Category Archives: For Writers
BY Vani IN For Writers
How to Write a Bestseller for Youngsters: Book Pundits Tell You [Quint]
A few days back, I met the editor-in-chief of a top newspaper who has also written 3 books for youngsters— none of them have been bestsellers,...
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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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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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Does India really need so many literature festivals? [Scroll]
When bookstores are closing down and the reading culture dwindling, what purpose do these events serve? Why are there so many literature festivals in India? At...
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