Tag: Authors
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Bollywood is plot-bankrupt, while stories rot in bookstores
For the past few years, my daughter and I have been going for movies almost every weekend. Apart from popcorn, pepsi and pizza, it is also our own little bonding time. We would intentionally choose a theatre reasonably far from home. The drive back home, the fight over the silly millennial songs vs Hindi music,…
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Lessons from a decade in publishing
26th June 2017, as my latest thriller novel, In The Name Of God eased into the bookstores and even as the online preorder deliveries began, the significance of the occasion was not lost on me. It was on the same day, 10 years back that I stood on the small dais at Crossword Book…
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Research is only as good as the fiction you spin it into
Buy IN THE NAME OF GOD, my latest thriller: Click Here *** As it appeared in Mumbai Mirror *** Fiction writers are always advised to write what they know about. But what if you are tackling unfamiliar terrain? Ravi Subramanian has a few answers. Two years ago, on a rainy July afternoon, I stepped out…
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IN THE NAME OF GOD
For any author it is a moment of great pride to see his book out in print. I have had many of those moments. Despite such beingthe case, every time a book comes out, butterflies begin to fly in my belly. My heart begins to palpitate and I start biting my nails even more. The…
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Can Indian authors afford to pursue writing as a full time career?
Not a single media interview passes, without me being asked if I am planning to take up writing as a full time career. This morning I was asked the same question again. And my answer, as always, was an emphatic “NEVER. Till the time I can manage both, and till the time my organisation continues…