Mitali Meelan's Blog

After publishing two paperbacks and one ebook, I now have an AUDIOBOOK under my name. I hadn’t really thought this little dream would come true so soon. How it happened: A couple of years ago, Storytel (a subscription-based audiobook service and a tough competitor to Amazon’s Audible) entered Indian market hoping to tap into the […] Related posts: The Guest Read my latest ebook for free on Kindle Unlimited A Long Way Home (My Latest Book Available Now)

I returned to Yamuna Flower Shop in the afternoon carrying my father’s letter in my backpack and some cow dung I had collected in a bucket. It was a quiet, windy afternoon in the magnificent city of Kolhapur... The door to the shop was open as usual. What was unusual though, was the customer standing inside. A young, well-built man wearing a smart hard-pressed suit. He was standing tall, exuding the confidence only an influential or rich person could have. He was examining a stack of hand-wea...

Rahi Mali, a 19-year-old botany enthusiast, runs a small family-owned flower shop in the quiet city of Kolhapur. Receiving letters from her army dad infrequently and making good business each day is enough to keep her happy. Until a suit-clad, Ambassador-driving customer drops by her shop. A customer she knows all too well. Set in 1971, And Then We Met Again is a Cinderella-esque love story that will leave your heart warm. Related posts: The Guest Read my latest ebook for free on Kindle Unli...

We stay at Maharagama, a suburb in the giant commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo as a city is busy but not rushed. People are not on a crazy laser-focused mission to get somewhere, like they are in Mumbai. People halt here, exchange a word or two with you and every car stops a million […] Related posts: The Guest A new book! (gift for readers) A Long Way Home (My Latest Book Available Now)

When opportunities fall into your lap you scoop them up, not dust them off. Deciding to go on a one-and-a-half month solo-ish trip to Sri Lanka happened quite by accident. I had always wanted to travel and explore, but without having to give up on writing or relaxing. I never like to travel to exhaustion, […] Related posts: The Guest A new book! (gift for readers) A Long Way Home (My Latest Book Available Now)

So, after almost two years since my last book was published, I’ve finally written another one. Presenting my second novel titled A LONG WAY HOME! Watch the book trailer below. This book is closest to my heart because a lot of things changed since ‘The Guest’ came out. I matured as a person, my choices […] Related posts: Writing Prompt #1 (writing a scene) Love is Blind (A Short Story) Monster Under the Bed (A Short Story)

No matter how old I get, I’ll always love a good animation. A Pixar film never disappoints and I strongly believe they cater to adults just as much as they target kids (because I haven’t met a single adult who hasn’t loved their films). But Pixar doesn’t monopolize epicness (is that a word? I’ll go […] Related posts: 10 Problems Only A Bookworm Will Understand Landline by Rainbow Rowell [Recommended Read #1] A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini [Recommended Read #2]

No matter how old I get, I’ll always love a good animation. A Pixar film never disappoints and I strongly believe they cater to adults just as much as they target kids (because I haven’t met a single adult who hasn’t loved their films). But Pixar doesn’t monopolize epicness (is that a word? I’ll go […] Related posts: 10 Problems Only A Bookworm Will Understand Landline by Rainbow Rowell [Recommended Read #1] A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini [Recommended Read #2]

It’s been a while since my debut paperback novel ‘The Guest’ came out (almost eighteen months) and it will be a while before my next novel releases. Where have I been all this time? Well, sometimes, job and deadlines can take up most of your life. But since I’ve evaluated my options, pondered over how […] Related posts: The Guest A Long Way Home (My Latest Book Available Now)

It’s been a while since my debut paperback novel ‘The Guest’ came out (almost eighteen months) and it will be a while before my next novel releases. Where have I been all this time? Well, sometimes, job and deadlines can take up most of your life. But since I’ve evaluated my options, pondered over how […] Related posts: The Guest