I had the pleasure of participating in an interview with the well-known Indian Book Reviews. The interview has just been posted at their website. I think the questions were insightful and as always, I hope the answers were honest.
Author: Prem Rao
Author, Blogger, Book Reviewer, Coach, and Podcaster
While there can be no substitute for actual experience, it is good to get perspective on the different issues which you are bound to face when you wish to become a writer. Thanks to Jon Winokur for putting together an amazing list of “Writerly Wisdom Through The Ages”.
The beauty of this collection is that it covers a wide variety of topics. I recommend it be savoured at leisure. It’s not an item of fast food that you gulp down and run. It needs to be read at leisure when you dip into this collection from time to time , like when for example, you feel the need to be inspired.
This has been very insightful to me and I hope it will help other writers and prospective writers overcome the fears in their minds. Continue reading “Writerly Wisdom”
In “It Can’t Be You”, Dinaz Dastur is my small tribute to India’s Parsi community. Every community has its stereotypes and the Hindi movies when I was growing up unfortunately showed the Parsi almost always in comical light. The men were doddering people with thick spectacles who were easily fooled and the women were stout and gregarious. In Dinaz, I have tried to characterize a young, beautiful and talented Parsi woman. Some of them are truly beautiful. Continue reading ““Dinaz Dastur”- A Tribute to the Parsis”
“Lucky For Some, Thirteen” is the tile of the second novel that I am working on. As mentioned earlier, the basic platform came out of the 50,000 + words that I did during NaNoWriMo 2010. You might know by now that my debut novel, It Can’t Be You, which was published in November 2010 came out of my debut effort in NaNoWriMo in November 2009.
Just after the launch of It Can’t Be You at Reliance TimeOut, I had a chat with Bharath Joshi of the Indian Express. You might like to see his article that appeared on Feb 22, 2011.
It Can’t Be You was recently reviewed in Indian Book Reviews.
I am looking forward to the launch of It Can’t Be You at the Reliance TimeOut chain of stores tomorrow, February 18. The book will be launched by noted author, brand expert and advertising guru, Sridhar Ramanujam, CEO of Brand-Comm.
I am always ready to experiment with something new and exciting in the field of writing. Thanks to an article in DNA, I searched for and found 750 Words. This site helps you improve your output by egging you on to write at least 750 words. You can do this at one shot, over one day, a week or whatever suits you!
Project 3 is the name I have given for my as yet unnamed book project. My debut novel “It Can’t Be You” was published in November 2010. It is a psychological thriller. The second book I am working on is called “Lucky For Some, Thirteen”. I hope to have this published towards the end of 2011.
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 