Saiswaroopa Iyer's Blog

The disruption caused by ChatGPT is not new to any of the readers who may read this piece. Before I started typing this, I just read an article which said about 200+ Kindle ebooks have been published on Amazon which state ChatGPT as author or co-Author. And there are enough voices who (perhaps rightly) are calling foul over possible copyright infringements. I have been following AI tools that support writers in various ways (editing, trimming and finally draft generation in partial ways) throug...

I never share a WIP in public. But this is something I wrote a while ago and the muse deserted me. (Well, I am battling against time to do another deliverable before I can delve into this). The Hindu resurgence in Telugu regions, especially in the interim period between the fall of Kakatiya and Vijayanagara periods is a topic that is close to my heart. The trio of Kapayya Nayaka, Araveeti Somadeva and Vemareddi fought off the invaders, eliminated them along the regions of present day Rayalaseem...

“So, what is stopping you?”

This was the question my former boss at a Venture Capital Firm would ask every entrepreneur who pitched for investment. This was the one question that would shove aside those mighty presentations and projection to hard reality. One question whose answers would tell much more about the deal. The question stuck to me long after  I moved out of the job and plunged into writing. I would ask myself at every nook and corner of my journey. Whats stopping me? [image error] The answe...

I have often been asked about my writing process. Having struggled from being an ‘aspiring’ (read clueless about how to get that damn draft done) author to someone with multiple books, I have realized the value that following a process brings in. The journey of putting down ~100,000 words does not happen riding on inspiration alone. This is my attempt to document the steps I take now to get my first drafts done.

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Jotting the idea

It is important to put the idea on to paper as soon as it visit...

Presenting this work of vast research by my friend Nithin Sridhar on the topic of menstruation. The author’s series of articles on the topic on Indiafacts had piqued my interest and I was really looking forward for this book.

The Book Summary is as follows
Menstruation across Cultures attempts to provide a detailed review of menstruation notions prevalent in India and in cultures from across the world. The world cultures covered in the book include Indic traditions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Ja...

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After meeting Devika through one of my favourite writer groups, I was awed by her writing discipline.  An entrepreneur by day and a writerpreneur by night, she is a living inspiration to anyone who wants to make a career out of their passion. Hence I could not wait to pick up  her booklet on Self publishing. Being the one who made self publishing work for her, she succeeded in garnering a global audience and her advice was bound to be invaluable.

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And I was not disappointed at all!

In a simpl...

Why Go Indie?: 6 Reasons for Self-Publishing (TBC Writer’s Toolkit Book 1)  by Devika Fernando    Have you ever thought of going indie? Are you a traditionally published author interested in switching to self-publishing? Or an aspiring author looking at various publishing options?    This concise booklet will show you reasons to go indie and give you an overview of the advantages of self-publishing books. It also shines a light on the 6 F’s of self-publishing.    This eBook is part of th...

Come November, there is a lot of excitement. It is #NaNoWriMo! It is the birth month of Kindle Direct Publishing. Coincidentally, it is the month where I plunged into the life of an author. Right! My first literary baby Abhaya shall celebrate her third birthday. To top it all, we were blessed with a gorgeous baby girl! Three years into author’s life and one year into motherhood feels like a lot of distance travelled. The joys and intrigues of motherhood aside, my #authorlife had no less excit...

This is my second blog post on a new series. A new series of blog posts titled “Authors’ Tips – A to Z of Writing” that aims to cover all aspects of writing. Authors Devika Fernando, Preethi Venugopala, Paromita Goswami, Reet Singh, Ruchi Singh, Sudesna Ghosh and Adite Banerjie Topics are chosen alphabetically and each of us strive to post a blog post a week. This post shall focus on the topic of writing through demanding times. Well isn’t life as a whole very demanding? Do read on and let m...