About The Author: Aanya Sachdeva adores reading and has been a voracious reader since she was young which developed her interest in the gargantuan world of writing, from poetry and haikus to stories, she can always be found in books. She is also a blogger and posts poetry on her Instagram @thefaletuiicanqueen and blog, ‘Soaring Firebolt‘. She also self-published two of her works previously- ‘Letter to the World from a Naive Mind’ and ‘For I Pity Them’.
Summary Of The Book: Books, books and more books and a girl who hates them. Till she is not a girl, but a dragon. Samaira leaves her family to live in a world of books, dwarves and dragons. Facing the evil gnomes and then turning a class into an ice cave Samaira goes through a lot, till the betrayer strikes…
1. Can you tell us a little about your book?
Samaira, a girl who accidentally lands inside a magical book and ends up in Faletusiica—a world filled with books, dragons, and crazy creatures. Stuck in a loop, she faces a mean gnome but makes a friend named Addie. Much to her surprise Samaira’s a dragon! With Addie and another dragon, they’re off on a quest to defeat the evil dragon queen.
2. Is there a specific event that inspired this story or was this an out-of-the-blue idea?
It started as a joke, completely out of the blue and transformed into this.
3. What got you writing in the first place?
Reading helped enhance my mind and when it led to creative ideas which I couldn’t not write so I started writing.
4. What was your impression of your first draft when you read it?
I absolutely hated it; I thought it would be so much better and when I had first written the scenes, I loved them but when I read the entire first draft, I could see how my writing style had changed and how much I had evolved.
5. Which part of your story connects the most with you? Why?
The part when Samaira discovers the thrill of reading, it helps her escape from reality and to that I can connect on a personal level.
6. What makes your book the one to read?
My book revolves around a girl, Samaira’s journey from being a non-reader to a book enthusiast. It emphasizes how books aren’t just sources of information, but also ignite emotions and teach us, and how they are an amazing hobby. It also focuses on how Samaira discovers her true self a dragon and acceptance for who she is.
7. What was the best advice you got while writing?
Just write, it doesn’t matter what, how, when and where, just write it. Every time you will read what you wrote some time back, you will hate it because you feel you can do better now, and that is development. So just keep on writing.
8. Who’s your all-time favourite author? Which book of his/hers made you fall in love with them?
I would say either Enid Blyton, J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan, they are the writers I grew up reading and their worlds broadened my imagination.
9. What was your hardest scene to write?
The ghost scene, when they had to fight the evil spirit. I got into a writer’s block because of that and could not continue that scene to the full extent that I had imagined.
10. Do you have another plot brewing?
I do in fact; it is the continuation to this book when Samaira gets her crown and becomes the queen.
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9357761241?ref=myi_title_dp
