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So, you have an idea for a book that you have been thinking about? Is it like that little niggle at the back of your mind that won’t go away. Almost like an itch. So If you are looking for a practical advice on how to do it, this piece is for you. There must be a lot of articles out there teaching you how to do it But I will tell you how I did it. I will share my experience because my historical fiction novel, Bleeding crown released recently, and the memory is still fresh. I

Something had happened that day. Something sinister. It was a small article in a newspaper highlighting that how someone suffering from mental trauma had decided to call the quits on the world. It got a small place in a National daily. And I remember wondering how many people will give it any attention. It probably would matter to only a few. Family and a few friends. I could not rant about it, but something had to be said. And it had to be said in a professional voice. So i

Long back, when I began writing, I used to think there wasn't much to it. The first piece I came up with was so precious to me that I never bothered sharing it with someone. It belonged to me. My creation. My world. My words, all twenty thousand of them. I parked it aside. Didn't look at it for a whole month. And when I finally glanced at it I realised how bad it was. The words were fine. Plot worked. But somehow the characters felt wooden. As if they existed only to follow m