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 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 …
Events whether good or bad are a part of humans. While ordinary folks just experience these incidents, writers not only live through these moments but tend to analyze them as well. I too encounter these twists of life and then examine them through a unique prism. Yesterday, like any other …
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 …
Recently, I received an interesting question from an avid reader. She wanted to know “how I write my stories”. It was an intriguing query, and therefore I decided to write a blog as a reply. I will break this post into three parts.
I am writing this blog after a long siesta; fifteen months to be precise. Actually, it is a personal note for my website visitors, social media connections and friends. Thank you for liking my post/s, purchasing my books and downloading free stuff.
