Life Before and After becoming an Author!!
Becoming an author, at least for me, has resulted in me taking a U-Turn in many aspects of life. Some –
Before becoming an Author: I can easily write a 400-page Novel within a couple of months.
After becoming an Author: Writing a 115-page novella took 7 months. Phew! 😛
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Before: Frank (often blunt) comments on other’s blog posts.
After: Sugar-coated SWEET comments 😉 🙂 😉
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Before: I will comment only on blogs whose authors comment on mine.
After: I want to comment on every blog post that comes to my notice. There is a chance that the bloggers will come back and consider buying my novel 😉
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Before: (After picking up an argument with another blogger): I will never visit that blogger again.
After: If I don’t go back to that blog, I may miss one crucial reader and one potential customer. I am going to visit back from the next post itself! 🙂
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Before: (When a book review comes up on a blog I follow): Oh no, another book review. How long is it . . .
After: Wow, a BOOK REVIEW. I must some day ask them to review my book. So let me comment and develop relationship 😀
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Before: Penguin, Harper Collins, Westland, etc. will queue up before my house to buy the book rights for my novel.
After: Will I be able to upload it successfully at least on Kindle Direct Publishing and Smashwords, according to their guidelines? 🙂
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Before: My English is perfect and I don’t need any editor.
After: Reading an email from my editor that asked – did you study English in high school? 😛
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Before: Let others call me. Why should I call them?
After: Macchi, hi da… long time no talk da, I am fine… did you know I have published a novel? Yes da, you can buy it in Flipkart 🙂
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Before: I will not communicate directly with other bloggers. We should interact only on our respective blogs.
After: Me sending emails: Hi.. We’ve been interacting on blogs for a long time, so can we meet sometime? *Leave subtile hints about the novel during the meet* 😉 😉
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Before: I will not watch movies, plays, etc. Those are inferior to reading books.
After: Be glued to the screen while watching movies, take notes during screen-writing classes, go to theater shows in the French Embassy, etc. 🙂
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Before: Oh, a classic. How boring!
After: Wow, a classic! 😀
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Before: (On being asked what do you do – professionally): I am a professional blogger *Others stare back blankly and disapprove my weird career choice*
After: I am a novelist *Others go ‘wow, really cool, super – don’t worry, you may not earn much but you’ll surpass the popularity of Chetan Bhagat one day’* 😀
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I think every serious blogger goes through such feelings all the time.
Blogger-Author, you mean?
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You have been candid.I like that Rajesh
This is as direct as it can get! 🙂
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It is true for bloggers as well as writers.
Being a blogger can make a person desperate for regular readers and readers who comment are such a rare sight!
Yes, I know it’s true for both, but after becoming an author, I seem to go the extra mile to get more readers 🙂
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Before: Idea for a novel/write up will come at any time on any day at any situation.
After: To get an idea for a novel, you will think “room pottu”.
Room pottu yosichalum vara matenguthu! Before writing this novel, I use to write short stories in any topic. But now I think a hundred times before selecting a topic for a short story and how it needs to be written!
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😆 Now I know why all authors seem humble. The challenge is to remain this way even after you establish yourself well.
If I establish myself – well, that’s a long way to go. So my readers don’t have much to worry 🙂
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Everything comes with ups and downs 🙂
Yeah, you are right. We realize it very late though!
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I don’t think this is alone the intention behind our meeting 🙂 But I think it’s the transformation that brings the change within.
Well, this post is supposed to be humorous, so many incidents have been exaggerated! 🙂
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hmmmmm but hey you can write what you feel as a comment on my blog anytime . dont need to sugar coat it 🙂
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Yes, on your blog I might make an exception 🙂
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Ditto on my blog too!! 😀
‘There is a chance that the bloggers will come back and consider buying my novel ;)’ I like this!
I liked SG’s comment and your reply!
I still remember enjoying your short stories, D.I. Room podame yezhudalaam:)
I said there is a chance, but that chance is closer to zero – which I didn’t say 😛
Yes, vittula irrukkara roomlaye yosichi ezhuthalam! 🙂
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Hahaha! That WAS funny, Rajesh!
Surprisingly, though, for me the before and after interchanged 🙂
Ah, that’s different alright 🙂
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LOL 😀 This made for a fun read! And that reminds me that I have to read your book… pending for a long time now. Will read it ASAP 🙂
Oh yes, my blog-influence techniques seem to have started working now 😛
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Haha, this was awesome 🙂 Thankfully I’m not considering a shift, so I’m happy here 🙂
Yes, it’s better not to shift if one is not ready for the rigours of this career, which can get on your nerves many times!!
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Well… Becoming publishing a book is most of the bloggers dream… If it comes true, there can be nothing more amazing… “Before” is so-so relatable… 😛
Becoming a published author through a traditional publisher after evaluation/scrutiny is the big dream. Mine was just indi-published!
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Lol!!!
Bull’s eye DI 🙂
Had a great laugh
Same pinch? 😛
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I absolutely loved your post and I could easily relate to. I took this as an inspiration and have written about my views here…
http://deepikamuthusamy.blogspot.in/2015/02/Life-Before-Author-Vs-Life-After-Author.html
Hope you dont mind and enjoy reading mine..
Yes, I just did. Looks like the life of budding authors are very similar 🙂
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