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Banker the Blogger Says Bye Bye

Hey there. Those of you on my Epic India group, or in touch with me directly, will know I have a lot of irons in the fire right now.

Multiple projects, at various stages of development, research, planning, and in some cases, nearing completion.

There’s a limit to how much one person can handle. And I operate entirely alone, with no associates, assistants, or help of any sort. Hell, I even make my own chai, breakfast, lunch, etc and manage the house while I work.

So I’ve got to make some hard choices.

Naturally, I’m a story teller first, best, and last.

And I’m sure that even those of you who claim to enjoy my blog posts (and I’ll pretend that they’re somewhat worth enjoying!), would surely prefer that I don’t compromise on my novel writing.

So I’m going to trim down on other activities, hobbies and pastimes, to focus for a while completely and solely on my novels.

That could mean months, or even years. (My projects tend to be pretty big and ambitious–the last one turned out to be just over one million words in length, the next one is threatening to exceed five times that length!)

Perhaps someday, I’ll find myself hankering to comment on a book I’ve read, or just voice a few thoughts aloud.

Perhaps. Perhaps not.

(There aren’t likely to be many films now, as that’s another thing I’ve cut back on drastically. For instance, I haven’t seen a single film for over two weeks, which is a life-record for me.)

I’ll soon be revamping my official website (see my profile on the top right) and when I do, I’ll archive this blog, and perhaps retitle it slightly–something along the lines of The Best Of Indian English might be more appropriate.

But I definitely won’t be continuing to blog as regularly as I did these past ten months (I started in Feb 2005).

It’s been a great experience and I really loved it.

But I love writing novels MUCH more. And there comes a time in life when you have to make choices.

I’ve made mine.

See you in the pages of my books, if you read them. If not, then thanks for reading this far, and I’m sure you’ll find other great blogs to keep you occupied–there’s a lot of good ones out there.

It’s been a pleasure knowing you and hearing from you. Feel free to continue to comment on any of the posts archived here. I’ll try and reply if and when I can.

And in case you didn’t know already, the only way to keep in touch directly with me now, is by joining my Epic India group. (Again, see my profile at the top right corner of this page.)

Bye, bye, blogosphere. Fiction, here I come!

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