Chandigarh, known for its serene gardens, auditoriums, museums and punctilious planning, played host to a different kind of emotion. This time it introduced the magic of words. I had the distinct pleasure of spending a day in the city, not as a sightseer but as an author connecting with the …
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 …
Most of the readers are not aware that the first draft is generally obese in terms of word count. It is pampered with unwanted narration, senseless twists, and full of grammatical errors. The manuscript also reflects poorly in terms of research. These thorns are removed, the jarring softened and a …
When I am not writing, I dwell upon my journey so far, at times chat with book characters mentally and sometimes contemplate experimenting with new genres. “Cotton Candy Ain’t Sweet Anymore” is a perfect example of this urge to step out of my comfort zone once in a while, a …
There is a popular saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. And, it is absolutely true. An image gives birth to a rainbow of emotions and thoughts, which when penned down can fill up dozens of pages, and hence the adage. Unlike images, text doesn’t boast such a …
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose … … by any other name would smell as sweet.” The above argument by Juliet, a character from one of William Shakespeare’s popular work Romeo and Juliet symbolises the fact that love sees, hears and speaks no ill. It doesn’t …
