BS Murthy in WantonReads

Excerpt of my Author interview in WantonReads https://wantonreads.com/author-interv...

What inspires you to write romantic fiction?

I am a romantic by nature and my life lent substance to it in myriad ways to eventually let my muse provide it creative wings to venture it into the fictional zone.

Tell us about how you write.

As nothing could wean me away from the profound joy of shaping each of my ten books, I devoted myself, hour after hour, with nominal breaks to address my mind's fatigue, day after day, month after month till 'the end'. When I was barely midway into my maiden novel, Benign Flame: Saga of Love, believing that in it I had something fresh and unique to offer to the literary world, I did not want to die till I could complete that magnum opus, and so I used to go to extreme lengths to preserve myself. And as if nature was at play, but for my compendium of stage and radio plays and the collection short stories, the rest of my eight books, were ready as manuscripts in nine months each.

Do you listen to or talk to to your characters?

In all my fictional endeavors, it was as if, a novel chemistry had developed between me and my characters, which shaped their life and times.

What advice would you give other romance writers?

As each writer finds his own moorings, sooner or later, that makes his work apart, it is only proper that each one charts his own literary course that's conducive to his self-expression.

How did you decide how to publish your books?

After going through the normal 'rejection' course, I had self-published my first sex books, and thanks to the open world of ebooks, I had turned those, along with four fresh arrivals, and entered them into the wide web world as free ebooks.

What do you think about the future of book publishing?

I think I am in no position to hazard an informed guess about the future course of book publishing.

Which romance sub-genere(s) fit your stories best?

Erotic romance on literary footing