S. Nathan's Blog
March 15, 2016
Inhale Time
Three months into the 2016, and I’ve been doing a lot of reading. I’ve been neglecting my ever-growing reading list for too long, and it looms over me still, growing taller by the second. There are so many stories to read, a hundred thousand different lives to experience, a million new shoes to walk in. I spent most of last year scribbling stories in a frenzied state, outlining plots and sketching out storylines. My brain was operating in Write-Or-Die mode. There was no middle ground. Granted...
October 31, 2015
Review – A Night in the Lonesome October
How many familiar faces can you spot in that cover?
In the days of October before the night of Halloween, a group of magicians gather with their familiars to prepare for the Great Game. The players may be Openers or Closers. None of them know who is an ally and who is an enemy. The familiars work amongst themselves for information and knowledge, watching their masters and drawing up the patterns for the final fateful night. Loyalties are tested, deals are forged and broken, players are hunted...
September 28, 2015
Novelty
A streak of blue rests within the volumes of her hair: a teasing girlish quirk in contrast to the quietness of her gaze over the world passing before and around her.
Her eyes are steady. Her face is calm. Her colors beckon to you, you in your grey-toned world. You watch her like she is fulcrum and focal point, like the universe spins around her and her alone. She is unique and beautiful and so far beyond the boundaries of reality. You’ve been waiting for her your whole life. She is a goddess...
March 17, 2015
On the Subject of Writing Women
During my occasional net trawling adventures, I’ve come across articles and writing discussions on the topic of ‘How to Write a Female Character’. It’s often linked up with it’s equally popular cousin, ‘How to Write a Strong Female Character’, most often talked about in the science fiction and fantasy communities, where gun-toting, sword-wielding, karate-chopping ladies with flowing hair, rocking bods, and impractical armor are commonplace.
Not that there’s anything wrong with gun-toting or...
January 23, 2015
THE FALCON’S EYE out in Paperback! (Updated)
There’s nothing quite like the feel of a new book in your hands. The rustle of pages, the smell of new paper, the smooth feel of the cover…they’re things we all love. And now, you can get that with THE FALCON’S EYE. To anyone who wants the paperback book, this is how you get it:
USA: http://amzn.to/1yLXtdI
UK: http://amzn.to/1xCuE0y
India: http://bit.ly/1w5x5xF
Anyone else who wants a book or has a special request or the like, contact me at snathanauthor@gmail.com and I’ll help you out!
Filed...
THE FALCON’S EYE out in Paperback!
There’s nothing quite like the feel of a new book in your hands. The rustle of pages, the smell of new paper, the smooth feel of the cover…they’re things we all love. And now, you can get that with THE FALCON’S EYE. To anyone who wants the paperback book, this is how you get it:
USA: http://amzn.to/1yLXtdI
UK: http://amzn.to/1xCuE0y
India/Southeast Asia: Only Rs 350/- (23% off! You save Rs 100.)
The book will soon be up on Flipkart, but until then, email me at snathanauthor@gmail.com with your ad...
January 13, 2015
THE FALCON’S EYE has been invited to a Book Launch!
Do you like parties? I like parties. Everyone likes parties. And THE FALCON’S EYE has been invited to one!
From Sunday, 18th Jan, 7 PM IST to Monday, 19th Jan, 12 PM IST, the talented author Neil D’Silva will be officially hosting the launch of his new horror thriller, Maya’s New Husband, and a few other authors will be attending as a guest and featuring our books there.
I’m among them, with THE FALCON’S EYE.
*clashes cymbals and tosses glitter*
So, if any of you guys out there want to talk to a...
January 9, 2015
Ushering in the New Year
With pomp and glory and circumstance and a whole load of projects sitting on my back like the heavens and earth on dear old Atlas’s shoulders. Okay, maybe not that much, but still, it’s a pretty exciting list. I meant to put this out a lot earlier, but a bunch of other things got in the way, some of which are mentioned below.
So, what happened in 2014?
Writing-wise, this year was one of beginnings. I published my first novel. The Falcon’s Eye started out as a pet project when I was 15, before I...
50 Things I Have Looked Up So Far For My Most Recent Project
I have ended up learning a whole lot of random stuff I might never have looked up otherwise while writing out this new story of mine. Right now, I’m about 60 000 words in, nowhere near finished, and have listed below fifty different things (among others), all equally interesting and informative, that I ended up researching while writing this down.
Thank you, Internet.
50 Things I Researched While Writing My New Project
1. Llama gods
2. Turkish breakfasts (biiiiiig ones)
3. The naval battle of...
December 23, 2014
We Need Diverse Books
I realize this campaign has been going on for a while, but I’m only now finally sitting down to write about it. I first came across it on Facebook, where I saw John Green’s message to writers and readers, after which I started following the campaign more closely and realizing how many of the popular books in the market that people devour and drown themselves in lack that simple thing.
While I was growing up, I always had a fancy for folk tales and fairy tales, stories of legend and mythology,...
