Things are warming up on the NaNoWriMo front. Yes, I am ready for the National Novel Writing Month 2011. My entry will be a project which has been on my mind for some time. A thriller/mystery novel called “Let The Dead Stay Dead”. Continue reading ““Let The Dead Stay Dead””
Tag: Books
I am delighted to share that my first ebook is up at Smashwords. Do check out the collection of seven short stories set in contemporary India. Continue reading “My first Ebook”
I like non-fiction just as I like fiction. Memories of my childhood are replete with many biographies and autobiographies particularly of military leaders after the Second World War. If, like me, you enjoy non-fiction, here’s a list for the connoisseur. TIME magazine has put together its list of the 100 Top Non-Fiction books since 1923. Continue reading “TIME list of Best Non-Fiction”
Hi-Fi, yes; Wi-Fi too but Fi-Fi? In case you are foxed, Fi-Fi stands for finance fiction. In the larger ambit of the thriller genre, here comes one more- the financial thriller. Continue reading “On My Reading List- H.T. Narea”
They say there is no age bar to be a writer. I can agree most heartily as my debut novel “It Can’t Be You” a psychological thriller was published a few weeks before my 59th birthday. Continue reading “It’s Never Too Late To Write”
It’s been over 8 months since ICBY was released and I am glad it continues to have brisk sales! It is currently offered with a 20 % discount at Flipkart. As mentioned in past posts, I feel great to see ICBY consistently feature within the top 70 in the list of titles under the “Suspense” category in Flipkart.
Do you remember the old game of Bingo? It was awfully popular during my childhood. We waited with bated breath while the announcer called out the numbers and we scrambled to see if they appeared on our sheets. We tried to win prizes for “Top Line”, “Quick Five” and many more with the Full House being the ultimate prize.
In my understanding historical fiction is a genre in which you portray real life people and incidents in a fictitious setting. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about historical fiction. Continue reading “Historical Fiction”
Jeffrey, Lord Archer really needs no introduction. I had the privilege of meeting him when he was in Bangalore recently for the launch of his new book ” Only Time Will Tell”. There was a huge crowd at Reliance TimeOut that evening. This is part of his whirlwind tour that takes him to 16 cities in 5 countries in 4 weeks.
“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.
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 