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This book was supposed to be released in February, this year, around Valentine’s day. But life doesn’t go as planned. Things happened one after the other, and it kept getting delayed.

From a long time of alternating good and bad times, I’ve learnt that we shouldn’t lose heart when we are with busy days, low days, or difficult days. Nothing stays for long, and life does take a turn back for the better.
That’s what life is.
And all we need to do is embrace both good and bad times, easy and tough times with grace. Enjoy the good times, and keep faith in God during all times. Keep patience and continue to do your work.

I did the same. And finally, I can hope for things to return to normal one by one.

I write similar experiences in my books. They are pieces of my life and soul during all the times when I’ve felt like saying something. And ended up creating something I would love to share with you.

Now, coming to present – Spark & Spice is finally going in print 😀🌻
And I have no words to express what I’m feeling. There’s nervousness – yes, I know it was published twice, in 2018 and 2019, and a lot of people have already read it, still I feel jittery. And I feel soooooo excited 🙈😀… and more than everything else, I feel pangs of detachment of a mother whose baby is going to school for the first time, or a teenager’s mom whose kid is performing for the first time on stage 😂😂… yeah, I know that’s crazy. But that’s how I feel.

I’ve always loved Spark & Spice like I love all my books. It was one of my blockbusters on Wattpad… haha… with 1 million reads in a short span of 7 months  and I received so much love from readers, I feel so so so proud of it.

1 M reads on the book are not my clicks, or my friends, or few people… it’s thanks to ALL of you together who not only read it, loved it, and recommended to their friends. I am and will be eternally grateful to each of you for that love which gave me the confidence to bring this book to you in paperback and ebook format.

I believe, more than anything, this book deserves to be immortalized in a paperback/ebook form so that more readers read it and it gets more love. I’m sure all of you want that too.

I’d had to make a few changes to convert it in a book form as previously I’ve posted as episodes/chapters. This time, it’s a story as a novel. Also… there’s a SURPRISE for you… that I’ll tell you in a while…

Firstly — The biggest challenge was ‘wordcount’ – I’ve divided the book in 3 parts and will be released as a series. To adhere to word count, without compromising on dialogues, essence, etc is the main hard part. I didn’t want to change anything. And it wasn’t possible to publish a book of 1500 pages. Yes, it’s a big book 😀🙈

Second Change — As all of you know, they are Virat Malhotra and Niyati Reddy this time. Along with other characters, of which I have changed the names of almost all, except Samir and Maya.
I’ll post initial few chapters and a few parts so that you know how it reads with different names. I’ve been editing the book for the last 7-8 months and for the 6th time, last month. So, I’m kinda loving Virat and Niyati.

Now the surprise element – I have added at least 7-8 NEW scenes of Virat and Niyati, a couple of dates, and few office scenes with lots of dialogues. Added 3-4 scenes of Maya, Dadi and Dadu… 2 scenes of Meera and Niyati… and her sisters… to highlight their character…  And one scene of Dadu and Virat.
I love that scene so much!!!
I wanted to give you MORE in case you decide to buy the book. You should have added experience, that’s what I believe. That’s the only way I can thank my readers.

(I’ve only deleted one scene, and that didn’t have Virat and Niyati, so probably you won’t miss it.)

One long scene, which was written new, that is one of Virat and Niyati’s date did not make it to the final draft, because I had exceeded wordcount like always, and since I had already written a few dates, I had to take it away. I’ll post that here for everyone to read 😊

Starting today, I’ll keep Sundays as Spark & Spice Days!! I’ll post tidbits, scenes, sample chapters, videos, and posters… you may ask questions and I’ll answer.

I’m announcing names of Beta Readers. Please use the contact button and send me your email address and phone numbers –

Simar Manu
Aasma Ul Haq
Samvidhan Roy
Samruddhi K
Krinzel D

Others, please don’t get disheartened. You are all very precious to me. So, like last time, I will be doing lots of giveaways. Participate in giveaways every Sunday and I will send you a signed book.

