BS Murthy's 'Smart Books'

The excerpt of my Author Interview at Smart Books

https://smartbooksbuzz.com/interviews/bs-murthys-smart-books

How did you become an author and get published? Share your experience.

Generally speaking, while the author aura or writer fame push some into the writing arena, the urge to write pull others into it but as detailed in “My ‘Novel’ Account of Human Possibility” that is Googleable, it was altogether a different course for me, beginning with:

“Whenever I look at my body of work of twelve books, the underlying human possibility intrigues me no end, and why not. I was born into a land-owning family in a remote village of Andhra Pradesh in India that is after the British had folded their colonial tents from there, but much before the rural education mechanism was geared up. It was thus the circumstances of my birth enabled me to escape from the tiresome chores of the primary schooling till I had a nine-year fill of an unbridled childhood, embellished by village plays and grandma’s tales, made all the more interesting by her uncanny ability for storytelling. ….”

As for publishing my writings, it was all self-publishing in the public domain as free ebooks.

Would you like readers to have any specific takeaway from your book?

I hope my writings resonate with readers to make them feel that only fiction can lend scope for the full play of life.

Share some advice for aspiring authors. What advice would you give to your younger self?1. What is your favorite line from your book?

As writing is all about style and substance that can be acquired only through good reading, the old adage that ‘one has to be a good reader to become a good writer’ needs to be borne in mind. What’s more, one may let writing to beckon for good writing is seldom written but gets written.

Was there anything you had to research for the book?

The intellectual vacuity of the Indian media in dealing with the Godhra-Gujarat riots in 2002 impelled me to get onto the non-fictional course from my settled fictional path of three plot and character driven novels to ascertain the roles, if any, religions play in fomenting communal strife. So, I had gone through the so-called Holy Books, Martin Lings’ Muhammad and some other relevant works to formulate my ‘Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife (A critical appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity ‘n more), in a novel narrative. And it was some effort in those pre-internet days to make notes for quotes from those in my work.

Do you have any movie or tv adaptations in the works?

Given that the creations of unheralded authors are generally handicapped for adorning the silver screens as adaptations, my Benign Flame: Saga of Love, Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life, Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth (plot and character driven novels), Prey on the Prowl: A Crime Novel, Of No Avail: Web of wedlock, a novella, and Slighted Souls, a stage play, remain in the limbo.

Do you have any personal connection to the story or characters?

In my view, it is the aptitude of the author that shapes the canvas of creativity to lend scope for self-expression which defines the character of writing.