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Last month saw two of my books making their way into
the world. On 5th August, my nonfiction book ‘50 GREAT INDIANS:
Extraordinary Lives, Inspiring Tales,’ reached bookshelves. On 11th
August, my middle grade fantasy novel, ‘Buddy The Scavage,’ made its way into
the reader’s hands.
The month was super busy for me, arranging excerpts of
the books, reviews and highlights for the different newspapers I write for. I
also received an avalanche of messages from book bloggers aka infuencers on Instagram.
I am appalled at the blatant way they demand money for reviews. I had so much
difficulty fending them off that I had to add ‘No DMs please’ to my Instagram
bio. Even then they were relentless.
I had planned to take it easy, but frankly speaking that
didn’t happen, as I had a few deadlines to meet for my freelance writing.
With a new month upon us, it’s time for a IWSG post (Insecure
Writers Support Group). IWSG is an online writers group, started by Alex J Cavanaugh, the author of Amazon
Bestsellers: CassaStar, CassaStorm, CassaFire and Dragon of the Stars. Do
visit the IWSG website for some informative posts.
The awesome co-hosts for the September 7th
posting of the IWSG are Kim Lajevardi, Cathrina Constantine, Natalie Aguire,
Olga Godim, Michelle Wallace and Louise -Fundy Blue.
September 7 question – What genre would be the worst one for
you to tackle and why?
I think it would be crime fiction. That’s
because I feel I wouldn’t be good at it, so I doubt I would do a great job.
What about you all? What genre would be the worst one
for you?
P.S. How do you all handle book reviews?
Congratulations on the new releases! :)
ReplyDeleteWriting busy is a good kind of busy to be, but try to take care of yourself, too. :)
Two releases - congratulations! Busy is an understatement.
ReplyDeleteDemanding payment for reviews is so wrong.
Two new books - that's wonderful! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteI don't look at my DMs on instagram very often because of exactly this! So annoying. I'm sure I wouldn't be great at crime fiction either - way too much plotting required for my brain!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you have two new books that just released. It's terrible that people ask for money to do a review.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on two books in the same month! I can only imagine how difficult that is. One wears me out. People can be quite brazen on social media. Freaks me out sometimes.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all of your work as a writer!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful achievement, Rachna, so impressed xx
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, I can only imagine how busy you've been. This is huge! Love the cover, BTW :)
ReplyDeleteWell done Rachna - congratulations on two releases ... it is certainly time consuming ... I guess more writing releases the pressures - all the best - Hilary
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! Two fantastic books to be proud of. I'm so weird. I absolutely love crime fiction. Anything with a murder mystery gives me goosebumps!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Rachna. That's super exciting. I've never written crime fiction--I'd probably not do well in that genre!
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