Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a daydreamer. Since that was not going to help me get a job, I became a Chartered Accountant. I love travelling, listening to music, dancing and most of all reading (there was a time when no one was allowed to disturb me while I was reading). Then my daughter was born. I had no free time at all. As I couldn’t do the things I normally would I decided to put my daydreaming to good use and started writing Romance Novellas.
My first book ‘Life’s Not Over Yet’ is the first in a series of books about life. Life can be magical as well as painful. At any moment your entire life can change for better or for worse. The best way to enjoy the magic or survive the pain is to surround yourselves with the people who love you. Trisha was at the point in her life where everything was coming into place as she had planned and then a personal tragedy ruin everything. What is she going to do now? Give up on her dreams and resign herself to her fate or take one day at a time and start rebuilding her life again.
My second book ‘Love Will Find You’ is about a young woman named Trisha who was full of life and hope when she graduated but soon got frustrated with life for not giving her what she wanted. Her life is turned around when she finds a job of her dreams and falls in love only to have her heart broken, again. What will she do now? Will she ever find love again.
My third Book ‘Love and Hate’ is dedicated to emotions. Many times, in life we make choices, not based on logic but what we are feeling at that moment without realizing its effect that will have on others. Alia’s life is changed unexpectedly because of the choice she made. How is she going to bring her life on track again? Will love conquer hate or is that an impossible task?
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Love and Hate is my latest Romance Novella. I wanted to write about extreme emotions that affect relationships. In the heat of anger things are said and done that cannot be taken back or undone. If only we calm down before saying or doing anything.
There is another side to it as well. When we are on top of the world and nothing can go wrong, we don’t see what is happening right in front of us. It’s as if we are wearing rose colored glasses and no matter how many warnings we get, we just don’t see or believe it. Hence, the Novella is all about how decisions taken during extreme happiness and anger changes lives negatively of everyone connected to it.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write by listening and talking to my characters in my head. Whenever I get an idea about a story line, the first thing that comes to my mind is one of the character. That character starts a conversation with me and slowly other characters come to life interacting with each other. As the story line grows, it becomes like a movie where I can picture each and every scene. That is when I start writing and, in a week, or two I can clearly see how I want it to end.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
L.M. Montgomery is one of my favorite author. Even though I am a big fan of mystery novels, I made sure I read the entire ‘Anne of Green Gables Collection’. I love reading Agatha Christie, John Grisham, Robert Ludlum, Jeffery Archer’s books. Ayn Rand’s ‘Fountainhead’ and ‘Atlas Shrugged’ are two of my favorite books.
What are you working on now?
I am working on two or three ideas. One of them is ‘what if’ scenario , the other one relates to lock down. It will get clearer once I start writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do your work as best as you can without worrying about the results. If you love what you do then that is reward in itself, the rest will follow when it is meant to be.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have written three Romance Novellas. Next I would love to write a good Murder Mystery.
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