I was the future once

 The buzz of your first novel has long worn off, you’re no longer the hot new thing — now what?

 

By Abir

 

 

I must say, I love this week’s question. A lot of the time it’s too easy just to keep looking forward, blinkers on, peering towards some distant point on the horizon, assuming that when you reach it, then and only then will you be a success. This week’s question, well it forces me to take stock.

 

My first novel, A Rising Man, was published in 2016. It’s 2021 now, and my fifth novel, The Shadow...