Interview With Author Veneeta Singha
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a writer and communications consultant from Kathmandu, Nepal. As of now, I have written and published nine ebooks.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book/novel is called ‘Persuasion and Silk’. The inspiration for the book, as with my other novels, is the social change paradigm that was wrested from the Nepali people over the last hundred years. Paradoxically, the changes we assumed to be important for our nation and societies were denied or disregarded and, concomitantly, unrest and socio-economic collapse were the projected norms. Amidst the throes of revolution and resistance, there were vital stories about everyday life in the country that have not been recounted and which merit more than just casual scrutiny.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Amartya Sen, Milan Kundera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vikram Seth and the authors in my literature studies curricula
What are you working on now?
I am working on my new novel as well as my photography project on post-quake heritage reconstruction in Kathmandu Valley.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
BOOKS2READ via Draft2Digital
Do you have any advice for new authors?
It is a gift to be able to write well. They must learn to hone their craft while they write and rewrite.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.”
― Plato, The Republic
What are you reading now?
I am reading a few news articles via digital media.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To write better every day.
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?
Milton’s Paradise Lost, Dante’s Divine Comedy, T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, Thomas Bell’s Kathmandu
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