To thank people who’ve left reviews on Amazon for my debut book – The Masquerade, I will randomly pick up 5 readers from there and send them a signed copy of Spark & Spice. So, if you have read The Masquerade and didn’t leave an Amazon review, please do so. I’ll pick up readers from there next week.

Thank you for standing by me through thick and thin, and through every phase I’ve been 🙏🙏
We have made it till here. Together, we will hopefully go far. I’ll keep writing. I hope you keep reading too 💖💖💖

Will tell you more, next Sunday… Stay tuned 💖✨💖

Wishing the best of health for you and your families. May you all stay blessed, stay happy, and stay safe ✨🌻

Take care 🤗🤗🤗

Love you all,

M.

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone,

Thank you for the all the wishes, messages, and prayers you’ve poured in for my family and loved ones after my last post, and messages and emails you wrote when I was not active… I have no words to pay gratitude 🙏🙏

I sincerely apologize for not replying to each of you because I couldn’t. I was tied up on all sides. But your messages made me smile, and made my days more bearable. May God bless each one of you.

Hope you guys are doing well, and your families are fine. Now since we are seeing a regular decrease in number of Covid19 infection, I am looking forward to a bit of normalcy and return to routine. Please, please don’t be complacent. Corona hasn’t gone. The number of patients have reduced as people in India were in a constant lockdown. People abroad are still doing better. But we, in India, can only hope that we have been through worst.
Please follow all the guidelines of distancing and masks. We don’t want a third wave. Right??

Get yourself registered for Vaccines. Whenever you get a slot and are eligible, go get your shot. Anyone who has a query about any vaccine or doubts, can contact me. I’ll try to solve your doubt. But please don’t promote vaccine hesitancy.

A lot of people mail and message me for various issues. I try to deal with the most urgent ones first. So if you have sent a medical query or a serious issue, I try to reply it even if I have to stretch for a bit.

Some of you have asked for my previous books. I’m sorry, I feel really bad refusing again and again, but this is one decision that I took long back for my peace of mind. And I want to stick to that decision. I don’t have time and energy to deal with issues of plagiarism, uploading and deleting stuff all over again. I prefer to move on and do new things, write new books, explore more.
The older books that I have removed will be published as paperback and ebooks.

The last 1.5 year has been a roller coaster for all of us. In my last post – Hang On For Some More – I’ve spoken about how I deal with the most distressing of situations. Apart from all of those things that I do, there is one thing that comes under – things I love to do – Writing is the most important activity that makes me really really happy.

I’ve been writing random short stories, and I will post them probably from next month. I’ve edited Spark & Spice and it is finally complete. You must be thinking why it took so long…
I’ve added more scenes – LOTS of them – without altering the story or changing scenes or dialogues – More about that in my next post on Sunday afternoon… ie 13. 6. 2021... day after tomorrow.

I’d asked about beta readers in the month of April. And then, things got delayed due to personal issues. I’ll be announcing list of beta readers on Sunday.

On Sunday, I’ll tell more about Spark and Spice, changed names of all other characters, and announce some giveaways  too. That’s my way to thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing by me through thick and thin.
I’d never thought these stories will give me friends for life.

May you all stay blessed. And stay happy.

My wishes and prayers for everyone in your families 💖💖💖

Take care

M.

Hello Dear Lovely People,

As I am nearly done with editing Spark & Spice, I’m looking for people if anyone is genuinely interested in Beta Reading the book before it gets published in ebook and paperback format.

What do Beta readers do?

You need to read the book like a novel from beginning to finish. I’ll give you a set of questions to answer – so that you know what to look for – like the discrepancies, blunders, flow of story, or something that doesn’t go well according to you – it could be a place where the story is dragging or characters not behaving as per their arc.
Since I have already finished and edited the story, the work done at your end is mainly for finer nuances.

Please drop your name in comment box – Only The Name – I’ll inform in 2-3 days about 10 beta readers who get to read the book before everyone does. Though, many of you have already read the longer version posted on wattpad and here on the blog. But I have tried to add new scenes, add more gravity to side characters, and some situations.

