Roshani Chokshi
Once you're inducted into the Order of Writers, you get a tiny porcelain owlet. Every morning, this magical owlet will hoot a prophecy concerning that day's writing.
My own recent prophecies include:
"You will maim your keyboard producing 1,000 words of solid verbal feces."
"LOL. Is that a plot? K. You do you."
"Today you will be full of glee until you stumble on a dismissive review. You will then crumple into a puddle of WHO-AM-I-WHY-DO-I-DO-THIS. Get a head start on the day and stick the wine in the fridge."
But you also get other cool things from the Order of Writers. A magical lens gets superimposed on your retina. You start seeing the world differently. Ordinary people become a constellation of characters. Rain-soaked trees become a magical calligraphy scrawled onto the world by a giant with bad handwriting. When you become a writer, you start to see the magic behind whatever horrid thing you write. You see that each word is a seed in need of tending before it can become devastatingly wondrous.
My own recent prophecies include:
"You will maim your keyboard producing 1,000 words of solid verbal feces."
"LOL. Is that a plot? K. You do you."
"Today you will be full of glee until you stumble on a dismissive review. You will then crumple into a puddle of WHO-AM-I-WHY-DO-I-DO-THIS. Get a head start on the day and stick the wine in the fridge."
But you also get other cool things from the Order of Writers. A magical lens gets superimposed on your retina. You start seeing the world differently. Ordinary people become a constellation of characters. Rain-soaked trees become a magical calligraphy scrawled onto the world by a giant with bad handwriting. When you become a writer, you start to see the magic behind whatever horrid thing you write. You see that each word is a seed in need of tending before it can become devastatingly wondrous.
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Roshani Chokshi:
Hey Roshani! I absolutely loved The Gilded Wolves, and dying it read The Silvered Serpents. So is there any chance you will be releasing some snippets or excerpts soon? And do you by chance have a time frame in mind for when book 3 will come out? Love you, and thank you for using your platform to speak about BLM. It’s nice to see someone I look up to acknowledge it, when it’s so important to help the black community.
Janani
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Roshani Chokshi:
Hey Roshani! I love The Pandava Quartet as it satisfies 12 y/o me's dearest wish to see Hindu mythology retold PJO style. Personally I love mythologies of all kinds and Hindu myths have been a great part of my childhood. Did you read mythological comics like Amar Chitra Katha as a child? Also, what were your favorite myths or epics as a child?
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