Author Interview : Sabarna Roy

 Q1) What kept on inspiring to write books?

The inspiration to write comes from within and it is difficult to pin-point it.


Q2) Can you describe briefly about each book you have wrote till date?

I have published 6 Literary books, titled: Pentacles; Frosted Glass; Abyss; Winter Poems; Random Subterranean Mosaic: 2012 – 2018, and Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020; and 1 Technical book, titled: Articles on Ductile Iron Pipelines and Framework Agreement Methodology.

Pentacles comprises one novella and four long narrative poems.

Frosted Glass comprises one story cycle consisting of 14 stories and one poem cycle consisting of 21 poems.

Abyss is a full length play in two acts with an interval in between. It is essentially a crime thriller full of suspense.

The poems contained in the collection Winter Poems, were inspired by the relatively mild season that prevails in Kolkata following the season of festivities, the Durga and Kali Puja, and portray myriad shades of human life.

Random Subterranean Mosaic 2012 - 2018 is a kaleidoscope of random, yet structured to a pattern, fiction, semi-autobiographical, and autobiographical pieces, covering poems, short-shorts, opinions, observations, and conversations.

Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020 comprises a novella and a poem cycle. The novella deals with dualism of life and the poem cycle is a duel between the poet and his alter-ego.


Q3) What was the struggle behind reaching best seller tag?

You keep on doing what you are best at doing, that is, writing. Laurels come when they have to come.

Q4) What did you learn while writing these books?

That it is possible to reconnect with your own life through the process of writing.

Q5) What suprised you the most throughout the journey?

That many mysteries and secrets of my own life were unearthed in the process of my writing journey.

Q6) Can you briefly explain about each title's origination and meaning?

People who read my books will be able to resonate with the title of my books. And, people who have not read my books, for them I do not want to end up giving spoilers.

Q7) Did you find yourself more or less sympathetic towards the subject you wrote?

I am dispassionate towards characters and subjects that I write about.

Q8) What happened behind the scenes for Pentacles, Abyss, Winter Poems, Frosted Glass and Random Subterranean?

Sincere hard work, research and painstaking writing discipline.

Q9) Were characters inspired by real persons?

Some of my key characters are inspired by real persons.

Q10) What do you think happened to the characters after the book ended?

I do not know. I hope they are alive in the minds of some of my readers.

To You With Love

Review #70

Here comes my other amazing & challenging read of 2020.

Detailed Review in form Video is coming out soon this month, Stay Tuned to know more about this wonderful love story.

Hey, first of all hello 🙋 all the lovely readers out there, here is a genuine review I want to share with you all.

A story which I will recommend to all the readers out there, The book ‘To You With Love’ - which highlights that even falling back 100 times, love still exists somewhere. Shravya through this touching story and words express alot pain that Sahil & Arya has gone through, facing one after another obstacles. Sahil being careless & carefree on one side gets attracted towards Arya for being shy, sensitive and introvert, P.S.- we all know opposites attract. The story takes turn when some deep dark secrets open up and give story a different twist, read to find what exactly happened. Despite facing such things off they put themself in a fix & keep moving on with delicacy. The question pondering me was will the love still exists somewhere beyond stars and life if they break apart?? Read this amazing story to find crisp turning points and drop in comments what you felt? The way this story is penned down is 100% relatable with each beautifully penned down word. What a page-turner this is!!

Wonderful book. While reading the book you start living it and the book gives you very much Bollywood feel. I wont be surprised if this book (entire series) gets turned into a movie or web-series.

Language used is simple & easy to understand. Writing style of the author is good. Overall, I enjoyed reading it. This is a must read for all readers out there...

#QOTD – What made you fall for this story, if by any chance you read this?

TITLE– Goes well with the plot, I loved it...
COVER– Extremely attractive one..!!
RECOMMENDED— Highly!!
STRENGTHS— Title & Cover

TITLE– To You With Love
AUTHOR– Shravya Bhinder
GENRE– Fiction
PUBLISHERS- Penguin Metro Reads
PUBLISHING DATE– 10 Aug 2020
LANGUAGE– English
FORMAT– Paperback
PAGES– 224
PRICE– 250 INR

RATINGS->
OVERALL RATING– 4✴️

Once There Was Me

Review #69

Here comes my other amazing & challenging read of 2020.

Detailed Review in form Video is coming out soon this month, Stay Tuned to know more about this wonderful love story.

Hey, first of all hello 🙋 all the lovely readers out there, here is a genuine review I want to share with you all.

