The (Almost) Blind Writer Gal Letter

And the Royals are on Saele!

Mahalo,

I am listening to my OG gangsta go-to Tenet Soundtrack by the incomparable Ludwig Goransson as I write this edition of The Writer Gal Letter. And, Postmate, I’m legit almost blind with words-ing the whole day.

I spent the whole day proofing SCORE! (my cricket murder romantic comedy mashup). That’s 95,000 words of close reading and figuring out tiny issues like missed spacing, punctuations, and missing or misspelled words. It is a wonder I do not have a raging migraine. And have sufficient energy to write this extremely short but important TWGL.

In family updates, Mom and Grandma are right now sitting beside me watching their most favorite Tamil TV soap. Which, gasp, has a feminist MMC and FMC! It’s actually good fun to watch sometimes. Mom’s also joined piano classes so she spends a lot of time learning notes and scales. I love watching her bloom like this.

Dad’s in peak cricket season (one of the main reasons I wrote cricket-hating FMC Bee Vishwanathan in SCORE!) and enjoying seventy different matches all at the same time.

And Booboo’s enjoying the last few days of his summer vacation while prepping for the all-important last grade of high school. He’s going to be a mini adult next year when he goes to eleventh grade in college …sniffs…and to think he was barely born when I started seriously thinking of becoming a writer and writing all the stories! (Fun fact: The first print edition of To Love Honor and Betray had a dedication to just-born Booboo since I wrote the first draft of that book when he wasn’t even born)!

I had a few restful weeks off when Aunt came to visit and we did all the Aunt-Niece things like shop and eat and sleep and cuddle and discuss business stuff (I am very thrilled that my whole family encourages me to dream higher!) But now, I’m thrilled to be working full-time again. On IG and TT and this Letter but mostly ALL THE BOOKS!

Last TWGL I’d told you guys to wait for some sale news. Well, here it is!

Those Dangerous Royals are on Sale!

Xander and Shane (who makes an appearance in Drake’s book - Claim) are only 2.99 each and corresponding global prices till the 4th of June! This is because Shane’s Lena’s birthday falls on 3rd June (ALSO the birthday of Rafael Nadal, my favorite sportsperson EVER) and I wanted to do something special while writing the Heinrickson sibling stories!

Anyway, this cute graphic with the OG hot guy covers should convince you to get these books now. Or read them on Kindle Unlimited if that’s your jam.

I swear I wanted to write something juicier but I am all words’d out, Postmate. Check in with you next Tuesday (Tuesday beat Friday 52-48 lol) and send you a proper TWGL edition with lots of news. (Hopefully). At this point, I’m just glad I’m sending these editions when I said I will!

Till then, stay grounded and read lots.

Xx

Aarti