Believe it or not, I started writing only after four decades on this planet! Serious writing that is, as in a novel. Before that, I've written grocery lists, personal mails, entered essay and short story competitions in school and college, done my home work etc.!!

I wanted to create a world hitherto unknown to the general public. I wanted characters that would be MINE and obey my every command. I wanted to orchestrate every event that took place in this world. In short, I wanted to be God for a little while. Unfortunately, no one told me, until I started writing, that once you have created the world and people, and enter the world with them, they take over and you have absolutely no control over the story!

The process itself is a great joy. When I begin writing and enter the world I created and observe and record, there is no other feeling in the world that compares.

My fans are the reason I decided to write another book and make this into a series! You could say they are my motivation now.

Book 2 of the Archeology Series...I've not named the book yet, but it has the same world and characters as Lost Gem of the Nagas.

I've so many. Some of them are - Agatha Christie, James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Matthew Reilly, Robin Cook, Enid Blyton, J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Dan Brown, and Tom Clancy.

I'm a full-time teacher at a boarding school.

To be honest, I don't have much of a process. I have a vague idea about how many chapters there should be, and how many words. Also a skeleton of a plot. But once I start writing, the characters take over and write the story.

For my first book, I designed the cover myself. I enjoyed doing it and although it may not be as professional as it could be, I'm learning as I go!

Smashwords helps me display my book on several platforms. This increases visibility and more book lovers add my book to their collection.

My desk is rather boring...there's just my laptop, a wifi dongle, and... me.