tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90646548472987924132024-03-18T20:06:30.492-07:00TheReluctantDetectiveWhen a thirtysomething housewife gets entangled with murders which are no business of hers, a reluctant detective is bornAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-44581956948150586972013-04-15T01:11:00.001-07:002013-04-15T01:11:29.134-07:00At the Mumbai Book Fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Psst. That's me in the black striped shirt and black trousers. Along with Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, Ravi Subramanian and Manish Gupta. At the Mumbai Book Fair for a panel discussion on content, masala and marketing in publishing today. Given that Amish, Ashwin and Ravi have well on ruled the bestseller charts for yonks now, this made for a most informative discussion especially for a newbie like me, I listened, I learnt a lot, and damn, I wished I was taking notes.<br />
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PS: Go visit the book fair, it has stalls and stalls and discounts and activities and events and is a cannot be missed event for any book lover.<br />
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<b>As
a part of the continuing Author Chat series, which seeks to bring you a
perspective on writing and publishing today, I had a conversation with
Kiran Manral ,author of ''The Reluctant Detective'' which released in
2012. Kiran is a lady with a purpose - she runs and supports various
fantastic causes - finding the time to do so passionately, despite being
a wife, mother, writer and various other things. She's got a great
sense of humour, too - evident in her book and of course, <a href="http://karmickids.blogspot.in/" rel="nofollow">her blog</a>. As you'll see in her responses - she talks straight and tells it like it is! Enjoy :) </b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yashodhara:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">When
exactly did you start blogging and why? What role does blogging play
for you in your life today vis a vis when you started out?</span></b></blockquote>
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<b> Kiran: </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
began blogging in 2004/5 and at that point it was just like a personal
diary I maintained and wrote about. I started the kiddy blog a little
later to put down memories of the child's growing up because I was
sure I would forget everything given the kind of black hole memory I
have. Today blogging is a habit, a routine, something I do as a matter
of fact, because it has become part of me. </span></div>
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K: Indirectly I think, because it kept me writing and in touch with my
writing skills. And helped me discipline myself when it came to writing
because I set myself a ten minute deadline for my blog posts. Nothing
more than ten minutes a day on a post. </div>
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K: Short stories are much more challenging in my opinion, to build up
characters, situation, context, conflict and climax in a short story
needs mastery of the art of storytelling. A novel is much more
generous, you have lot of space to do all this. </div>
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K: It was rather simple. I wrote out three chapters and a synopsis,
mailed it in to the editor at Westland, she liked it and asked to see
the rest of it. So I wrote out the rest, mailed it in and voila, a
year later, the book was birthed in paper and ink. </div>
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you shed some light upon the challenges of first-time authorship?
First, with regard to writing; and then, with regard to the process of
getting published.</span></b></blockquote>
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K: Touchwood, I didn't have much of a struggle, I was lucky enough to get my first effort accepted. </div>
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K: I think the community is rather open and friendly and willing to
lend a helping hand to those coming in. I have had only positive
experiences with other already published authors. </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Y:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Kiran</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, you’re a freelance writer in one of your avatars – how did that contribute to helping with the book?</span></b></blockquote>
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K: Discipline in writing that's the main thing. Treating writing as a
job not as something one waits for the muse to descend before getting
down to work. </div>
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<b>Y:<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>This
is my favorite question because I’m trying to find the answer to it
myself! What is your view on Plotting? Stephen King in the book ‘On
Writing’, suggests that plotting results in stories that are too
formulaic – I personally struggle without a plot outline. What is your
view?</b></blockquote>
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K: My first book, the second and the third all were plotted. The one I
am currently writing is not. Nor is one I've abandoned midway, but know
I will get back to. The plotted ones get done quickly. The ones that
aren't plotted are a struggle but so much more creatively satisfying.
