Yay ! I have done it. I successfully completed NaNoWriMo for the 5th successive year a few days ago. This explains why I have not been as regular as usual in posting to my blogs. I try to be regular in blogging and as part of my writing discipline. I aim to write a blog post once a week for each of my three active blogs, “People at Work & Play,” my writing blog, “Writing To Be Read,” and this my webiste/blog. Continue reading “Fifth Successive NaNoWriMo Completed”
Author: Prem Rao
Author, Blogger, Book Reviewer, Coach, and Podcaster
In this blog you will find quite a number of posts on NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) the last one was about NaNoWriMo being like a game of golf. As you might expect, I am participating in NaNoWriMo once again this year.
Continue reading ““Obedience Unto Death” for NaNoWriMo 2013″
As an author I have the greatest respect for those who serve the military in India. I wish we had something like the Veterans Day celebrated in the United States on November 11. I was most impressed to see the importance given to veterans as exemplified by their having a separate Department of Veterans Affairs.
I came across this very informative link on the history of Veterans Day sent to me by Andrew of Teens4Safety.com. which I thought was worth sharing. The Vets have given the best years of their lives for your safety. What can you now do for them?
” The Last Clinic” the debut novel of Gary Gusick is set in the American South and features Detective Darla Cavannah of the Sheriff’s office in Jackson, Mississippi with all its nuances of a small town in the Deep South. Continue reading ““The Last Clinic”: Gary Gusick”
Many dream of getting their novel published, somewhere, someday. I can never forget the huge excitement I felt in November 2010 when my debut novel, “It Can’t Be You” was launched. It was a dream come true. As you probably know, getting a novel published is much more difficult than it may seem to many. I learnt the hard way about the querying process, the need to write a crisp synopsis, how a back cover copy can make a huge difference to you book sales and how the book cover has a major role in the reader’s purchase decision. You will find posts on these topics in my writing blog, “Writing To Be Read.”
“Little Man From The East: Marching Through Tumultuous Decades” is , in my view, a “must read” for anyone interested in 20 th century Indian history. It also happens to be the story of a soldier engineer commissioned into one of the oldest Regiments in the Indian Army, the famous Madras Engineer Group. This outfit, more commonly called The Madras Sappers, and more fondly as ‘The Thambis’ was raised in 1780. Major General M K Paul (retd), the author, served with distinction in the Indian Army for nearly 37 years before retiring in 1991.
Continue reading ““Little Man From The East” : Maj. Gen. M.K.Paul (Retd)”
The time to query is here. This is a crucial process in getting your book published. While you can query publishers directly I, like a million others, prefer to query a literary agent in the hope that he/she would agree to represent my book. It’s wise to query a targeted list of literary agents instead of shooting off queries by the score to all and sundry. Continue reading “Time To Query”
Thanks to my long-standing interest in historical fiction I connected with the author, MK Tod. I follow Mary’s tweets @MKTodAuthor and she pointed me to a very interesting survey she has been conducting which seeks to find out what makes historical fiction buffs love this genre. You will find a lot of information on this in her blog A Writer of History. Continue reading “Survey on Historical Fiction”
“Gee, it’s far easier to write 70,000 or even 90,000 words than it is to write a winning synopsis.” You must have heard this a million times. You have written your book and the next thing you need is to have ready a synopsis because that is what everyone, from your agent to a potential publisher will ask for. Continue reading “More on Writing A Synopsis”
I value Divakar Kaza’s opinion a lot as regards books as he is both a voracious and discerning reader. I had sent him a copy of the manuscript of my third thriller, ‘Let The Dead Stay Dead” for his comments. He was the first to see my earlier two thrillers, “It Can’t Be You” and “Lucky For Some, 13.”
Continue reading “A Beta Reader On “Let The Dead Stay Dead””
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