Description A stalker who refuses to reveal his identity, a crush who refuses to take me seriously, a friend-slash-mentor who doesn’t talk about anything except work… My love-life sucks… And, to think that I aspire to be a romance author. I plan my life in 5-year-blocks. Top school@15 Graduation and job@20 Marry@25 Baby@30 Quit job…
Tag: Indian Writing
Book Promotion | Once Upon a Crush | Once Upon a Time Book 1
Two eloping strangers, one train journey and a marriage of convenience… Bold and beautiful, feisty and fiercely competitive; Hiba Sayyed is all set to join VIT, Pune as first-semester Computer Science MTech student. Tall and dark, handsome and rich; Ubaid Sayyed is all set to join at Informatica, Pune as a Human Resources executive. He…
Book Announcement | Once Upon a Crush
Hello guys, I have decided to revive my author dream because… Why not? I’ve been busy doing a million other things except writing. But I’m back to my storytelling mode, this time with a series, because why not? Hey, people say that series works on KDP. I’m going to try that now and be more…
Book Promotion | Sample Chapter | Once Upon a Mentor | Chapter 4
Chapter 4 – Pandemic & Ambitions 11th May 2020, 16:27 HOURS In school, when I read about world wars and pandemics, I thought we are above those crazy times. War cannot happen now. Pandemics are not possible now. I am proven wrong on both accounts. When I read about political science and economics, j…
Book Promotion | Sample Chapter | Once Upon a Mentor | Chapter 3
Chapter 3 – Battling the Pandemic 4th May 2020, 01:33 HOURS Another day of grocery, which means two weeks of anxiety. When the first lockdown was announced, I had no ration, except for two square meals. As I live alone, it was around 6:30 that I learned about the announcement. The shutdown time was 7…
Book Promotion | Sample Chapter | Once Upon a Mentor | Chapter 2
Chapter 2 – Ranting Woman 13th April 2020, 02:14 HOURS “Go Corona, Go,” scares the Coronavirus. Not for me. “Go, Corona” is not a chant to rid of Corona. It is to laud the change it has brought – for reminding us of the basics; for teaching us to be socially responsible; for…
Book Promotion | Sample Chapter | Once Upon a Mentor | Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – How a rumour turned into a Pandemic 7th MARCH 2020, 22:33 HOURS I do not read the newspaper much, because it makes me hyperventilate; I become restless, and it results in more severe insomnia than I already have. Being a smart woman, I skip news and newspaper thereby avoid spikes in my…
Book Announcement | Once Upon a Mentor | Once Upon a Time Book 2
Description I am Zoya Sehgal, another romance author around the block… Since childhood, I have nursed a dream to become an author. I do write regularly and have several manuscripts sitting on my hard drive for years. I plan my life in 5-year-blocks. Top school@15 Graduation and job@20 Marry@25 Have a baby@30 Quit job and move out of India@35 Start a new career as…
Book Promotion | Sample Chapter | Once Upon a Crush | Chapter 4
Chapter 4 – Two for Eloping Ubaid inhaled deeply and the station smell entered his lungs; a peculiar smell that can be felt only on Indian railway stations, a unique combination of frying vada pav, simmering tea, sweat, and toilet. He tapped his feet impatiently. The train was on time and yet he…
Book Review | It’s Not PMS, It’s You! | Rich Amooi
Book Details Title: It’s Not PMS, It’s You Length: 378 pages Published: 31 October, 2019 Price: INR 99 (Or you can borrow it for free if you’ve Kindle Unlimited subscription) Link to buy from Amazon: Amazon.in Book Description Ruth “Ruthless” Harper is on the verge of becoming managing partner at her all-male consulting firm and…