A Tricky Business

by Abir

 

How do you measure “business success”? How “successful” have you been in terms of “business” this year?

 

 

Now this is an interesting question. In the five years that I’ve been a member of this august panel, I can’t remember this particular question being asked. And it’s an important question too, because while writing is a passion, if your dream is to make a living from it, then it’s also a business too.

 

I came to writing, at least serious writing, relatively late. I was thirty nine befor...