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Here just to chat with books. And book makers. Because there are stories about stories.

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Thank you, and see you again soon!

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Thanks Meeta for this lovely conversation and all the very insightful questions. It was an absolutely pleasure.

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Headed right that way, perfect for the start of a weekend.

Thank you so much for a lovely chat about writing! @KiranManral

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Thanks so much, do read the latest, I'd love to have your thoughts on it.

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Woot!!!

So this @bookaadda interview is the Kindle launch party begun!!!

Totally apt for a digital world.

Congratulations!

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Yes, the Kindle is out today, as the wonderful @monikamanchanda just reminded me. This is the link for the Kindle edition: https://t.co/zhxsKF76ZM

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda And this is the link for the new book, Missing, Presumed Dead. https://t.co/1STBmlgfVi

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And that's how it's done!

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda All my books are available here: https://t.co/w2CScZPAN3

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The Kindle edition is out today, is it not? @KiranManral

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Thanks so much, do read the latest, I'd love to have your thoughts on it.

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But for now, @KiranManral how do we buy your books, esp the new one?

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@KiranManral Here we go!!! :)

Once you have your first dozen, you can't just not have another!

To more books!

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Going Silver
Earning Silver
Staying Silver...

now that's a whole other story.

Wish we had time for that today...

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda If I survive it I will, right now the offspring is just intent on bleaching my hair silver.

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We should have a proper conversation about this.

Especially those of us from the North, our conditioning , and more.

One day, soon!

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda It is such an important learning. We have to give ourselves permission to self care, to be selfish, to step away. We have to stop being the ones picking up all the slack.

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I would be an awful host if I did not ask...where can we buy your books...links please?

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda I don't consciously try to weave in a message. It is always simply the story. In Saving Maya, I ended with the uncertainty of the Happily Right Now over the mythic Happily Ever After. In Missing, Presumed Dead, I talk about PPD, and mental illness and emotional abuse.

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Self care is not a message that we receive growing up. It is good to see it modeled.
And it is good to see the younger generation look out for themselves. Maybe a story there one day :)

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Yes, agree, there is too much emotional labour that women do, and I have at the ripe old age of 47 given myself permission to stop taking on what is not essential. There's only so much one can do, I think women need to start being https://t.co/bNVR935IT8 is self preservation.

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Oh, there's a whole book at the end of the teen parenting tunnel! And I know you'll write it :) @KiranManral

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda I don't think so, writing humour is easy if it comes easy to you. If it doesn't and you have to labour, then it might be harder. But I think it is different for every writer--and oh gosh, Meeta, please tell me there's light at the end of this teen parenting tunnel!

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Let’s talk about messaging, possibly about feminism for you, or other themes. When an author tries to drive home a message, it often jars in the flow of the story. Do you interweave a message in your stories, or is it simply the story? For example, in this latest? @kiranmanral

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Now people would say this is life, but I'd agree that this is part of the emotional labour that women do, burdens they carry, seemingly invisible to all @KiranManral

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Yes, there is external and internal conflict, there is mental illness, there is parenting, there is confronting ageing, there is also marriage and the paths it takes us down. So yes, this is a much more complex book than my earlier ones.

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@bookaadda Yes, there is external and internal conflict, there is mental illness, there is parenting, there is confronting ageing, there is also marriage and the paths it takes us down. So yes, this is a much more complex book than my earlier ones.

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@Meetasengupta Hmm. They're getting darker, yes. Even Saving Maya which is funny has layers of social commentary, and is rather subversive. I think it is because I'm parenting a teen now. I'm blaming him completely for it. When I emerge safely through his teens, I might get back to funny.

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Hah! Just you wait...he is a young teen now.
Older teens take you to even tougher places.
You may need the funnies sooner than you think.
But is writing humour harder? @KiranManral

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

@Meetasengupta Hmm. They're getting darker, yes. Even Saving Maya which is funny has layers of social commentary, and is rather subversive. I think it is because I'm parenting a teen now. I'm blaming him completely for it. When I emerge safely through his teens, I might get back to funny.

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Conflicts, dichotomies, and now we said, darker themes.

In your current book, it's more complex than just a dichotomy, isn't it. You have more layers here than in the previous stories... @KiranManral