I am a mother to two young children and working on the first draft of my novel. I have made a loose plot outline and some character sketches. I really want to connect to writers, published and aspiring, to share experiences and maybe even critique each others’ work. Do you know of any writers’ groups in India?

Good luck for your June release!

I would definitely recommend this. Take your blinkers off and go for it!

Could really visualize the places – Richmond Rd CCFD & Jayanagar Complex – having been there, they brought the book alive. It was like I stepped into the book, and was a fly on the wall observing all the action.

Abt the characters – what can I say that’s not been already said. Noor is such a likeable person and so *real* and so is Ashmita. Can you believe, I *hated* Supriya and was thrilled when Noor twisted her arm. I said “Good for you girl!” and aloud too.

Can’t wait to read your other books.

Congratulations on a great book & here’s wishing us (the readers) many more happy hours of entertaining reads from you!!

Being able to recognize the places in the book only added to my delight. Unnamed areas in Noor’s neighborhood instantly got me wondering whether it was the park down the road or the turning at the end of the street. You confirmed that the park was Richmond Park, I couldn’t help wondering whether the view from Noor’s window was the same as my view from my living room window, and I have a feeling I know where the auto dropped Noor when she returned from Heeba’s haldi.

The story in itself was engrossing. It had me on my toes, constantly giving Noor advice in my head and wishing she could hear me. Normally when there’s a man and a woman in a book, and it’s pretty obvious they’re going to end up together, I find myself thinking through all their troubles, ‘Okay, they’re definitely going to end up together. It’s only a question of how their issues get resolved’. But Dennis’s continued association with Supriya was an immediate negative, and I wasn’t so sure I wanted them to end up together anyway. He seemed to get better after a while, but when he started flirting with Noor without breaking up with Supriya, i began to think maybe the ‘Blinkers Off’ was about Noor realizing she deserved better than this man, and that she had plenty of time left to find her guy, no hurry. The book had me in its grip, and I enjoyed every twist and turn. I loved how the chapters all ended at really gripping moments in the story, and the next chapter took off from right where the previous one ended. You don’t see that often in books.

Like the others have said, the characters were so real. Many times I wished I could just step into the book, slap Heeba real hard and step back out again. I hate the ‘Im seeing you for the first time, but you’re my best friend already, let me drag you down with me’ people. Lol.

You sure are a good story teller. I’m looking forward to your next release