The characters take a life of their own, do things you never think they
were capable of and I think the unplotted books are where truly, you go
into an alternate dimension where you as an author are just merely the
recorder of the story, not the puppeteer to the characters. </div>
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K: How do I get published. How does one write. Answer 1, submit your
manuscript to the email ids on the publishing house websites in the
format specified and pray hard. Answer 2. One word at a time. And the
third and most dreaded thing is the sudden influx of manuscripts from
aspiring authors. I love everyone, but unless they're dear friends, I'm
really hard pressed to take time out to go through all the
manuscripts that land in my inbox and I find it tough to say, no really,
go to a professional editor, I have too much on my plate to go through
your manuscript with a marker and give you feedback. Right now I have
12 manuscripts in my inbox. Completely unsolicited.<br /> </div>
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me some of the mistakes that you find aspiring authors make in the
beginning – what are the rookie mistakes that you made which you think
other people could learn from?</span></b></blockquote>
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K :Me, I didn't pay attention to plot. I just had fun writing the
story. Now I suggest plot more. Also I didn't do any research. I would
recommend every aspiring author research their subject thoroughly so
there are no grey areas or obvious mistakes. </div>
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K: Conflict. Resolution. Emotion. Empathy. </div>
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<b>Y:<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Do
you think it is critical to get some sort of training in the process of
writing – or does it just happen? What does it really take to get
published?</b></blockquote>
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K: Training would always help, but what would help more is a flair for
writing. You can train all you want but if the words don't flow
naturally, it won't help. About what does it really take to get
published, I really don't know. Some national bestsellers I've browsed
through have such appalling command over the language that all that I
believed in has been shaken to its core. But yes, they are best
sellers, with some authors churning out a new book every few months. So
they must offer something that the readers want. </div>
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K: P G Wodehouse, W Somerset Maugham, R K Narayan, Ruskin Bond. </div>
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<b>Y:<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Any last words for the people looking to participate in the Indiblogger-HarperCollins Get Published contest? </b></blockquote>
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K: Don't wait for the muse, she is fickle and often calls in sick. Just put fingers to keyboard and write.</div>
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<b>Thanks a bunch, Kiran!</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></div>
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<b><i>Yashodhara Lal is the author of 'Just Married,Please Excuse.' (<a href="http://www.justmarriedpleaseexcuse.com/" rel="nofollow">www.justmarriedpleaseexcuse.com</a>). You can read her <a href="http://www.yashodharalal.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> here or follow her on twitter <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/forum/profile/yashodharalal" rel="nofollow">@yashodharalal</a></i></b></div>
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one of her blogs Kiran Manral blogs about fashion, jewellery, bags,
shoes, cosmetics, home décor and food. She claims to be obsessed with
them all; we are sure most women will understand why…<br />
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In the interview, the author talks to us about how her first novel The
Reluctant Detective was born, why blogging is so much fun and how she
founded India Helps (a network of volunteers who work with disaster
victims). <br />
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How was the storyline of The Reluctant Detective born?</strong><br />
It wrote itself. Honestly. I just began writing about a suburban
housewife and she had her own little adventure while I wrote it.<br />
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<strong>What is the methodology you follow? Is that that you plan every chapter or let the story take its own course?</strong><br />
In the case of <em>The Reluctant Detective</em>, I wrote out the first
three chapters and a synopsis of each of the rest of the chapters and
mailed it in. It got approved and I wrote out the book.<br />
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In case of another book I have written (which is still languishing with
me, because I can't seem to end it) the story is taking its own course,
so I have worked with both routes and while the first route is finite
and determinable, the second is creatively much more satisfying.<br />
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How did you think of amalgamating a murder mystery with a housewife's
story who worries about her weight and groans about not having enough
clothes?</strong><br />
Actually, the back stories to the little snippets in the newspapers
about 'unidentified dead body found' and such like fascinate me. Also
the thought was to incorporate something disturbing into her everyday
life that wouldn't actually impinge too much on her everyday life, but
just create slight ripples that would unsettle her a bit.<br />
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<strong>What changes in the sequel to <em>The Reluctant Detective</em>?</strong><br />
Ha ha ha. You have to wait for that. Kay will be as reluctant as ever, is all I can promise.<br />
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<strong>Do you think women bring a unique perspective and emotional angle to their novels?</strong><br />
Stepping into Sir Vidia's controversy? Seriously, no. I might get
lynched for saying this but it isn't a male/female perspective that
