" kis tarah se shukriya kahein aapko ,

   zameen se utha kar dil mein bitha liya ,

   nazron mein samaa kar, palkon pe sajaa diya ;

   itna pyaar diya aapne hamko ,

   ki mere bikhre shabdon ko kavita bana diya ... ! "

APRIL 18TH, 2015 > IS WHEN WE DIVED INTO THE LAND OF DREAMS ! 

A simple story, a fragment of my thought that blossomed into a beautiful child I carry deep in my heart.

Kab kaise yeh mera itna azeez ho gaya, pata hi nahi chala! Tbh, this book changed my life! Splashed my canvas with dazzling colours! Filled my life with joy inexpressible. Thank you is a very short word for this overwhelming journey!  

Five years of pure bliss. Creating this fictional land in my head, waking up every day with a smile. And to get such an exciting response from all of you, made my life.

Most of my early readership came from my Old Sidlian fandom friends (twitter) - and I feel proud to have introduced a majority of them into the world of Wattpad ! (as I continue to do it with Ranlian fandom and many more with each book). 

Before we move on to reveal the surprise, it would be fair enough to briefly describe the story behind this book's origin :) So hang on ....

~ HOW DID I BEGAN 'DREAMS WOVEN BEAUTIFULLY' ?

So how many of you remember the original name of this book ?  *winks* 

Well it was a real looooong name haha xD ! It struck my head casually while I wrote the first few chapters in my rough copy, some five years ago, inside my 11th grade classroom (while our physics sir was teaching lol) !

So at first I went along with the name - 'Dreams Woven Intricately And Beautifully' !!!!! Yup, that long! When I reached half way through the book, I realized the magic of being crisp yet straight to the point (both in my writing and in aspects related to a book) Therefore I chopped of the title to what it is now :) 

I got a lot of push from my Sidlian fandom and thus wrote around 5 initial chapters of the book (which is more like a series of a single night long incident) in my copy. My friends used to sometimes annoy , tease me while I wrote, but otherwise helped me to complete my deadlines. My bff back then - Srinidhi was my saviour. Yes, she was pissed at the fact that I gave DWB more attention than her gosh! But she would read my entries and used to help me with my errors. Gave a lot of ideas for many chapters (esp the Truth-Dare idea - the basic plotline was made by her and the part where Adi is scared by the girls pretending to be ghosts!) 

Story cut short (will talk more on it, after the last chap - in a special segment update) ,

The response was a wildfire and this was maddening for someone who just debuted! I mean when I began, my writing was unpolished, rugged and flawed. But the emotions were intact maybe, that's why a lot of you could connect and chose to stand by me and the book. If you've read the book entirely, you can see the transformation within me as an author. And for that I'll forever be grateful to DWB <3 

Also because of partly me being lazy/procrastination/college life - it took a whopping 5 yrs to end! 

Okay so since Day 1, I kinda knew how I'll fashion the ending of this book! And had already prepared a solid plan to execute looking at the fanbase .... unfortunately, some of my loyal readers who were also good friends are no longer a part of my life! (post sidlia break up scenario - another story for another day) So I had to chop that idea but the past few weeks since I found my old rough copy filled with DWB drafts, my heart wanted to chase my desires.

So what if they aren't loyal anymore, I got an even better batch of beautiful loyal babies who have kept the Sidlian flame in me - ALIVE ! 

Therefore I'm giving a twist to my original idea ;) 

Brace yourself ///

HEREBY (perhaps the only book on wattpad to ever do this) I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE AND LOVE TO ALL THOSE WHO ROOTED AND STOOD BY MY SIDE SINCE 5 GLORIOUS YEARS! IN ALL MY UPS AND DOWNS, SMILES AND SOBS, Y'ALL WERE MY CHOSEN FAMILY! THEREFORE, I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO PERSONALLY GIVE THE LOUDEST SHOUTOUT TO YOU GUYS - 

{took me hours to jot down all your names uff! some are no more on wp but if at all they come back, know that your deeply loved :) Pls note that these are names of fans/readers who have made themselves visible by COMMENTING on my book - quite often! But there are countless SILENT WONDERFUL READERS who have an even larger role to play in DWB's success - therefore I salute my babies <3 God bless! }

ps : if this post makes you want to come out of your hide (silent readers) and say a word to me or regarding the book, pls pleaseeeee COMMENT! I'll be happy to acknowledge you <3

~ Srinidhi  : my bff from high school - No #1 fan since the beginning!

