Posted in Screenplay, tagged India, Indian television, job opportunity, screenwriters, screenwriting, writers on July 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »
All aspiring screenwriters out there, interested in writing a comedy on television, I’m looking for an assistant.
Essential Qualifications:
You must be a resident of Bombay, preferably, living within a one hour periphery of say, Seven Bungalows, Andheri west. As you all know, given the traffic, you could be in Lokhandwala and it can still be challenge [...]
Posted in General Gyan, tagged Books, chicklit, fiction, literature, non fiction, pulp fiction, quotes, reading, writer’s life, writing on July 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Right now I’m looking for a killer opening line for my next book along the lines of, “The scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of unrequited love” and “All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” the opening lines of Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez) and [...]
Posted in Experiences, Random thoughts, tagged humour, Kkrishnaa’s Konfessions, life, love, personal thoughts, relationship, romance, teenage on July 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We had a writer’s workshop over the weekend. Everybody was gloomy because of the weather so we thought that we’d do something fun to cheer them up. So we asked people to write about their first love affair. And if they hadn’t had one (we are talking about writers, not jocks), to write about crushes [...]
Posted in Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, Novel, tagged book, Book review, chicklit, fiction, financial express, India, Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, media, writing on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Financial Express – Sunday, July 27, 2008
To read the more legible online verison, click here.
Posted in Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, Novel, tagged chicklit, fiction, humour, India, ladki lit, writing, writing fiction on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So this journalist calls me yesterday to ask me what I thought about the rise of the ladki lit. Quoting verbatim from some article: “Ten years after the publication of Bridget Jones’s Diary, the genre of fiction most recognisable for its pink cover art of stilettos, martini glasses and lipsticks, is now being colourfully infused [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews, tagged Batman, Christain Bale, Christopher Nolan, Heath Ledger on July 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Omigod! I might have been changed. Forever. By the Dark Knight.
I caught the flick last night, having been denied tickets earlier on during the weekend. I could hardly wait for the film to begin, for the images and sounds to assault my senses. And Omigod!
Okay, even if I hadn’t heard about it I would have [...]
Posted in Novel, Screenplay, tagged fiction, non fiction, writing on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You know what is the death of a writer? Aside from a lack of ideas, of course. Procrastination. I’ve spoken about this before. About how people claim they want to be writers but don’t make any real efforts in that direction. I think I know why. Or, at least some of the reasons why.
Routine: Writing, [...]
Posted in Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, Novel, Screenplay, tagged Bollywood, fiction, film, India, popular culture, publishing in India, writing, writing in India on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve blogged about how Indian writers have never had it so good. So if you want to publish, now is the time.
Scared that you spend some 3-4 months writing only to see it rejected? It’s painful, I know. Go ahead and admit it. It’s only natural. I’ve been there before with screenplays. So what do [...]
The cover of my book!
