AUTHOR’S BIO :
Jagatsinh Parmar is a doctor who has turned into a digital nomad after completing the medicine internship at Sir-T hospital, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. He is currently holding the position of a content writer, designer and social media manager at famous travel companies like SoloYolo & Ridingsolo. He is one of the youngest Indian travellers who has almost travelled to every Indian state as he started travelling solo when he was 19. He loves travelling and substituting his travel experiences by writing. His hitchhiking and backpacking adventurous stories through various parts of India are like echoes of his identity. Being an active member of various travel communities, he’s best known for his self-help and travel writing with a rough touch. If you want to see the world from his eyes, you can follow him on Instagram. And if you want to explore the world, you can travel with him.
Insta : Instagram.com/the_enigmatic_escapist/
Blog : www.jagatsinh.com
1. Who and what inspired you to write?
I always been inspired by people and places. The moment I realized that I couldn’t bottle my emotions, I take it to the ink. For me, travelling and exploring the various nooks & corners of this universe tend to inspire on daily basis, and I don’t mind penning down my thoughts. I started loving a lot then.
2. What challenges did you face while writing and getting published?
There were many such challenges as publishing industry isn’t that much welcoming to budding authors. After rejection from almost every publishing house, I was gone into a storm of thoughts that what I’m even doing. But right things are written to happen at right time. And that’s what happened to me when I found my literary agent.
3. How did you come to know about the literary agency THE BOOK BAKERS?
I was in the friend-list of Suhail Mathur, co-founder of The Book Bakers. Seeing him daily getting top-notch deals from popular traditional publishers, I could sense the potential and hard-work he was putting behind. Some of my friends from literature field also suggested me that go with Suhail.
4. How did THE BOOK BAKERS help you and what would you like to say about them ?
They are wonderful team. Starting from boosting my confidence to revert back with positivity and kindness all the time, you know you get comfortable feelings when the journey seems non-exhausting. They have helped me to get a deal with traditional publisher, and I’m thankful for that.
5. How supportive is your publisher of your work?
They're not only supportive but they’re motivating too. Everyday something pop ups from their side about my book, and it makes me happy that you’re not alone who is putting efforts behind the book.
6. How do you see literary success for yourself?
It’s not all about number of books being sold. For me, it’s the message that people get from my writing. If it helps a few of those hearts who want to do something else than what society wants him to do, I’m happy enough. I could say, it’s all that I want, boosting somebody up for having courage.
7. When can we expect your next book?
Maybe at the end of this year. It will be a non-fiction story from my real travel adventures. I’m so excited about that one too.
8. How has your experience been working with Locksley Hall Publishing?
The experience was good and learning one. I learnt a lot of things from their side too. But they’re very punctual, dedicated and helpful.
9. Any message or tips for aspiring authors?
Have patience. The strength of your ink is your virtue and never going to get stolen it from you. Believe in yourself and invest time in writing without getting worried. The stories are always there in the end.
BOOK NAME : EPIPHANY
PUBLISHER : LOCKSLEY HALL PUBLISHING
BOOK SYNOPSIS/BLURB :
What if you are called a sinner for being a dreamer?
KAIVAN, a young villager becomes the talk of the territory due to his unbelievable educational achievement. It couldn’t be less than a well-deserved dream for anyone, being a focal point of unending familial expectations. But only until he gets to know that his intelligence is taken for granted in a disguised way. Adapting to the new city life turns out to be traumatic for him. But not as much as a sense of the realisation that his whole life was a well-structured lie. A quarter-life existential crisis hits him hard, when he discovers that his life-long dream was even not pure, but simply influenced.
This unexpected mental trauma would have taken him for a toll forever if he hadn't meet KIARA, a hippy traveller from the Himalayas. A carefree walk of life with Kiara gives him hope to explore the world and discover himself. But how could he define this not-so- normal dream to a conservative a society whose definition of dreams is different?
Would Kaivan be able to leave everything behind to live his simple dream?
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