~ Khushi :  (My Squad #1) my baby boo, a beautiful bff urf baby sister I got thanks to Twitter and wp! Her unconditional love and support will always be my blessing. Even today, she stays my fav loyal! Let us thank this gorgeous soul once again for making our book cover look this premium and pretty adkjasfjkafbjqvbqe!! *squeals*   Ilysm my love!

ps : sidlian fans might know her ;) She used to be an author of some real good Sidlia books on wp ! 

~ Mehar @LadkiBeautiful_m : (My Squad #2) K&S / Chull Queen , my firecracker who again was a huge support! Love you!

~ Jheel  @Beautifullyspoiled (My Sqaud #3) : Another gem in my initial days. Ily <3  (Sadly a lot of my friends have deleted their acc's ! )

~ @AmnaDar4 , @moodywanderer , @-chaoticallly , @Washma786 (consistent fan), @Zeba_Sidharth_Alia, @Sidlia_love , @mszaalima , @fazforever , @_LIVINGINAHOPE_ , @Bhairavi124 , @V1D1SHA , @Bollywood4Life , @mishtisankar , @MaluMal1 , @nkita987 , @anupamarrao , @_sunshineforever_ , @Alianating_marauder , @Dksidlia , @Maldha21 , @AnzurulHaque , @-peacefullness- , @afrin962 , @-TiaRoshan , @deepalitilwani , @Fouzkhan64 , @Divergencehigh 

I love you guysss to the moon and stars and unicorns and angels and rainbows back! Bhagwaan bhala karegaaa :D Tbh GOD BLESS Y'ALL SO MUCH CUTIES <3 

This segment is to thank some friends who stood by me earlier but maybe because of life, we aren't much in contact and I no longer see them in my comment section. With few of them (post breakup scene and me stopping defendsidlia fanpage ), I'm not in sync like I used to but nevertheless, I wanna thank them .

They might have forgotten me but I haven't :) Always wishing love <3  

~ @remizov_stela , @tanmayy , @Sidharth-Alia , @fararosales , @Parmasari (miss this cutie so bad! Her loooong - touching comments were golden <3) , @KhushbuGosia7 , @AmOnASabbatical (Ayani stan gosh! Now when I am one, I miss youuuu xoxo) , @-gulabiaankhen- , @adibaadi17 , @bollyholic_ , @JessCorvat , @21sownd 

And now it's time to unwrap the gift ! 

ps : wanted to personally send it to each one of you but thanks to wattpad devta's default, couldn't! 

*cheers getting louder*

*some takla (bald) uncle in the bg screaming over alcohol* 

*clears throat*  - Takes microphone in hand 

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On the exhilarating occasion of celebrating FIVE DAMN YEARS OF DREAMS WOVEN BEAUTIFULLY, I JEMIMAH JAMES aka the Queen Mother or say the Author of this book, want to present y'all a gift which I hope would be more precious and memorable than jewels! With the help of a dear friend Suchita (we love you), hereby presenting the news we've all waited for - the DAY WE ALL ROOTED FOR (at least in our virtual world) 

*which is ?* 

* heartbeat fastens * 

*jaldi bol na behen* - says Rannu ;)

* karan johar scrutinizes me * 

* adishra meanwhile kills mosquitoes * 

*addu yawns adorably*

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With the blessings of Almighty, Hiroo Johar (she's alive lol), grandparents & parents of Sid and Alia, The Squad, Karan Johar, Armaan Malhotra, Dharma Freaking No More Gharelu Productions (threatened me), Wattpad Devta and our dearest Edward, Pika and Oscar !

