HBD Poonam!
July 30, 2013
July 29, 2013
July 19, 2013
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
After catching a show at the Royal Drury Lane theatre, we make our way to Chennai tomorrow for spending 3 weeks with the family.
July 16, 2013
Bonjour! Merci! Au Revoir!
After seeing the Monalisa in all her splendour, climbing Le Tour Eiffel and attending mass in the Notre Dame Cathedral, we bid Au Revoir to Paris as we make our way to London via the Chunnel.
Typing this on an "azerty" keyboard.......
Typing this on an "azerty" keyboard.......
The Rowling magic
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?
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