counts, it is the power of observation and recollection and the ability
to put down thought and emotion in a way that the reader can connect
with it that counts. Some of the most moving novels have been written by
men and they have been as emotional as they can get, and some female
authors are very matter of fact and brusque with their writing. I would
say it is personality rather than gender that determines how the writing
will be.<br />
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<strong>You do a couple of blogs and write extensively as a freelance
writer. How is novel writing primarily different from blogging and
writing.</strong><br />
Novel writing involves living with the characters over a period of time,
seeing how their story evolves, creating a kind of plot or development
they have to work over or around. Blogs aren't like that.<br />
Blogs are very random, at least mine are. Just five to ten minutes of
writing. Freelance writing is writing to an assigned topic, in the house
style. That is bread and butter work. Novel writing is a passion. Blogs
are fun.<br />
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<strong>How can a writer make his/her humour work?</strong><br />
I wish I knew the answer to that. Honestly. I think you either have a
sense of humour or you don't. I think it helps to not take yourself or
your writing too seriously.<br />
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<strong><br />
Could you share a little about your role at India Helps?</strong><br />
I founded India Helps post the 26/11 terror attack with a group of
friends. It is a network of volunteers who work with disaster victims.<br />
I primarily coordinate fundraising and getting information about the victims in need.</span></span><br />
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http://www.sitanshi.com/keeping-it-real</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-22527879381695483792012-07-01T20:50:00.002-07:002012-07-01T20:50:34.582-07:00An afternoon of gluttony<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the words and pictures of the wonderful Nikhil Merchant.<br />
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Botticino, the Italian restaurant at the Trident invited me to read to a group of select bloggers, and I was quite delighted because these were friends I'd known since my trip to Lavasa last year. And since Verve was on board as the media partner for the event, I was all panic about hair and clothes, because, of course, I'm not a good one for the coordinated look. But with the help of Disha Waghani, a dear friend, I finally agreed to get myself into a dress. Disha has been after me for yonks to wear a dress and I've been dithering and dathering. So a dress it was, hair and make up, thankfully, taken care of by Lakme Salon, so that was immaculate and I wasn't terrified of the Bride of Frankenstein look happening.<br />
I reached the venue to find Anuradha, Pushpa, Nisha from the blogger group, Arti Sarin and Sitanshi from Verve already waiting for me, as was Biswajeet who had put together the event. Also met Anushka Agarwal and Kainaz Daver of the Trident, such pretty ladies who totally made me feel like the country cousin with their impeccable complexions and immaculately draped sarees. Shakti joined us soon after I walked in. <br />
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I did a bit of reading excerpts from the book. What is lovely about reading to a crowd that has already read your book is that they know which bits are their favourites and know what is to come next.<br />
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Me, being the died in the wool carnivore I am, I opted for the roast chicken roulade, the chilli and fennel crusted snapper with olives and the Tiramisu with berry sorbet.<br />
This was accompanied by a lovely red wine, which in my excitement, I forgot to take the details of, and given my kindergarten level knowledge of wines, wouldn't be able to comment knowledgeably about anyway.<br />
The food was plated so exquisitely that it seemed a sin to eat it, they seemed like art forms on their own. I personally loved the way Chef Vichare had balanced the flavours so that not a single thing about each dish was overwhelming, but was a feast for the palate and the eyes. And yes, I can say the tiramisu at the Botticino is TO DIE FOR. If I'm on death row, this will be my last wish meal request, tiramisu from here.<br />
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A lovely afternoon was had, and time just flew by. This reading at the Botticino, I think, would be amongst my most cherished memories of this launch campaign.</div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-23658015957635649782012-06-18T00:16:00.002-07:002012-06-18T00:16:30.875-07:00And here's what I did this Saturday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Verve Botticino Trident lunch for lady bloggers.<br />
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http://anushankarn.blogspot.in/2012/06/eventful-saturday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/hLCAD+%28A+Wandering+Mind%29&utm_content=FaceBook</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-67077680827893885112012-06-04T22:49:00.000-07:002012-06-04T22:49:04.802-07:00Facebook chat with Women's Web<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Read about it right here: http://www.womensweb.in/2012/06/kiran-manral-professional-writing/</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-58673707114766526262012-05-31T20:34:00.003-07:002012-05-31T20:34:54.961-07:00The Reluctant Detective now on Kindle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With Parthip Thyagarajan, Nisha Harale Bedi, Deepa Soman, Kamini Gopal, R Ganesh, Bhanumathi Ganesh and others.<br />
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Isn't that a lovely neckpiece I'm wearing?<br />
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At Crossword, ICC Towers with the lovely Anupama Chatterjee<br />
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And at CMYK, Koregaon Park with the vivacious Monika Trivedi and Anupama Chatterjee again.<br />
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Since her childhood, Kiran had been into books.
