What a mind-fuck it is to be writing a blog post for your own story but here we go. So! I finally gathered the courage to hit the publish button and one of my full-length stories is now available on Amazon Kindle and as a Paperback. And if you’re a subscriber of Kindle Unlimited, it’s free!
I wrote this story many years ago, when my sister and I didn’t know fanfiction websites existed and she wanted me to write a fanfiction with two of her favourite characters. She told me the story, all the beats that it was supposed to go through and how she wanted it to end.
Needless to say, my muse and I had fun with Shreya’s plot and created something…she still does not approve of. But what can I say apart from sorry not sorry?
The story is about seventeen-year-old Parth Sharma who has been abandoned by love and now must find courage to let it in.
It is about Faizal Iqbal, a genius and deeply ambitious boy who loves solving the puzzle of his own elements.
Yes, since it’s a story that I have written, obviously it has magic in the form of four elements: earth, air, water and fire. Each individual in Parth’s world can command one or two of these elements.
It is about Saurabh Garg who is just trying to survive school while staying firmly in the shadows.
And then there is Manvi Chakraborty – perhaps one of my favourite characters from the story. She has the onerous task of keeping everyone together.
There are some adults thrown in too. There’s a government conspiracy, boyfriends, love and friendship.
Now that I’m on the other side, I can safely say I had a lot of fun rewriting it – at least three times. I would have rewritten it a fourth time, just two weeks before I published it, but thankfully my brain found a neat solution that only needed me to add one or two phrases to “fix” whatever I thought I had messed up.
The thing that terrifies me the most, since this was a completely solo venture, without even my friends reading it first, is that someone is going to find multiple plot holes even though I hope that rewriting it three times means I would have caught them. But, eh, what’s life without a little adventure.
If you’re a fanfiction reader, especially on ao3, there is a tag there that says: no beta, we die like Arthur Pendragon. Which basically means no one has beta read their story but they’re publishing it anyway. The tag has always amused me. If only I had known I’d be using it to describe one of my stories I probably would have chosen a different tag to find amusement in.
Okay, all of that sounds way too self-deprecating. I swear I am a good writer (my blog readers have said this multiple times and they cannot all be wrong).
As always, my hope is that if you pick up this story, you find some humour, entertainment and fun at the end of it. Thank you in advance for giving my story and me a chance.
Happy reading!
Reviews
I went in with zero expectations (since I am not a YA reader), but was soon drawn into the world she created with her words. Parth, Faizal, Manvi and Saurabh all seem to be so relatable (and fun).
Harshita
With four teenagers figuring out not only their magical abilities but also the complicated feelings about life, love, and everything else that come with that age, this book is a mix of everything you’d like in a story that makes it a pleasant read.
Manali
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