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Aakash Mehrotra I won't say it was easy, and there have been instances when I had taken off for days and weeks, to better structure my ideas or the least come up with…moreI won't say it was easy, and there have been instances when I had taken off for days and weeks, to better structure my ideas or the least come up with one. My usual take to get over writer's block was to switch myself off my work for some time and wait for that opportune moment where one fine, random idea could hit me, to take the story forward. At others I invested my time in reading similar works to get some inspiration. (less)
Aakash Mehrotra Right now I’m working on another story concept, sort of a leaf from life. It is a fictionalized account of one of the most ‘My Gosh’ moment in my life…moreRight now I’m working on another story concept, sort of a leaf from life. It is a fictionalized account of one of the most ‘My Gosh’ moment in my life. So these days I am trying to structure the narrative and research some details. The story is set in Africa and deals with motley of narratives. (less)
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Blogging to writing novel: A journey of dreams

I hate writing advisory articles. Not that I have ever written one, or plan to write, I somehow hate to tread that path. And only after scores of friends and readers asked me to pen something about my journey from being a blogger to novelist, I got down to sink in this idea of probably writing my first advisory piece. I am a consultant by day, and even in that role, try my best to keep to the more Read more of this blog post »
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Published on January 30, 2018 03:31 Tags: gay-literature, offbeat-writing, sexual-minority, writing-first-novel

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Until I Found You is a tender, and a quiet exploration of love, loss, and the fragile courage it takes to believe in connection after heartbreak. Pragya Jain writes with restraint and emotional clarity, allowing the story to unfold not through grand ...more
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Play To Kill | An Unputdownable Gripping Crime Thriller | Ent... by Puja Mukherjee Khattri
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I write this review as someone who doesn’t read a lot of crime thrillers. In fact, I was quite unsure of picking ‘Play to Kill’ for I feared it might not suit my tastes. It was like an unsaid challenge to the author to keep me engaged in the book. An ...more
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If I Should Go Tomorrow by Sahil Sood is a quiet, haunting take on life, loss, and the thin boundary between life and death. Told through the eyes of Mahen, a retired professor who writes obituaries for the forgotten and the missing, the novel unfold ...more
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“It takes time to be my other self, to unclothe myself from my nightwear, in which I was me, and get into my day attire, in which I am as others perceive and define me – the unreal me.”
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