As she grew up she took writing professionally. She recently launched
her debut book, <b>The Reluctant Detective</b>. She is also an active blogger, media consultant and a freelance writer.<br />
Apart from all this, she is also the founder of India Helps, a
volunteer network which works with disaster victims. This organization
was set up post 26/11 and has a network of volunteers across India and
abroad.<br />
We caught up with her recently when she visited one of the leading
bookstores in the city for a book reading of The Reluctant Detective. <b>The Punekar</b> brings to you the snippets of their conversation with the smart and talented author <b>Kiran Manral</b>. <br />
<b>What was Kiran Manral like before turning into an author?</b><br />
Since I was a kid I used to love to read and write. My mother always
felt that I would grow up and write a book. But that somehow never
happened until earlier this year. In my earlier day I used to write for
The Asian Age, The Times of India and Cosmopolitan. After my son was
born I gave up my job to be a full time mother. Later, I turned into a
freelance wirter, blogger and a media consultant.<br />
<b>Why did you finally decide to write a book?</b><br />
After giving up my job, I continued with writing. My mother would
always tell me that I should write a book but it somehow never came
through. My mother’s repeated coaxing made me look back at my life.
That’s when I realised that I hadn’t done anything big so far. This book
was written with an intention to not just fulfil my mother’s wish but
also to move a step towards my goal of being an author.<br />
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Read more<a href="http://www.thepunekar.com/2012/05/09/tete-a-tete-with-author-kiran-manral/"> here. </a></div>
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Of course I was dazzled by the jewellery there. These jewellery store readings call for every ounce of my concentration to stay focused on the book and not wander off midway to peer intensely at something that's caught my eye from across the room. The neckpiece I'm wearing, its part of the Just Jewellery range. Loved the neon pop colours.<br />
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Here are the photographs: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.399853886716094.99703.231230920245059&type=3</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-13352181045753967512012-04-27T00:43:00.001-07:002012-04-27T00:44:24.462-07:00At Saturday Club, Kolkata, April 12th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Baisali Chatterjee, Dipali Taneja and I read excerpts from the book. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528271916192411200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064654847298792413.post-35267835826021023892012-04-26T05:02:00.002-07:002012-04-26T05:02:51.608-07:00Pune, CMYK, 5th May, 6.30 pm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Priyanka Chaturvedi reviewed The Reluctant Detective on her blog, and given that she along with Parul Sharma together ensured I didn't slack off on writing this, I owe them both bigtime. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">I
read Kiran’s (good friend no.1) debut novel </span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
Reluctant Detective</i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> last month and honestly all through the book I kept
looking or waiting to catch her on something where she went wrong with the
story but there was absolutely nothing I could come up with. The book was near
perfect. The book kept me in splits throughout, right from the word go. Much
like her blog, that’s the only minus point I’d give her book, that it is an
extension of her blog. Some parts of the book had a sense of deja vu. But then there is a twist in the story, then also her
blog is more personal.</span></i></div>
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book starts off with Lady Kay aka Kanan Mehra who is the main protagonist of
the book. Her curiosity keeps getting her into all kinds of incidents in the
book except for when she finds herself involved in not one but two murders that
take places in her vicinity. This is when her curiosity turns to her advantage
and helps her find out the whys and the whats and the whos behind the murder. </span></i></div>
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wait if you thought this is only yet another whodunit no dear friends that this
book is not. This is also the tale of every mum; yes Lady Kay is also a mum to
an adorable son and a wife to a macho man! So read her hilarious exchanges with
her son and her husband. The best is her exchanges with her self. It will have you laughing right through the
book. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read more <a href="http://thebookloversreview.blogspot.in/2012/04/yesi-am-guilty-of-not-putting-up.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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