Here’s a confession. Yes, I got to admit I am a sucker for the National Novel Writing Month, popularly called NaNoWriMo. I was initially hesitant about signing up for NaNo this year. Let me hasten to add that I have great regard for this initiative. It won’t be wrong to say that a large share for whatever little success I have enjoyed as a writer clearly goes to NaNoWriMo and all the Wrimos who I have interacted with.For the uninitiated, “Wrimos” are the folks who take part in NaNoWriMo.
Author: Prem Rao
Author, Blogger, Book Reviewer, Coach, and Podcaster
Let me introduce you to a few more characters from my second thriller, “Lucky For Some, 13” soon to be published by Mahaveer Publishers. Continue reading “Cast of Characters-2”
If you think you can sit back and relax now that your precious book has been sent off to the publishers, you are in for a major surprise. The more difficult part of selling the book kicks in right now. There is so much that you need to do as the author. If you are an author waiting for your first book to be published, have a look at Terry Cordingley’s post ” Five Things You Should Do Before Your Book Is Released.” It contains some basic yet crucial steps which you cannot afford to ignore.
You might like to see this in “Prem Rao, Story Teller.”
In about a month from now, “It Can’t Be You” my debut novel, a psychological thriller, will complete two years of publication. I am glad to see that it continues to feature in the Suspense & Thrillers list in Flipkart. Right now, it is ranked 510 out of 46,966 titles listed under this category. Continue reading “Suspense & Thrillers List on Flipkart”
I had an interesting experience recently. I was invited to judge a contest organised by WriteUp Cafe. The topic given to the participants was ” A Letter to Yourselves”. There were 23 participants and I had a tough time judging the three winners.
Here is my small tribute to a great son of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary today. As they say, authors speak through the characters in their books.
Who are the people in “Lucky For Some, 13”? I take great pleasure in introducing to you, some of the cast of characters in this thriller. It should be available on Flipkart, later this month and in book shops in November 2012.
- Major Mohini Nair: officer in the National Security Guard, tenacious, patriotic and a fighter, but a woman all the same.
- Mala Kumar: IPS, a close friend of Mohini’s. Walks a balance between her professional and personal interests.
- Alice Hatchman: blonde and beautiful. Carries the scars from a past she can’t get away from. There aren’t many as vindictive and brutal as her.
- Darshan “Dash” Sawney: multimillionaire, tough- talking business tycoon with a soft heart.
- Imad Qadir: known simply as “IQ” to the many who revered and feared him.
I was asked to share my thoughts on writing a book by Indian Book Reviews recently. The post covers my feelings on a topic which interests many. For me , irrespective of the number of books I will eventually write, “It Can’t Be You” will always have a special place in my heart. After all, it was the first book I ever wrote. Use this link to purchase the book online at Flipkart, if you are resident in India. If you so prefer, the Kindle edition is available on Amazon.
What I will start this post with could very well scandalize some of you. There are some so called masterpieces in literature which have left me stone cold. May be the choice of the book at that age was all wrong. Whatever be the reason, for example, when I was in my late teens, I really struggled through Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” which is considered a historic epic. I don’t think I completed it either, even after several false starts. Call it bias or what you will, but I am not inclined to give it another shot more than 40 odd years later.
