Khaleel Datay's Blog - Posts Tagged "second-book"

Just completed first draft of my second book with a working title: BITTER VENGEANCE.

What a massive learning curve its been writing the second book in the Nick Winter series. What started out as doing something you think, okay lets give it a shot, has become so much a part of me. This time I've paid more attention to the art of writing thrillers, focussing strongly on characterisation and keeping my readers hooked. The one thing one has to do as a writer is to keep reading, keep learning and adapt the way you do things as you go along. Now for the editing and rewrites. I know some authors dont enjoy the rewrites part, but I do. I get a real kick out of the effect of inserting a few sentences which could add a real twist where there was none before. Using a healthy dose of creativity you could change something good to something great. Just love it. BITTER VENGEANCE, the name says it all, is based in South Africa for the best part against a backdrop of a changing political situation where political freedom has been outlived by the desire for economic freedom. This creates an explosive environment that could only end in increasing clashes with the government. Nick Winter is engaged to find a missing person only to learn he bought himself a whole lot more than an apparent stray husband. So there's vengeance, missing persons, murder and political intrigue all thrown in there. I had lots of fun writing it and hope readers will equally enjoy the final product. Now looking for some beta readers to assess the book.