That is a trade secret.

I am a person who craves control and being an indie author gives me full control over my creativity. I can decide my own prices, publishing dates and can even give away any of my book for free, if I want to.

Moreover, self publishing gives me the freedom of finishing my stories at my own pace unlike the traditional publishing. I despise deadlines and I have no shame in admitting that I am not one of those people who thrive under pressure.

My fans are as important to me as my stories. They both are very dear to me. Like all the writers, I want people to read my books, appreciate my writing and if someone becomes a fan, then I can’t thank him or her enough.

My latest novel is about three close friends who transform from upstanding law-abiding citizens to ruthless bank robbers.

When I am not writing, I am caught up in life.

Raymond Chandler, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Hadley Chase and Agatha Christie.

I have to be honest, I don’t remember the first story that I read. Although, I loved “Tintin” when I was a kid and if memory serves right the first novel that I read was one of the “Hardy Boys” novels but I can’t remember which one.

The first story that I ever wrote is a novel about a lone scorned lover who embarks on a journey of revenge against mafia to avenge the death of his beloved. Unfortunately, this novel is still incomplete as somewhere along the path of writing, I lost the inspiration to finish it.

Presently I am working on a novel on gangsters along the lines of “Godfather” but much more brutal, political and diabolical. This one is gonna take a long time to finish, a very long time.

Mystery Novels, Movie Scripts, Google News and sometimes Sci-fi novels.

I prefer laptop or desktop.

I started writing in 2008. I had had a terrible road accident in 2008 and as I recovered, I had plenty of time to kill at home. It was then I discovered that apart from reading, I also had a flair for writing. I have fully recovered from that accident and now I am totally fit.

For me the greatest joy of writing is a “complication” in the plot and how its solution sends ripples throughout the story. Brainstorming over a problem in the story, finding multiple solutions, picking the right one and then weaving it into the story is a very satisfying experience for me.

I have a dream. It is a simple one but may sound a bit egotistical. I want to leave my mark on the world. I want people to remember me, the author, not the protagonist of the famous TV show “Mentalist”, whenever they hear the name Patrick Jane.

The only way I know of achieving this dream is the completion of various stories I have on my computer as half-baked novels. So I get up each day to work on my novels to be a step closer to my dream

Frankly speaking I have not yet achieved the literary success I aspire to achieve. However, I appreciate Smashwords for providing a solid platform for independent authors like me. If it wasn’t for Smashwords, I would probably have not shared my stories with the world.

I don’t believe in book marketing. I believe that if a book is good and an author’s writing has edge he does not need marketing. I don’t want to speak about my work; I want my work to speak for me. Therefore as far as book marketing is concerned, I get by doing minimum. I am in this journey for a long haul and I strongly believe that slow and steady wins the race.