A story which I will recommend to all the readers out there, The book ‘Once There Was Me’ - which highlights anti religion riots and a shaming part of our lives our society. Bobby through his short stories and words express that pain alot in better way that gives us insights of feeling being from a religion that has some anti-issues going on. Despite facing such things off he rebuilds himself his business and everything, the question pondering him while achieving his goals was only what role actually religion plays in one's life? Read this amazing story to find crisp turning points and drop in comments what you felt? The way this story is penned down is 100% relatable with each beautifully penned down word. What a page-turner this is!!

Wonderful book. While reading the book you start living it and the book gives you very much Bollywood feel. I wont be surprised if this book (entire series) gets turned into a movie or web-series.

Language used is simple & easy to understand. Writing style of the author is good. Overall, I enjoyed reading it. This is a must read for all readers out there...

#QOTD – What was your thrilling read of the month?

TITLE– Goes well with the plot, I loved it...

COVER– Extremely attractive one..!!

RECOMMENDED— Highly!!

STRENGTHS— Title & Cover

TITLE– Once There Was Me: The Extraordinary Life of an Unknown Indian

AUTHOR– Bobby Sachdeva

GENRE– Fiction

PUBLISHERS- Pan

PUBLISHING DATE– 30 June 2020

LANGUAGE– English

FORMAT– Paperback

PRICE– 400 INR

RATINGS->

OVERALL RATING– 5✴️

Destiny Played It Well

Review #68

Here comes my other amazing & challenging read of 2020. The story revolves around Kabeer & Navya. Though first image about this novel's character that was created in my mind after reading his name was "I idealised him as Kabir from movie Kabir Singh😝."

Detailed Review in form Video is coming out soon this month, Stay Tuned to know more about this wonderful love story.

Hey, first of all hello 🙋 all the lovely readers out there, here is a genuine review I want to share with you all.

A story which I will recommend to all the readers out there, The book ‘Destiny Played It Well’ - which highlights the importance of passionate & challenging goals of Love & the play games of destiny to unite two pure souls which were far away from each other. Love is what all seek, and for Navya, Kabeer was his healer, and for Kabeer it was love at first sight. They both only need to realize the magic love possesses. Will destiny also play it's role to unite them? Will destiny actually change her opportunity to get Internship at England & decreasing over-sea distances between Kabeer & Navya into a turning point to her miserable life she was living earlier in India? Was destiny actually pre-planning something for both of them? Read this amazing story to find crisp turning points & drop in comments what you felt? The way this story is penned down is 100% relatable with each beautifully penned down word. What a page-turner this is!!

Wonderful book. While reading the book you start living it & the book gives you very much Bollywood feel. I wont be surprised if this book (entire series) gets turned into a movie or web-series.

Language used is simple & easy to understand. Writing style of the author is good. Overall, I enjoyed reading it. This is a must read for all readers out there...

#QOTD –What actually brings smile on your face?

TITLE–Goes well with the plot, I loved it...

COVER–Extremely attractive one..!!

RECOMMENDED—Highly!!

STRENGTHS—Title & Cover

TITLE–Destiny Played It Well

AUTHOR–Neha Mittal

GENRE–Fiction

PUBLISHERS-Locksley Hall Publishing

PUBLISHING DATE–1 Jan 2020

LANGUAGE–English

FORMAT–Paperback

PRICE–250 INR

RATINGS->

OVERALL RATING– 5✴️

A Walk on A Burning Bridge

Review #67

Half Baked Beans has always come up with most amazing authors with their most amazing parts of life in form stories or either poetries. This master-piece is one of them 💙. This read will make you feel each word deeply.

Detailed Review in form Video is coming out soon this month, Stay Tuned to know more about this wonderful poetic piece.

A book which I will recommend to all the poetry readers out there, The book ‘A Walk on a Burning Bridge’ - is a collection of short poems and prose's dedicated to ones life, highlights the importance of loving yourself just the way you are! Love is what all seek, but let love seek you, prepare yourself to confront it with all the boldness. You are special, beautiful and unique in your own way. Each and every person out there is extremely strong individual doing wonders in their life. They only need to realize their own magic. The way these poems are penned down & perfectly explain the bridge making between two of the lifecycles one has to go through in his or her life for sure is deep inside touching directly & is 100% relatable with each beautifully penned down word. These heart-warming poems inspire us to indulge in self-love and self-appreciation with these sweet mini bites of poetry!

#QOTD – According to you: shall we seek for love or love should seek us?

TITLE– Goes well with the plot, I loved it..

COVER– Extremely attractive one..!!

RECOMMENDED— Highly!!