*cracks naariyal (coconut)* 

HEREBY OFFICIALLY INVITING YOU TO THE FUTURISTIC DREAMISH WEDDING OF OUR ICONIC PAIR AKA SIDHARTH MALHOTRA AND ALIA BHATT  !!!!!!! 

SAVE THE DATE ~ 02.08.2022 !~  (my birthday duh) 

VENUE : Malhotra Farmhouse (exists in my head, Mumbai) 

MUHURAT : 6pm (cuz I be the Pandit !) 

Reception : jab se aaye ho tab se grabbing food! (precap - squad eating at the Kapoor's diwali) 

Special pass entry to LOYAL ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE FANS OF DWB/Jemi !

Kindly show this at the entrance to the security officer and he'll let you in once you whisper the secret code!

NOW WHAT THE HELL IS THE SECRET CODE ? 

#SidNeLiya + #JemiIsTheBesssshhhhht + #There'sNoBookLikeDWB + #SquadSabPeBhaari ! 

You'll be in ! 

Dress code - Dazzle in your traditional ghaghra's, lehengas, kurta pyjama's, dapper tux and shining jootas! 

Things to Remember > 

1) Submit your phone outside the venue to the officers. Photographs not allowed but I've appointed special men to click fan pictures/selfies with Jemi and Sidlia!

2) DO NOT CARRY GIFTS ! - Aisa log kehte hai but we do not! So carry everything from chocolates to BMW's ! We would be thrilled to receive them. Will be signing autographs to lucky few fans ;) 

3) Carry a tissue paper just in case you end up tearing! You are in dire need of it. 

4) Behave like a NORMAL human and not a lunatic left out to roam! Kya sochenge Malhotras and Bhatts hamare baare mein ?! 

5) Any query , CONTACT - Jemialia9 (INBOX) | gemtheysay (Instagram) | queenxalia (Twitter) 

6) FIRST GO AND SUBSCRIBE TO JEMI'S WORLD - A YOUTUBE CHANNEL! Entry allowed only then ;) Will be confirmed at the entrance so no chalaaki. (Can also follow my IG/Twitter account's mentioned above!) 

7) If you understood every thing I just mentioned - Comment on this ! 

8) Ab shayad zyada ho gaya so I should stop <**> 

9) Did I say ILYSM ?! 

10 ) Thrown into the pool by my boys! 

*splash* 

Sidharth : So I hope you all would come and grace our wedding, like mentioned by Jemi. 

Alia : *blushes* We would be grateful to have your blessings and presence at our biggest day! 

Armaan : Alshooo, 'ADD' this book into your librariessss so that you NEVER FORGET MY MUMMA AND DADDA AND MEEEEEE AND JEMI DIDI !!! 

Rannu : Agle do chapters ke baad we'll leaveeeee  *cries out loud* 

Fubu : Baba, control re! They won't forget us that quick! C'mon WE BE ICONIC BRUH !

Karan : Ofc you are darling potato ! If you both are iconic, I am A LEGEND *rolls eyes* 

Ayaan : Ho gaya bakwaas toh let them go for now ! 

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So uhm, sorry for those freaks taking over my chapter ;) But ykw, I'm so glad I made this book and met y'all and got this much love and the fact that we created this tiny beautiful world where our Sid and Alia be happily living with tiny kiddos running around :D 

As always, numb with emotions. Know that I love you all soooo darn much and may DREAMS WOVEN BEAUTIFULLY, stay ICONIC UNTIL POSTERITY ! May our grandchildren one day find this book and sigh proudly that once upon a time, this book was a dream come true! 

Left with two more chapters and few thanksgiving episodes (more fun stuff coming up) until THE HAPPILY EVER FREAKING END ! Second last chapter will drop by this month (max, the coming week) and if God wills, THE FINAL CHAPTER would come by May ! 

Until then, stay safe, happy and healthy. 

Like our Addu said, Add the book into your precious libraries, Vote on all the chapters if you haven't already, go through the entire book again for extra feels and keep waiting for the last two GOLDEN BUMPER CHAPTERS!!! 

Love always, 

Jemimah James :)