There is this thing going around FB where people are listing their top 10 books. I refuse to not be a part of any fad. And thus, here is my list (in no particular order). 1. The Godfather. By Mario Puzo. As someone said, it is the dictionary of crime. It was the first time […]
Continue reading →The last few days have been really busy. Amongst other things, I have been playing a fervent ping-pong match with team at Grapevine India. They have sent me the edited and proofread version of tnks and I was supposed to give an approval on it. I did not like a few things that they removed. And they […]
Continue reading →Just heard from my publisher (Grapevine) that we are looking at releasing the book in October of this year. What does this mean? It means… A. I have about two months to get a marketing plan in place. B. I still have time to get the cover image done the way I want it done. […]
Continue reading →I am so so happy and so so proud to announce that The Nidhi Kapoor Story (web, facebook) has been accepted by Grapevine India. If all goes well from here on, we are looking at releasing the book by August of this year. Its a big big moment. And I am totally excited about it. […]
Continue reading →Time for an update. Earlier this month (and throughout), I sent out the first draft of tnks to a few friends. Some of them have come back with their reviews, recommendations and list of changes. First things first. In terms of review, the general sense is that the story is not great shakes per se […]
Continue reading →Just a couple of minutes ago, I sent out the first draft of #tnks to a few friends. Friends. Not literary critics. Not nitpickers. Not reviewers. Not editors. Simple folk like me. Who may someday want to pick up the book from the bookstores. The ones that I know want to see me succeed. The ones […]
Continue reading →As a kid, every time I saw this “That’s all Folks!” signage and heard the accompanying cheery music that came along with it, I got really sad and depressed. Sad as in SAD. S A D. Depressed as in DEPRESSED. D E P R E S S E D. Why? Because the amazing cartoon that […]
Continue reading →I love sitting at Starbucks and working on my book. Even though I am alone when I am there, in my head, I am on a date with Nidhi Kapoor. Or may be with Rujuta on some days. There are days when I there with Tarana. Like today, I was with Rujuta and I had a wonderful time. […]
Continue reading →Yesterday I was dinnering with a friend and talking about The Nidhi Kapoor Story. While we were at it, he told me something very insightful about the way I write. He said, “my sentence structure is very conversational.” I did not understand this at first. When I prodded him more, he said that he meant […]
Continue reading →Unlike most writers, I write on a Windows based laptop. And I initially used tools like Omniwriter, Scrivener etc to get things written. But then, as I went along, despite all the rich features that these writing tools offer, I craved for simplicity and flow. And thus, after I did 50,000 words, I moved my files back to […]
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