First interview on Asiri's Quest

Daily News interview by Sachitra Mahendra.

I spoke about exoticising local culture - not exorcising it. :-)

First write-up about the book launch...

A very concise and comprehensive article in the Daily News - thanks Asuka Randeniya, it was lovely to meet you!

The first review of Asiri's Quest!

The book hasn't even been launched (although it is in most bookshops) so it was a huge surprise to see a review in the Sunday Island!

Fortunately the reviewer believes in yakas!

The sequel is printed!

I haven't yet held it in my hands but it's been printed, bound and shipped to Perera Hussein Publishing House! Yes, the sequel to Mythil's Secret is really happening!

How do I feel? Ecstatic. Nervous. Happy. Stressed out!

Mythil's Secret took eight years to write, edit and publish. The sequel took two because Mythil's Secret was written while I was working full time and the sequel after I resigned and before my second daughter was born.

Is it any good? That's the nail-biting question. That's what's stressing me out. I think it's good. But obviously I don't count right? I'm the author so I am biased. The people who read it in manuscript form have largely liked it and some have even said it's better than the first... but... urrrr... I'll have to wait and see.

Waiting is terrible. [Bite-bite-bite nails and spit.]