It Can’t Be You was to be launched on January 22 at the Reliance TimeOut chain of stores. We were quite excited in anticipation of the event. Unfortunately, we had to postpone the event as on that day, a call was made for a Karnataka Bandh. There was no point having a launch late in the evening with sparse attendance.
We were discussing the book, in a group of friends, when someone asked me a question which I knew would come sooner or later. “Prem, you wrote the book and you must tell us which was the best scene for you”. This set me thinking. I hadn’t really thought of what might have been the “best scene” for me.
The Writers Digest Conference will soon be in the news. It is being held at New York from January 21-23, 2011. I hope that one day, some time, I shall be able to attend one of these!
How do you manage your WIP? Do you have notes scattered all the place? Do you get bright ideas only to forget them some minutes later? Do you have to strain yourself to remember the facts you promised yourself you would check? I have finished about 54,000 words of my WIP- my second novel titled “Lucky For Some, Thirteen”. My aim is to finish this novel with about 81,000 words.
As a relatively new author, I feel I have so much to learn from the writing community across the world. As you might know, my debut novel It Can’t Be You was published in November 2010. I am so glad that I am on Twitter as it has given me an opportunity to interact with authors and those interested in books and writing from across the world. Continue reading “Aren’t you on Twitter?”
If you are in Bangalore and want to meet me and get an autographed copy of “It Can’t Be You”, here is a chance you may like to grab. I look forward to seeing you at Reliance TimeOut, #74, Cunningham Road @ 5.00 p.m. on Saturday, January 22, 2011 where the book will be launched for the Reliance TimeOut chain of stores.
I find it quite fascinating that writing is a common passion for people with diverse backgrounds. It’s not essential for you to be a graduate in English Literature to foray into the world of writing. Take for example a few of the books I picked up recently. Their authors have as diverse a background as you can imagine.
Isn’t it a nice feeling when someone you know and respect, compliments you on some facet about you that he perhaps didn’t know about? I had this experience recently. I had worked for Mr. Ashok Soota during the mid-80s when I was responsible for Selection & Training in the old Wipro Infotech. Today, he is a doyen of the Indian IT industry and is the Chairman of MindTree Limited.
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 