Recently, my team requested ChatGPT to compare my writing style with India’s best thriller author. The team did not mention any particular author’s name. Here are the results published as received: Nitish Bhushan Writing Style Genre: Blends elements of romance,
For those of you who have read What’s in a Cover – 2, here is my take on designing the cover. Creating the cover for “Love Swipe Blackmail” was like navigating through a maze of thrillers, mysteries, and tech-savvy twists.
Warning: This blog has been authored by Mahima Khandelwal, the arch frenemy of Anju Nagpal who wrote Why You Should Swipe Right on “Love Swipe Blackmail”. 1 – You Value Sleep Over Suspense If you prefer your dreams to be
In a world where Indian suspense thriller novels are as plentiful as samosas at a wedding, why should you swipe right on “Love Swipe Blackmail“? Well, if you’re tired of the same old chai and chaat routine and craving a
‘I would love to see what you would come up with in the Sequel!!’ She texted me the above expectation or a challenge, if you will, as a part of her private review of Love Swipe Blackmail. She? A book
There are two things that are unique to this reader, not counting the fact that this reader is not to be found! Let me start with the second uniqueness first. She-who-cannot-be-found, talks of the protagonist going from Sofu(n) to Sofu(cked).
It was the 19th of March 2022, a Saturday. My Instagram handle notified me that someone has posted a story with my novel Love Swipe Blackmail in their hand, adding the caption, ‘Happy Saturday @AuthorNitishBhushan’. It is usually the author’s
If the title has spooked you, trust me it spooked me too when I coined it. What the hell does it even mean – Agni, Facing the Red Sun. It is not as if I am thinking of possible titles
In the previous blog we have already established the difficulty we went through in designing the right cover for Love Swipe Blackmail. Here’s how we had progressed. Like I reported to you in the last blog, Love Swipe Blackmail is
In one of the Archies comics that I read as a child, there was an episode where Waldo Weatherbee is playing baseball. He is a plus-sized man and not many take him seriously until they see him hitting home runs.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Nothing would hound me more than this line from the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, after I had finished
This is another question I get asked very frequently. Why did you choose mystery novel as the genre for your writing? It is exciting to write a thriller. It is tough to write a thriller. If written well, it keeps
What does this question tell me? That the storyline is relatable. Many readers have asked me this question – whether it is fiction or real-life story. So let me share with you all the story behind the story. As I
In a hot jury room in New York City, 12 men discuss the innocence or guilt of a teenager accused of murdering his father. As time passes, they begin to question their own values and morals. Yup you got it
So why isn’t there a sad sunglass emoji? To show that I am unhappy and yet I am cool! Imagine being at a place where you feel at equal peace between happiness and sadness. Where is that place? is such
Gurgaon Roads are amazing! On the same road sometimes you see a pig, sometimes a Bentley, and sometimes, a pig in the Bentley! So said a famous stand-up comedian. This time I won’t give his name. You want to guess
I have to tell you this. I could not resist writing a sequel. And whether you have read the first one or not, you are going to love this one. But if you read the first one first, you enjoy
How many of us have attended at least one big fat wedding? Chances are most of us have. Those who have attended Punjabi weddings, or weddings in India inspired by Punjabi weddings, would know the ‘big fat’ about these weddings.
I enjoyed reading the Mahabharat and Ramayan texts as a part of the school curriculum. For me, it was a revision of sorts. Remember I had mentioned how I was initiated into reading poetry, Ramayan, Mahabharat and comics from Amar
I must have been in my 3rd or 4th standard when my father introduced me to reading by gifting me a book of poems. Not just any poems, but the works of the great Leo Tolstoy. It was a collection