Start of Something New..

It has been 6 months since the publication of my debut novel "Fashionably Yours" and it has been 4 months since I have started with 3 different story-lines and discarded each one of them after just 20k words or so, simply because none of those stories managed to keep me excited and curious.

I have so many ideas for my book #2 that I am finding it impossible to go with just one. The basic idea for my book #2 is to write about a girl who is scared, safe in her cocoon but can't wait to free herself from the burden of everyone else's dreams, expectations and requirements. She wants to be free as a bird, she'll makes her mistakes, her choices and her memories and after weeks of sitting down and idealizing the girl I want to write about, the places I want her to go to, the situations she'll take me to, I have finally narrowed down the story that I want to tell and I honestly can't wait to write it. I am excited to get on with the journey of this girl who is just like rest of us, the only difference is that she finds the way to survive and thrive when most of us decides to give up. 

Swati xxx

The Year T'was!

Happy New Year lovelies! I spent my new year’s eve in bed and had a lot of tea while watching endless movies. I am not a party person and love to spend time at home so it was quite a beautiful evening for me on my own. Anyway how was yours?

As the year 2015 kicks in, I would like to take a moment and reflect on the year 2014. It was definitely one of the most challenging years for me and I had the highest number of ups and downs that any person could ever have in one year. As the year 2014 started on quite a sour note for me, I am glad that it ended up on a beautiful note. While the first six months of the year 2014 were especially painful and gruesome for me, mentally and spiritually, my life did the 360 degree turn in the second half of the year and what a change it was man!! I am still in awe!

After trying to make it as a contemporary women fiction writer for five years when I finally started to give up, I got the opportunity of the lifetime (you can read here about it in detail) and I said goodbye to 2014 as a commercial published author! Oh Man! And it became even better as I winded up the year with a 3 hour long radio interview/chat with the RJ Jane over Chennai Live-104.8 FM on 27^th of December. Never in my dreams, I imagined getting so much attention and love.

Lastly I want to thank each and everyone who bought my book and gave it so much love and affection. I would always be in your debts.

Swati x

P.S: If you haven’t got your copy of Fashionably Yours as yet then you can get it on Amazon or Flipkart.