal and tends to manifest itself in all sorts of amazing and dysfunctional ways and few individuals, myself included, admit to it or correctly identify it in themselves. This is a frustrating state to be in, but I did find a remedy.

The remedy was to attempt to capture and communicate my ideas via the written word, which I discovered is a convenient and exciting way to condense thoughts that are so often scattered by ridiculous everyday stress and anxiety, and to make a coherent and constructive vision out of one's perceptions. Thus, most of Sex, Scars & a Superheroine with Scoliosis was scribbled on Post-It notes in an office toilet cubicle. And on the rush-hour train where I'd often be struggling to stifle cringes and giggles as I silently asked myself pseudo-philosophical questions about my life and everyone else's.

The book contains more than 200 of my original quotes-with-a-twist, proverbs and pick-up lines. My inspiration is the obscene horror and hilarity of life. My version of the truth is the view offered by everyday voyeurism. My canvas is virtual reality. My inspiration is definitely the glamorous, sexy, intriguing and mysterious aspect of the art of being an author. It certainly strikes at the oddest of times, but the satisfaction and surprise it brings surpasses all the mundane trouble of attempting to implement the ideas. There are also moments of absolutely exhilarating embarrassment and in my experience they occur when a certain level of writing success is achieved. Therefore I must admit that my motivations to write a novel in a biography format were neither entirely noble nor entirely unselfish. Some of the time they were shamelessly self-promotional, but at least most of the time they were driven by the ideas themselves, which I think is redemption enough. Hence, I envision this book to be the kind that critics and interviewers will always refer to and plague me to explain, should I evolve into an author with a few best-sellers under my belt. And my response? ". but I was only 20 when I wrote it!"

I am currently completing a double degree in business and juggling multiple writing projects as I attempt to forge dual career paths as both a business analyst and an author. These are two alter egos that sometimes mesh, but generally remain entirely separated, which creates some much-needed variety at times. Seven years later, I am still with the above-mentioned boyfriend, who has by now resigned himself to the fact that he will be repeatedly immortalised in countless literary characters if I have my way.

Kremena is the author of Sex, Scars and a Superheroine with Scoliosis, which was previously published by Smink Works Books.