Ask the Author: Shiven
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Shiven
Sorry, I had almost forgotten to login to the dashboard. How two authors write? Well, Mayuri is my wife and I discussed the chapters, sequence, et al. She sometimes delete a sequence and added her part. That is how we wrote the story though it is loosely related to things that happened in real life.
Second book? It would come in 2019. Before that, a biography will come in 2018.
Thanks a lot for the words and sorry for the delay!
Second book? It would come in 2019. Before that, a biography will come in 2018.
Thanks a lot for the words and sorry for the delay!
Shiven
Yes, partly. This novel is based on true stories if not based on a particular story.
Shiven
I haven't read a single romantic love story in my life as I am scared that it might affect my writing style. So I read a lot of biographies and autobiographies. Some of the help books do come into that list.
Favorite authors are Jim Corbett and Ruskin Bond.
Favorite authors are Jim Corbett and Ruskin Bond.
Shiven
Sagar taking Prakriti out as described in the last chapter.
Shiven
I do that from real life experiences. Suppose I want to immortalize a person, I would name a place or a character after his/her name.
Shiven
I got the idea when I was in Poole in 2009. But I had decided to complete three novels before publishing this one. It took me two years to write it and, fortunately, I got it published.
Shiven
Inspiration is always within. It's been there always, all the time.
Shiven
I am working on a historical, romantic novel. More information on need to know basis.
Shiven
Don't do anything. Simple. Whatever is there, let it take its own time to come out. Don't put a syringe into a seed to pull a tree out of it. Be natural.
Many a time you would come across a crossroad. Let your soul decide which way to go. Be patient and one day your creative soul will overpower your rationality and you would choose the right path. But let that happen by itself. Don't force it.
Many a time you would come across a crossroad. Let your soul decide which way to go. Be patient and one day your creative soul will overpower your rationality and you would choose the right path. But let that happen by itself. Don't force it.
Shiven
Power! Authority, I mean. You think of any implausible situation and you are there in it. You are a messiah and a victim, both. You can think from different standpoints. It's like having a genie in a bottle. Your dreams and your thoughts take the wings of words and you fly to any domain, any situation and to anyone you like. You are the god, the creator and also the destroyer. You are one in all and all in one. It's rightly said, authors have authority.
Shiven
I have never experienced any writer's block and the reason is very simple. I always write when there is a huge urge to write. I don't write everyday at any particular time. There are no timelines as such. So there were times when I wrote for more than 15 hrs a day and then there were days when I didn't even write a single line also.
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