Category Archives: Guest post

BY Vani IN Guest post

Why Did Katappa Kill Baahubali? The Book Finally Spills the Beans [Quint]

“I had not even written one word of my first novel when I scribbled a note for myself with a sketch pen and stuck it on...

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BY Vani IN Book Reviews, Guest post

Book Review of Parsi Bol 2: A Wicked Wit Sums Up the Parsis (And This Book About Them) [Quint]

A couple of days ago when I started working on my third book, I asked a friend in Mumbai to help me straighten up a Parsi...

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BY Vani IN Guest post

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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BY Vani IN Guest post

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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BY Vani IN For Writers, Guest post

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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