A book called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' came out some time ago- a crime/detective novel written by Robert Galbraith. Though it had good reviews, it was 'selling slow' as per Barnes & Nobles.
This Sunday morning, it was reported (correctly) that the author is actually Rowling, who used a pseudonym. By Sunday afternoon, the book hit No. 1 on Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. By evening it was sold out on Barnes & Nobles, and was marked with a l0-15 day wait on Amazon. She is set to make this book into a series.
What a powerful author! What loyalty she commands among her readers! Shows that being a talented writer is probably the best gift of all- you succeed once, and the results are for ever. Her current fortune is supposed to be $ 840 Million...just a little short of a billion dollars. All because she wrote 7 teen fiction books.
I am sure this detective series would be good, as she is back in her element- strong plots and racing narratives. The question is whether she can turn them into timeless classics: can she be the heir of Agatha Christie?
Hope that is an inspiration to all Singampallis. After all, we have a few best selling writers in the family and its extensions. To list:
- Books on Intermediate and Degree math by Sharma Tathagaru
- Ditto by Ranga Babai
- Book on IT management by Ramesh Mama
- Andariki Homeopathy by Radha mama and and a few more
- Several books on consumer law that are used as a reference by lawyers by Venkateswara Rao Pedananna
- Attempts at publishing prose and poetry by various gentlemen of the family
The urge to write and the talent seems to be there...so why are we not seeing more output from the family? For the folks in my generation, the handicap is that we are generalists; walking cliches. It is difficult to write something insightful in such conditions (apologies to younger gen Singampallis for the presumption). So it is up to the seniors - you have the experiences and the eloquence...why not put them together?! Or can the younger gen Singampallis take up the gauntlet I threw at them?
This Sunday morning, it was reported (correctly) that the author is actually Rowling, who used a pseudonym. By Sunday afternoon, the book hit No. 1 on Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. By evening it was sold out on Barnes & Nobles, and was marked with a l0-15 day wait on Amazon. She is set to make this book into a series.
What a powerful author! What loyalty she commands among her readers! Shows that being a talented writer is probably the best gift of all- you succeed once, and the results are for ever. Her current fortune is supposed to be $ 840 Million...just a little short of a billion dollars. All because she wrote 7 teen fiction books.
I am sure this detective series would be good, as she is back in her element- strong plots and racing narratives. The question is whether she can turn them into timeless classics: can she be the heir of Agatha Christie?
Hope that is an inspiration to all Singampallis. After all, we have a few best selling writers in the family and its extensions. To list:
- Books on Intermediate and Degree math by Sharma Tathagaru
- Ditto by Ranga Babai
- Book on IT management by Ramesh Mama
- Andariki Homeopathy by Radha mama and and a few more
- Several books on consumer law that are used as a reference by lawyers by Venkateswara Rao Pedananna
- Attempts at publishing prose and poetry by various gentlemen of the family
The urge to write and the talent seems to be there...so why are we not seeing more output from the family? For the folks in my generation, the handicap is that we are generalists; walking cliches. It is difficult to write something insightful in such conditions (apologies to younger gen Singampallis for the presumption). So it is up to the seniors - you have the experiences and the eloquence...why not put them together?! Or can the younger gen Singampallis take up the gauntlet I threw at them?
3 comments:
Im reading this...
Read the Amazon preview...didn't look very captivating.
Ordered and read it. Not great, not bad. As some of the reviews said, the interesting bit was the hovering presence of the paparazzi throughout the book. As she showed with Rita Skeeter and this book, JKR has a bone to pick with unscrupulous news reporters.
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