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BY Vani IN For Writers
What Makes an Indian Bestseller? Secrets Beyond Chetan Bhagat & Co [Quint]
I had only been four months into the launch of my first novel, The Recession Groom, when my aunt said to me: “Ah, you must have...
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Will Indian fantasy writers ever look beyond the religious epics? [Scroll]
In India, an ever-growing group of writers is in perpetual search of the bestselling template. And yet, when it comes to fantasy, none of them appears...
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Will using a literary consultant increase my chances of getting my manuscript commissioned? [Private blog]
Excerpt: Indian writer Vani, for instance, who works with literary consultant Claire Wingfield, told me, ‘She gave me solid feedback and asked me to rewrite the entire...
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Do Indian writers and publishers have all the editorial resources they need to create good books? [Scroll]
It was in 2012 that I completed the first draft of my novel. I was in London and had just started submitting it to literary agents...
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Seven books to read before you start writing your own [Scroll]
“I never read a novel till I was 18,” Sunjeev Sahota, author of The Year of The Runaways was quoted as saying. (His book was shortlisted...
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