Author of upcoming thriller The Blue Bar, Damyanti Biswas talks on writing better with buzz around her, knowing when you’re ready for publication, and the two major traits she looks for in mentees who are “already ready to be professionals.” Hear how she both values and gives her professional feedback in a way that is helpful, the journey between her first and second book, and why your achievement of success is relative.

Tune in alongside host Sheridan Sharp as Damyanti helps you discern which path of success you’re taking and be better prepared against your disappointments (especially during the query process) on this episode of Am I Write? Podcast.

Resources

Website: damyantiwrites.com

Damyanti’s upcoming thriller, The Blue Bar is available for pre-order or find it on Goodreads!

Damyanti’s first book, You Beneath Your Skin

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy

About Damyanti Biswas
Damyanti's work has been published in Smokelong Quarterly, Ambit, Pembroke Review, Griffith review among many others in the US, UK, and Australia. She has been listed for Best Small Fictions and Bath Novel Awards, and also serves as one of the editors of The Forge literary magazine.

Her Indian debut literary crime novel You Beneath Your Skin is an Amazon bestseller, and optioned for the screens by Endemol Shine. Her next novel, The Blue Bar, is slated for publication on Jan 1,2023 in the USA via Thomas & Mercer. Apart from being a novelist, Damyanti is an avid reader of true crime, a blogger, and an animal lover. Her ambition has always been to live in a home with more books than any other item, and she continues to work toward that. For more information, visit www.damyantiwrites.com.