STRENGTHS— Title & Cover

TITLE– A Walk on a Burning Bridge

AUTHOR– Vaibhav Dange

PUBLISHERS– Half Baked Beans

GENRE– Poetry

LANGUAGE– English

FORMAT– Paperback

PRICE– 199 INR

RATINGS->

OVERALL RATING– 5✴️

7 Vows Of Marriage (2nd Edition)

Review #66
TITLE– 7 Vows of Marriage (Edition 2)
AUTHOR– Devika Das
GENRE– Fiction
LANGUAGE– English
FORMAT– E-Book
Length– 30 pages
PRICE– 50 INR

Hey, first of all hello 🙋 all the lovely readers out there, here is a genuine review I want to share with you all.

This was wonderful mind 💭 relaxing read for me. It had great impact over me & I could feel the actual vibes. The cover is beautiful. It is unique, eye catchy & attractive enough to get picked up. The book is a light read with length of about 30 pages which can be easily finished in no time. I read it one go & I feel so mesmerized by it. I just loved it.

As the title is "7 Vows of Marriage", the novel is full with Insights of how can a marital relationship works successfully. I totally agree with author that one does not lose his/her individuality after getting into any relation or after getting married. Every relation starts with friendship & lack of friendship can loosen the same.

I could feel every inch of every single penned down story & stages every couple passes through, though you won't understand the title until you read the whole of it. What a page-turner 📖 it is!!

I found this as the another best one in 2020. After reading all of it I am feeling hungover. So many thoughts & feelings are raging within me. I must say that the author has penned 📝 such a powerful stories that I am speechless.

All aspects are wonderfully covered.
The quality of the work is mind-blowing 💭 & commendable.

Wonderful book. While reading the book I started living it. This is a must read for all readers.

#QOTD – What According to you makes a marriage or relationship complete?

TITLE– Apt to plot..
COVER– An attractive one..!!
RECOMMENDED— Highly!!
STRENGTHS— Title & Cover

RATINGS->
OVERALL RATING– 4✴️

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: RAJEEV KUMAR

Q1) What make you inspire to write?

A: My sister inspired me to write, during early days my sister had given me a parentally advice to write daily activities and thoughts in diary. Slowly this became my habit and gradually I started writing short stories. My recent book is also about 13 such short story, some of the stories in the book are written by me when i was in 8th standard.

Q2) Why you chosen Hindi to express your thoughts for the book Meri Aarzoo?

A: Hindi being my mother tongue and now days there are very few writers who choose to express their thoughts in Hindi language. This is also another way to show my tribute to all the existing Hindi writer and Inspire youth to come forward and write in Hindi Language. The Hindi language used in my book is very simple which we usually speak in our daily routine at home. Without thinking much about grammatical mistakes or difficult Hindi words.

Q3) Which writer do you look up as your ideal?

A: Munishi Premchand is one of my favourite, I also enjoy reading novels by Ramanad Sagar.

Q4) What’s your favorite genre?

A: Suspense, thriller, romance and mythology

Q5) How many drafts you actually had for Meri Arzoo?

A: It was around 4-5 drafts before going for the final copy.

Q6) What was the main inspiration behind Meri Aarzoo?

A: Most of the people in world compromise in some or the other way, the book also speaks on same ground where the person even after compromising keep his aspiration alive and achieve success.

Q7) How has pandemic situation affected you work schedule?

A: Pandemic situation has definitely lead to lot of financial loss, but on contrary it has also become a opportunity for lot of people who used to complaint of lack of time to show creativity and skills in respective area. I too have utilized this opportunity and started my own Blog.

Q8) What suggestions you want drop for aspiring and budding writers?

A: Listen to own voice and be honest while writing with free mind which would lead to flow of thoughts and emotions.

Q9) Was getting published your book an easy task?

A: Honestly speaking it wasn’t an easy task, it took me lot of time and energy to ensure the book come out as a master piece in itself because it was also my first book. Hence didn’t want to take any chances and give public a memorable experience.

Q10) Who do you rely upon for great and better editing suggestions?

A: As this was my first book therefore I took editing suggestion from my family & friends who also motivated me to write. My future books I shall definitely seek advices from renowned editors.

Q11) What is that one motivational message you will spread across for your reader audience?

A: If I have say in my language then “Insaan parsthithio ka Ghulam hota hai, Paristhithiya ya toh khud ban jati hai ya kisi ke dwara banayi jati hai, jo insaan ke hatho mai nahi hota, Lekin un paristhithio se ladna unke hatho mai hota hai, toh use dare nahi apne vivek ka istemal kar sangarsh jari rakhe”