[It is advised that this section is read, after reading the entire book, as the following segment contains little potential spoilers.]

Ah this part always makes me emotional 😭. Well, yet another journey ends as I complete my 2nd novel today.

Not surprised, but expected, I had moments of insecurities that my novel isn't good enough and I should probably discontinue it (glad I didn't). And I am pretty much aware now that I will continue having these moments when I compare my current WIPs to trash, in future too 😍 (I can't help it).

I had even gone a month with writing no chapters of Tellers of Lies and contemplated if I really should just unpublish it. I'll explain why because as I have probably mentioned before, I have never written romance as a main genre and so, I took the risk by publishing the first chapter on 11th November, 2023. Finally, I finish it today on 5th July, 2024 🥳.

But keeping aside my dramatic tantrums of thinking of discontinuing the novel in the middle, I didn't actually drop it at the end and somehow continued writing till I wrote The End.

It was no doubt a wonderful journey, filled with emotions as I rode the highs and lows with my characters, finding myself somehow in bits of them. I don't know if I was able to create the romance I had promised, and believable characters, but I wouldn't deny the unforgettable memories I have stored in my heart's camera.

Now moving onto the novel, at times I wanted to yeet Killian, Richard and Veronica (and that buffoon named Rex, who dared to put his hands on Isha) out of the novel but then had to remind myself they were necessary for the plot to develop. And did I absolutely hate myself for putting Isha and Calix through pain right when they were in their honeymoon phase? Yes I did. But did I also want to create the dramatic conflicts? Also yes. Guilty.

Also, TMI but I totally did not think I could write detailed sex scenes XD. I shocked myself when I wrote them and didn't even struggle in it.

I did struggle when it came to creating the scenes with more negative emotions and conflicts. But hopefully, I was able to pull them off.

I am thankful to profiles like Romance who considered my little novel worthy to be featured in their reading list. That helped me gain some of the motivation I needed to complete the novel.

A big thanks to the readers who are reading/have read/will read. Your votes, comments, views, make my day and this unhinged novel comes alive once in every blue moon.

Last but not the least, thanks to myself for not discontinuing the book, no matter what.

Tellers of Lies was my first attempt at romance but it definitely won't be my last.

P.S. I already miss my babies Isha and Calix 😭. May they continue living their lives happily ever after.

~Signing off

Abhipreeti 💖