One of the discussion doing rounds on literary, social and knowledge sharing platforms grabbed my attention this week. In fact, the topic of this debate has been bothering me for a long time. I believe it’s time someone actually demystified it. In this blog, I will provide a laconic answer …
Play Pause is now a full-fledged manuscript and not a flash fiction. What started out as a 100 word short story has today evolved into a 50,000 word novel. The transformation didn’t happen overnight. Here are the chronological changes—from an ultra-sleek short to a standard fiction book. The title of …
There is an old saying … that never judge a book by its cover. It is a metaphorical phrase which simply means never form an opinion of a person or a “Thing” based on its external appearance. Used originally in George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, this idiom has …
Professional manuscript editing is a pricey affair. Not everyone can afford it, especially those writers who toil at their laptops all night because they have to maintain their day jobs for that sustained livelihood. In such a scenario, spending thousands of dollars is just not possible. The mathematics of editorial …
Oscar Wilde once said “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all”. I am sure most of the readers would agree with Mr. Wilde. Unfortunately, in the recent times, books belonging to this special class have lost traction. …
There was a time when short stories and full-fledged novels ran parallel in terms of popularity and reader affability. However, the shorter version of literature took a back seat somewhere during the beginning of the new millennium. In the subsequent decade, full length books became the norm. Even publishers lost …
Dystopian concept is a piece of literature based on imaginary landscape that reflects extreme deprivation, oppression or terror. This genre has been around for a long time and continues to entertain readers with its distinct settings and equally distinct but gloomy themes. Most of the works are based on a …
What have feathers and flowers got to do with paperbacks? A lot actually! Since time immemorial, fiction and non-fiction reading has been one of the most popular activities of humankind. However, it is not often we read a book in one sitting. The reason for these frequent breaks ranges from …
