From the blurb of The Key of Chaos: “I never got to tell him I’m sorry.” Meet Maya Subramaniam: thirteen years old, schoolgirl by day, Preferred by night. Throw in a pair of disapproving parents intent on stopping her forays into an alternate world, a two-metre-tall Watcher who can sense her state of mind, and […]
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Miles to go… [Updated]
Well, my list of things to do only seems to get longer and longer, so I’m going to get organized. In other words, I shall make a list! Meanwhile, enjoy the cover of the Turkish edition of A Shadow in Eternity. (For more—and especially if you can read Turkish—check out the Carpe Diem Kitap site.) […]
The story so far…
With The Key of Chaos getting close to publication, perhaps the time is right to quickly recap the story and learn a little more about the main characters. Here is the story so far, without giving away too many spoilers: When Maya is taken to the Halvard Castle in the Eternal City under mysterious circumstances, […]
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Saintly patience…
If you have a toothache, you can take a painkiller. But if you have a bad book, you’re done for. It gnaws you from inside till you want to scream. And no matter what you do, you cannot get rid of it. Unless you read a worse book, of course! Well, the source of my […]
A Shadow in Eternity: A review
Two young readers of A Shadow in Eternity liked it enough to write the following review. Many thanks to Pakhi and Gulshan. The second book, The Key of Chaos is a couple of months from publication. I hope they like it as much! Here is what they have to say: A Shadow in Eternity is […]
Turkish delight (WANTED: A better heading!)
Lame headings apart, exciting stuff has been happening. Apart from a revolution by some of us at Openwebdesign.org (but more about that some day later), my publishers inform me that they are close to finalizing Turkish translation rights for my book A Shadow in Eternity. The rights are being sold to an agency called Nurichan […]
Do it like the Brits!
What is it about British whodunits that I love so much? I have recently started re-reading Peter Robinson’s Chief Inspector Banks books, and in the past two weeks have raced through four and am tackling the fifth now! Actually, perhaps it is not hard to see why I am hooked. Back from my dream trip […]
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Maiden fanfiction!
My first fanfiction! It is a momentous enough occasion to merit a new post, so here it is. And for it I must thank Laura. It is slightly spooky to read of my own characters being written about by someone else, but it isn’t a wholly unpleasing experience. The “author” has done a good job, […]
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The Key of Chaos: A sneak preview
Now that the sequel to A Shadow in Eternity is official, I intend to put in a page about it in the main Writeside.net site. For now, here’s a little glimpse into what’ll happen next. Book two is tentatively called A Shadow in Eternity II: The Key of Chaos, and takes off about two months […]
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Fictional characters I’d like to meet (updated)
The hallmark of a good book, in my opinion, is when you stop worrying about the plot and are more concerned about the characters. It is no mean task creating engaging characters within the limits of fiction, but plenty of authors have managed it. Here are some fictional characters I’d like to meet (some of […]