Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in India and have been living in Los Angeles for the last 8 years. During this time I worked as crew in the Hollywood entertainment industry. I write and do game development along with directing. Besides storytelling, I enjoy off-roading into the southern California wilderness in search for animals to film.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
WAR MACHINES
– I love the concepts of sentient robot machines and extra-terrestrials and in WM, I was able to write a story that combines both of my interests around a central emotional narrative thread. The theme of the book is what inspired me to write it and I would rather have readers find it out for themselves what it is than me stating it here.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
They aren’t unusual to me.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Michael Crichton, Robert Heinlein.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on my second novel which takes place in Africa. Another large scale science fiction action thriller but with a male protagonist.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t over think in the first draft. Just outline and get it on page and then nudge it in place in revisions and rewrites.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Shut up and Write!
What are you reading now?
Stranger In A Strange Land
What’s next for you as a writer?
My second novel might turn into a duology or a trilogy. So, the immediate focus is to finish the second story and see how large it turns out to be after all.
What is your favorite book of all time?
I haven’t yet found it.
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