Chosen
Chosen spans the lifetime of a woman who, at sixty-three, discovers that she wronged her mother all her life and thinks her guilty of her death. (As the work is in progress, I cannot disclose details.)
Chosen is a literary novel, and will be close to 90,000 words. Right now, I have completed one-fourth of the [...]
The Rise of the Dawn: A novel by Shruti Chandra Gupta
The Rise of the Dawn tells the story of a young man who becomes a social handicap because of his need to avoid his past. His dead sister, tyrannical father and loving mother find a way to reach him; through dreams. After years of living in isolation, it is the love of two women that [...]
Tip on building fictional characters
When authors talk about their characters, they often say that the characters cut themselves off from the author and take a life of their own. Some say that the characters become independent to such an extent that they begin to manipulate the plot as well. It sounds weird, and I guess it is.
To people, it [...]
