Adventures of a Writer

Temperatures are soaring across India. Mangoes and lychees, tall cool drinks and summer vacations are all part of our coping strategies, right? So, here's an offer that's not to be missed. Relax indoors with your favourite cold beverage and your Kindle. To sweeten the deal, here's a free copy of my ebook Destiny's Girl. Hope you enjoy the read. And please don't forget to leave a review if you do read it. The limited time offer is only between 29th May and 31st May 2018. So don't delay! US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079MJDM3K INDIA: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B079MJDM3K Happy Reading! Adite xoxo

Have you ever met an author who doesn't want her book read? Neither have I. When readers leave a review for the book that they have read -- be it on Amazon , Goodreads , or their own blogs -- they spread the word about it. As Tim O'Reilly famously says, "Obscurity is a greater threat to authors than piracy." Sites like NetGalley offer a great opportunity for authors to find readers and conversely, for readers to discover new authors and books. While publishers/authors have to pay a subscription fee to NetGalley, readers and bloggers can read books for free in exchange for putting up a review. It also takes away the problematic issue of vetting every review request. I seriously wish there was such a site for Indian books. Here are some ways to engage with readers and reviewers.  Goodreads - Putting up a book on Goodreads and getting marked as "want to read" spreads the word about the book. Those who have physical copies of their books to offer al...

Time flies, doesn't it? Summer is already upon us and the temperatures are set to soar. It was only in February this year that I launched my book Destiny's Girl on Amazon . The response from readers has been overwhelming. Amazon Kindle Unlimited readership has soared to 95,000 (page reads) in this short period and I can't thank my readers enough.  So here's a "hot" offer for those who haven't read the book yet. For a limited period, the ebook will be available for a discounted price of $0.77 on Amazon.com and INR 50 on Amazon.IN. But hurry, offer ends soon! Still undecided? Check out what new readers have to say about the book.  ***** Maya desires revenge. Krish desires freedom from an overbearing business magnate of a father. Love is not the first among their list of priorities. But destiny brings them together. Adite's writing had a mellifluous flow where you can neither keep the book down, nor are you starved of the smallest de...

Five years ago, my first book was published by Harlequin/Mills & Boon with the title "The Indian Tycoon's Marriage Deal". It was an exciting moment for me as a writer and I will always cherish that memory. Strange thing is that I get to do a re-run of that moment. But this time as a self-published author. I am hugely excited at the opportunity to revisit Krish and Maya's story and bring it to my readers with a new cover and title. There could be no other month more appropriate for the re-launch of a romance than the Month of Love -- February! The story is now called Destiny's Girl . And it has a brilliant new cover... I am sure you will agree with me! I did wonder if I should update Krish & Maya's story. But as I went through the manuscript, I realized that my protagonists are now not merely characters in my book, but they have their own fictional lives within the pages of the book. Who am I to change that? So, their story is presented as is,...