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.
Excerpts I like: Starting today, from time to time I would like to share brief excerpts from ICBY: Continue reading “Excerpts I Like”
I am nuts about the thriller genre. Having enjoyed them over the years, I had made up my mind that if and when I take to writing, I should write thrillers! It was quite natural therefore that my debut novel “It Can’t Be You” was a psychological thriller.
Yes, you have the hero and the heroine and a few other supporting characters. But what about the minor characters, who make relatively smaller appearances but do add to the flavour of your story? Continue reading “Minor Characters”
A few flashes from the past yesterday led me to think of trying to capture who might have, if at all, influenced the characters in It Can’t Be You. This is by no means a comprehensive list. It’s more a collection of thoughts as they came by. Here goes…”Reggie” Rege perhaps came from a Col. Rege who I knew in the early 70’s. One of my School friends, an Old Lawrencian served in his Regiment.
The book is out. It receives all kinds of reviews, mostly favorable, thank God, and work begins on the second edition. A few things rush to my mind as I contemplate changes that need to be made in the next edition of my psychological thriller “It Can’t Be You”. It could be in a few weeks time or even in a few months time but the changes must be made.
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