Interview With Author Suman Siwach
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Ph.D. in English literature & a university goldmedalist in post Grad. I am a certified soft skills and IELTS Trainer. I have been into editorial team of The Owl, and have been rated Quoa Top Writer 2018. Currently, I am working as soft skills trainer in India. I am a creative person with passion for writing, reading, nature walks & chocolates.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of book is GAZALA: A HOPEFUL TALE FROM A WAR-TORN WORLD published on Amazon. This is the book set in post war scenario in the youngest nation of the world, Kosovo. The search for an Indian woman for her daughter is a tale of inner vs outer conflicts alongside some sould searching. This was inspired by a story that lived inside me for a long time until I read about the setting, Kosovo.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Pictures and nature walks inspire me to write. Writer’s block is taken care by chocolate and coffee!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tagore’s Geetanjali verses made me delve into soul searching very early in life, and Bacon Essays made me pragmatic and sharp me in life situations. Viktor Frankyl’s Man’ Search For Meaning has been the book that touched every corner of my heart and soul.
What are you working on now?
Another fiction and a book of poems!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still pretty naive in that. I am just trying my bit with insta and Facebook posts and author pages on fb and Amazon central.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write first. Edit later.
Research first. Write later.
Mixing the above sequence makes the content confusing for the reader, and the book can never be completed in time.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write everyday! Authors taking breaks often get writer’s block.
What are you reading now?
Quiet by Susan Cain as my daughter is an introvert and the book just caught my sight with the title.
What’s next for you as a writer?
A lot of writing…. books and more books! I am planning a book on parenting as well.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Man’s Search for Meaning
And the Mountains Echoed
Rashmirathi (hindi poem collection)
The Choice
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