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Women's Day: Writing is like breathing for me. I have to do it, says Andaleeb Wajid

The author who has published 33 books says that the secret to writing is commitment and crazy hard work.

March 08, 2022 / 11:17 IST
Andaleeb Wajid's recent novels All Drama No Queen and Mirror, Mirror were published by Penguin Random House and Duckbill respectively in 2021.

Andaleeb Wajid's recent novels All Drama No Queen and Mirror, Mirror were published by Penguin Random House and Duckbill respectively in 2021.


Andaleeb Wajid is a hybrid author, having published 33 novels in the past 12 years. Andaleeb enjoys writing in a number of different genres such as young adult, romance, and horror. Andaleeb's recent novels All Drama No Queen and Mirror, Mirror were published by Penguin Random House and Duckbill respectively in 2021. She has an upcoming YA novel with Harper Collins.

The first book you remember reading
An illustrated book called Ranga the Rat

Your hands-down favourite writer
Lisa Jewell

A genre you're partial to

Crime fiction




A book you outgrew and grew into again 

A Court of Thorns and Roses


A classic you'd like to have written 

The Mill on the Floss

An author you want to meet on the other side 


TS Eliot


As you work, you listen to 

Nothing. I can't concentrate if I listen to music.


The book(s) you've gifted most 

Crumb - by Saee Koranne Khandekar


Your personal mad tea party guests, and the food you'd serve. 

My writer friends Apeksha and Shilpa, and lots of chocolate.


Ever fallen in love with a character? Whom? 

Nope.


The book with your favourite food descriptions. 

Chocolat


On writing during the pandemic...

Found it to be something that had to be done for my mental health


On what keeps you writing 

Writing is like breathing for me. I have to do it.


A book-based movie you liked better than the book 

Ready Player One


A woman or girl you wish had got a different ending 

Maggie Tulliver from Mill on the Floss


The secret to being a prolific writer

Commitment and crazy hard work


Tips on self-publishing and what makes it worth it 

Write, edit, publish and then repeat all over. It's the only way to make it work. What makes it worth it is the satisfaction of telling a good story and having readers read it soon enough.

Chetana Divya Vasudev
first published: Mar 8, 2022 11:17 am

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