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BY Vani IN Book Reviews, For Writers, Guest post

What Makes a Brilliant Book Cover? Designers Spill Some Secrets [Quint]

Don’t judge a book by its cover, they say – and I might have taken that quite literally to not give any inputs when my former...

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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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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 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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