Author Interview–> Reet Singh ~Author in the Spotlight
Married for three decades, her prototypical tall, handsome, and sensitive hero-husband still makes her heart skip a beat. Writing about love and happy endings feeds her romantic soul; hearing from her readers thrills her.
Having a mother that read to her, she paid it forward, telling bedtime stories to her sons and nieces until they grew too old too fast. As a reaction to them growing up before she knew what was happening, she began writing for older children, and has published children’s books on Amazon, for Kindle.
much for hosting me.”
sentence, what is your book, Scorched by HisFire about?
chemistry intervenes – turns rapidly into love between Mita and Tanay.
inspired you to write this book?
Mauritius, Harlequin® India’s Passions Contest, a love of romance, and an
overwhelming desire to become a published author!
get your first break as an author?
Passions Contest in 2013 gave me the chance to be published by Harlequin®
India; it changed my life.
been the biggest surprise or learning experience you’ve seen through the
process of seeing your book(s) get published?
to discover that writing to deadlines is enormously hard work. Like any other
occupation, writing demands imagination, passion, concentration, will power,
and time. There is often a ton of research to be done, hours of reading, editing,
and rewriting – in other words, quite like other jobs. A big exception is that
being creative is probably much more liberating than other jobs!
approach writing the intimate scenes in your romance novel?
impossible to shy away from a degree of intimacy when writing romance, so I
didn’t balk at it. The big question for me was what degree was appropriate to
my taste and would be acceptable to my potential readers. Since I am not
comfortable with explicit scenes in the books I read, I stuck to something
between warm and middling hot. Why don’t we leave it to the readers to decide
how much heat there is in ‘Scorched by HisFire’? Anyone game to share?
research did you do for your book?
about Mauritius – even though I’d visited the island, I didn’t want to get my
facts wrong. Beyond that, for many of the other scenes, I researched distances,
modes of travel, seasons, people, outfits – lots of stuff, really! Did I tell
you I’m a google-phile?
approach your writing like plot setting, character sketches etc.?
purely character driven. Since then, however, I have read up a lot about
plotting and have tried a bit of plotting and a bit of character sketching in
my next book for Harlequin® India. I’m excited and can’t wait to see how my
readers receive book two.
a personal favorite romance author whom you look up to? Why?
Walker. Her characters are rich and complex, the locations fabulous, and the
plots well developed. The romance is subtle and beautiful.
doing to reach out to readers and book enthusiasts?
about my book; and using Facebook to connect and post excerpts. I find that
Goodreads is a great forum to connects readers and writers, so I’m on that too.
And then, there are some awesome bloggers (Mine host included) who talk to
authors and promote them most generously!
one thing that you hope readers take away after reading your book?
– life is hard, and writing a Happily-Ever-After that makes readers feel
hopeful is a good thing to aim for.
were to tell you one thing before you started writing, what do you wish it had
been?
had a better time plotting. I am determined to learn to use them before, or
while, I write book three. Jami Gold has developed these sheets that allow
authors to lay out scenes, make character sketches, add pages of research, plan
chapters and page counts, and much more.
your overall impression of the writing industry? Any advice you would like to
give to the aspiring authors?
world out there, but with talent, and a lot of perseverance, and some degree of
luck, authors can achieve their dream. Hone your skills – read a lot, then
write a lot, then rewrite, and through it all, never throw the quill down in
despair. Persevere!
people find you on the Internet?
up for you, writing-wise?
my fabulous editor at Harlequin® India, Amrita, the first draft of book two.
Tentatively, its called “One Memorable Night in His Bed”. I’m looking forward
to seeing it in print sometime later this year.
much, Nikita, I had a lovely time talking to you! “
I had a lovely time too, Reet and thanks once again for talking to me. All the very best for the future and I hope to read more from you. 🙂
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Thank you, Nikita, for an awesome interview. It was lovely meeting you!