This New Year, I tell all my avowed readers something that is lesser known...
The entire process of finalizing the manuscript took almost three years, since I was working on it only in my spare time.
But God forbid, these three years weren't as good.
I was badly in need of encouragement.
My friends and my well-wishers were all up against my decision of making my debut with a literary fiction.
They thought I was crazy, having no idea of popular genres. But, in fact, they were trying to drive me crazy by their unsolicited advice.
Some said Romance/Erotica was hot, selling at $1.44 billion. Some said if you cannot write Romance/Erotica given your age, try Crime/Mystery instead. It stands at $728.2 million.
Better still, some suggested Religious/Inspirational at $720 million or Science Fiction/Fantasy at $590.2 million.
For some, even Horror wasn't bad at $79.6 million.
And crazy I really were.
I knew Literary Fiction was not topping the charts.
I was really passionate, daring to strive my way up against the fast flowing river. I was putting in extra efforts rather than taking advantage and flowing the way every one flowing.
I was crazy about the story line and its purpose way ahead I started writing.
I knew I were driving home a very pressing point.
And...
In in the history of over one decade of writing, no author had dared to write a fiction without dialogues.
That, too, was motivating.
That's why I continued and continued.
The tedious task of editing one's own work, and proof reading it, is only a fraction of the full story that the world gets to know!
All for the sake of a cause I was passionately involved with.
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