It’s going to be a 3 series book. So, Part 1 is up for release. Keeping fingers crossed 🤞

I’m asking for beta readers here because I don’t want to pressurize those few people regularly in contact with me. These are difficult times and everyone is busy in their own lives, exams, family responsibilities, and so many other issues. I don’t want them to say yes to me even when they are not free, just because they don’t want to say no to me 😊

So, kindly drop your names —
if you are in India
are free to read the book
will be able to do it in one week max
and will answer a few questions that I send you.

I know, it’s a bit work for you, but I will make it easy for you by sending specific questions so you know what I am asking for.

Also, I’m making it fun for you –
I will be sending a signed copy of published book once it releases 😀😀
And guess what – Your name will be mentioned in the acknowledgements too 😍😀

So, please drop your names. I’ll pick 10 people randomly.

Hope you’ all are doing fine. Please, please stay safe. Mask up. Follow social distancing. And if not necessary, don’t go around roaming the world. We need to keep patience for few more days.

Loads of love 💖💖💖

M

Hello people,

I have been travelling due to official work. So, I couldn’t write. I will update on Monday.

Apologies for not informing previously and making you wait.

Take care 💗

M.

Hey all,

This note is for everyone waiting for the Thursday update – I haven’t been able to finish writing the next update of Beyond Every Border.
So, I will finish it in the morning and will update tomorrow afternoon, hopefully 🙂

Take care

Love you 💓💓

M.

Hey there, everyone,

This message is for all those waiting for an update of Beyond Every Border, sending me messages and writing to me.

I apologize for the unintended delay.  I had not planned to keep it hanging for this long. I don’t like dragging sad parts myself and I try to get through them.

But some personal and professional responsibilities came up.  All is fine. Only a bit hectic.
So, I could neither write nor post a note here. I am not active on any social media since almost a week. I had decided to stay offline until all pending work is finished. Logged in today to post this note.

For the same reason, the release of Spark & Spice might be delayed too. But some things are not in our hands and I have always believed that we should keep doing our work, and leave the rest for God to take care of.

Regarding Beyond Every Border – This story is very, very special to me, too close to my heart, more than all other previous stories of mine… and it is at a very crucial stage. The initial parts were about Manasvi’s struggles, followed by Anshuman’s ordeals… this is a stage beyond which it will be about both of them…

The last thing I will ever do is rush and destroy any of my story… whether it is BEB; or Love, Lies, Etc, or even the short story – The Size of Love;
If I don’t have enough time, I will not post just for the sake of writing and posting anything. As a reader, if you have invested time and emotions in a story, you have every right to read what could be the best version of that story –  ‘according to me’…

So, please have a little patience 😊 I promise, you won’t regret having read it. Beyond Every Border is going to make up for all the delay, and the tears shed for Manasvi and Anshuman.

Love you loadddssss 💖💖💖

Take care.

M.

PS – Hopefully, I will post in a day or two 🙈

I’ve been editing Spark & Spice, these days. It’s a big responsibility to weed out the grammar, spelling errors, repetitions & blunders from a longggg story without messing with the storyline, deleting dialogues, or playing around with the characters.

Only I know how I control the writer in me to stop writing it all over again 😃

Because, every writer thinks that he/she has written crap ( I definitely, do) and so every single time I read my own work, I feel like deleting all of it and writing it in a better way🙈🙈

I don’t want to mess with Spark & Spice. I haven’t, till now 😃

Coming to the point, I have decided to shift all my urge to write about MaNan on other stuff so that I don’t play around with Spark & Spice and strictly stick to editing only!!

Today evening, I started writing a short story with MaNan as parents. Let me know if you want to read it. I’ll post it here tonight 💖
(Around 12:00 am, because I am not feeling sleepy and tomorrow is Sunday)

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{PS: I will post Beyond Every Border: Tomorrow
I will start posting Love, lies, etc – After this short story is finished }

 

Wishing all of you a very Happy Ganesh Utsav 🙏✨💖

May Ganpati Bappa bring with Him immense love, peace, happiness, and calmness for all of us. May He take away all our obstacles, forgives our sins and mistakes, teaches us to be patient, and fills our homes and lives with an abundance of good health, prosperity, good times, and peace.

