Time to introduce to you the main characters of “It Can’t Be You”. The story centers around one family, the Belliappas of Roseneath Estate in Coorg, which is located in Karnataka in the South of India. The climax of the story is in the year 2000. Lt.Col. K.S.Belliappa, Indian Army (Retd.) is 54 and now a prominent arms dealer.
Month: October 2010
There she comes! NaNo 2010 is around the corner- just a little more than 10 days before we burst out of our starting blocks in the National Novel Writing Month, beginning November 1. I thoroughly enjoyed my first experience of NaNo last year. This post is useful to me as a reminder of things to do and not do. It could perhaps, be of help to others attempting NaNo too- especially those making their debut runs.
I was delighted to see the cover design made by the design team at Cedar Books for “It Can’t Be You”. It captures the essence of the story. Like any image, this too is open to interpretation. You and I may see different things in the same image!
If you were asked to synthesize your learnings about writing in the form of Ten Commandments, what would you say? I am sure you will find it a bit of a struggle! There is so much to say. This makes it tough to condense the essence of your experience in the form of Ten Commandments! Have a shot at it, nevertheless.
I wonder what your opinion is but I don’t like clear distinctions between protagonists and antagonists. I say so because like in many other aspects of life, these are not clearly demarcated in black and white.
Just completed Susmita Bagchi’s “Children of A Better God” published by Penguin. I had the pleasure of attending the book launch for which the distinguished author and actor, Girish Karnad was the Chief Guest. A few extracts of the book were read by eminent theatre personality, Arundathi Nag, which made us all the more eager to get home and read the novel. The book is a very good read. It touches your heart and has moments of great poignancy.
Who hasn’t come across the pressures of parental expectations? The expectations of their parents weigh heavily on their children. Some parents want them to become what they were, others want them to become what they were not! Yet others want them to become what they think the child should become. In all this, what is often forgotten or worst still ignored, is what the child wants to become!
This news was not new! It confirmed what the people of India- and many others in the world- had known for long. The Pakistan Government had over the years aided and abetted terrorists and militants, pushing them to create chaos in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir.
I like Victoria Mixon’s phrase of ” full contact addiction” to describe how you would like your reader to hang on to your book relishing every page! We describe some books as being “simply unputdownable”, don’t we? An experienced editor, Victoria
Sharing with you some reflections from the Facebook Page for It Can’t Be You:
- The night brings out the worst in us. Fact or fiction?
- “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass” wrote Anton Chekhov
- Hare and Neumann estimated that one percent of the population are psychopaths
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 