May situation improves worldwide and covid19 leaves the planet soon 🙏

I know I am late but glad that I could wish you all before the day ends. Ganpati Bappa, anyway, is with us for next 11 days and I hope this Ganesh Festival rings in positive vibes in the air around us.

Stay blessed. Stay Happy!!

Love you all.

M

Leaving you with a painting of Bappa in watercolours that I made today. I wanted to share because I painted after a long time…

 

PS – Due to covid 19, the grandness of the festival has reduced but that is okay. We need to be responsible about the world and people around us and not contribute to the disease. We celebrated in a simple manner by praying with family and cooking delicacies for puja. Do let me know how you celebrated the festival at your place.

The scale might have reduced but our spirits will never 😃🙏

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Every night I decide to update and right after dinner, I get so many phone calls that I get free only by midnight 🤦‍♀️

Other things also pile up throughout the day and I am not able to finish the next part of BEB. I just dropped in here to inform you all that I will update soon. I feel guilty when I make people wait.

Thanks for the patience.

Love you all!!💖💖💖

M 😊

Hey people,

It’s power shutdown at my side since one hour now. Using my phone to inform you.

I will post tomorrow.

Hello people,

I’m stuck in something very crucial and couldn’t finish it.

I thought I will be able to do it but couldn’t.

So, this week, I will update on Tuesday- BEB. And other stories, after that.

Sorry to keep you waiting. Love you. Stay safe. 🤗🤗🤗

M.

Hello everyone,

I had announced a new book ‘Till Eternity And Beyond’ a few weeks back with one chapter uploaded.

Due to a lot of unavoidable reasons, I have decided to shelve it temporarily.

I try not to repeat myself and try my best not to write any story in a cliched manner. I have a new and different concept in mind for TEAB but since the male character is an army doctor and the female character is a chirpy young girl, I believe that it will be better that I continue with them after my current ongoing stories are over, mainly to avoid any unintentional overlap or similarities.

I hope you understand. Like you always do 🙂
Since only 1 part of TEAB was uploaded, I hope the attachment to the characters wouldn’t be an issue.

Thanks a lot.

Take care. Stay safe.

M.

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PS – That leaves us with Beyond Every Border ongoing currently and a manan story in the pipeline, to begin when I have time to write more. Hopefully soon.

 

Hey people,

I don’t know whether to say this as urgent or whatever, but this is the first time that I am using my phone to post something.

I’m a laptop-kinda person who is not usually on phone. I am not addicted to phone and usually keep it away, so that my younger one doesn’t want it. On laptop, she knows mom is working. People who know me know that I am not regular on phone-based apps like Instagram and WhatsApp. But I am okay with blogs and Twitter as I have them on my laptop.

Anyway, so this post is to let you know that this is the third time in last one year that my laptop keyboard is not responding. I tried my best to fix but …nada… it refuses to co-operate. And that is how I am here through my phone.

Basically to inform you all that I will not be updating today.

By tomorrow, I will find some way. Either my laptop will start responding, or I will do something to download wordpress app on my ipad, or maybe use this phone to write.

I’m used to typing fast on my laptop, so it is going to be a pain to use any other device to write. So, I’ll wait for one day to decide what to do next.

I’m trying not to panic at this stage. Let’s hope for the best.

Just yesterday, I said to someone that apart from basics if I have coffee and my laptop with me, I can survive any difficult situation.

Spoke too much, too soon 😊 I guess!!

Anyway, let me know what are you doing in this lockdown and have you learnt something about yourself that you never knew before.

Stay safe. Stay blessed.

Lots of love to all of you.

Take care

M.

Hey everyone,

Sorry, I am absent here and not even replying to people.

Actually, few days back, I received the final draft of my book – The Masquerade from the publisher for Last and Final Check where I am supposed to check each and every line for the go-ahead!

And you have no idea what kind of torture it is.

Like a kid who has an exam, I run away after every few pages, waste time on twitter, as I don’t have my phone with me for some reason and phone apps like Instagram and Whatsapp are out of the question. So, I tweet here and there, pass time, feel guilty, go back to editing and checking… and the cycle repeats…
Behaving unpredictable, I am worse than my kids right now… lol… 😀 😀

I will not crib about clinic work & family responsibilities… those are constants… no point counting them again.

But whatever it is… What could have taken 4-5 days, has taken me almost 10 days.

That is the reason that I didn’t write the updates of Tangles and Ties; haven’t started updating Beyond Every Border; haven’t made the video for The Masquerade – I will do all of it in 2-3 days.

Thanks for putting up with my ups and downs… and all silliness…

To compensate –

~ A lot of stories have been ringing in my mind. I will begin writing them once I am done with this work 🙂

~ I will make available ALL my old books as and when I get time 😀

Love you people,

Stay blessed. Stay happy.

Take care

M.

I have been adding – ‘Next Chapter Link’ with old updates as a lot of people were having issues in finding the chapters & reading the story in a flow. Now you can click on the link at the end of each chapter to read the ‘next chapter’

An old update got reposted in the morning while doing this. Apologies for creating a confusion. When you click that link – it says – You are not authorized to see this chapter

It was enough to have me bombarded with messages since then… No…. there is no new update. You are not able to see it as I deleted it immediately!!!

Sorry for creating this confusion!!!

Also –

I am writing Beyond Every Border and will update today… Sorry for keeping you waiting…

Some people are facing issues regarding the older chapters of Tangles & Ties. When I checked it on my phone, even I couldn’t open as it said – ‘Page Not Found’

It happened because of high traffic on the blog and the increased number of posts which clog the space, or something like that, which I could understand only in parts as I am not a techno gal…

Anyway… I have enabled a ‘Search bar’ on the blog ( Sidebar on laptop and desktop & bottom footer on mobile) Type the story name and chapter number and it will direct you to the link.

Let me know if the issue is solved or you are still facing problems.

Also, the VM that I uploaded last night shows the ‘play button in the center’ … it happened with the phone app but not in laptop, from where it was uploaded.

Let me know if anyone else is facing the same issue.

I think half of my life will be wasted solving the issues of this app and making it user-friendly 😀

All those who are not receiving notifications on emails even now … I’ll be adding their names from the backend…

Kindly fill your email id here and send it to me

 

If you are facing any other issue, even then you can use this form. Or you can write below in the comment box!!

Also… about something to celebrate – 

It has been 15 days since I created this blog and this is what we have as a family –

 

This is HUGE for me… As it means the trust and love for me and my stories/books

Thank you…thank you…thank you…

From the bottom of my heart!!!! You all are too special!!!

The password is — mature

The post does not ask for your login password at wordpress. That is needed for private site. This particular post needs password generated by me… that is – mature

PS  : Also… please scroll down the comment section in the password protected post… I have mentioned the password almost 100 times there.

This is simply a test post to know if you are receiving notifications on email…

If you do, you must know that you have missed these three notifications previously posted today…

A Few Announcements

New Story : Beyond Every Border

Beyond Every Border : Prologue

 

Let me know in comments that you received this post’s notification on email!!

Thank you and sorry for this inconvenience 🙂

You can turn off the notifications if you get bugged by notifications from this blog. Otherwise, please ignore my frequent irrelevant posts… as I’m reformatting few things…

I have been trying to format the blog in a way that it becomes simpler to read and the pages are easily accessible to readers, once they increase in number.

I’ve had people telling me on wattpad message box and other social media that they are not able to access this site or not able to understand it. Since it’s inception, I’ve tried to solve each and every query or problem that was addressed to me. I’m trying my best to make this blog as a simple reading experience for you. Please let me know if it is still an issue to access the blog/ to read chapters etc.

Now you can access all books on the top of the page, like you did at wattpad. One click will take you to all chapters of that story and you can read from there…

Tangles and Ties, I’m now posting under one head… please track it with chapter numbers…

For rest of the stories, I’ve created categories for them to see how it turns out but I haven’t started posting chapters of any other story. I will soon post all my stories here.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing by me in every phase of life …

Love you all 🙂

Hey there, I thought I will be able to manage so didn’t inform before but I’m just too stuck up as I’m shifting my home… too much work…

Will update tonight…

💖💖💖