About Arfat Asif Karel
The pain of being lonely and being bullied hit Arfat Karel so hard that he sat alone in his free lectures of school and started typing stories. Never did he know that his hobby would turn into passion and will write eight stories in six months. He had to take a big break from his passion as his academics was coming to end shortly. As the time passed by and came the lockdown he once again started writing down stories and completed his last story in year 2022.
The Literature Times: Welcome to The Literature Times, author. Congratulations on the release of your book. What responses are you getting from your readers? Please share your experience with this book.
Author: FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARM WISHES. TILL NOW THERE ARE A VERY FEW REPLIES AND REVIEWS MY READERS HAVE GIVEN ME AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE REALLY ENJOYING READING MY BOOK .
The Literature Times: What encourages you to become an Author?
Author: MY LONELINESS. TO BE HONEST ALTHOUGH I WAS A VERY SILENT CHILD AND DID NOT FIGHT WITH ANYONE I WAS BULLIED IN MY SCHOOL DAYS. THE THING IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE A TEENAGER YOU REQUIRE FRIENDS BY YOUR SIDE IN SCHOOL BUT IN THOSE DAY I WAS LONELY. INITIALLY I TRIED TO BEFRIEND THEM BUT LATER I STARTED SITTING ALONE IN CLASS AND IN FREE LECTURES WHEN MY CLASS USE TO GO DOWN OR ATTEND THOSE SUBJECT I HAVENT OPTED FOR, I USE TO SIT IN LIBRARY AND STARE THE SWITCHED OFF COMPUTER , READING NEWS PAPER OR DO MY STUDIES. ONE DAY I GATHERED ALL MY GUTS AND ASKED THE LIBRARIAN I COULD USE COMPUTER TO WRITE STORIES AND ALSO PROMISED NOT TO MISS USE IT . SHE AGREED AND THAT IS WHEN I STARTED WRITING THESE STORIES AND THAT IS WHAT MADE ME AND ENCOURAGED ME TO BE AN AUTHOR .
The Literature Times: What are your favorite topics of writing? Please tell us something about your interest areas in the literature.
Author: I LOVE WRITING IMAGINARY STORIES AND TRY MAKING IMPOSIBBLE POSSIBLE. I AM BASICALLY CRIMINAL MINDED SINCE CHILDHOOD , ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER DONE ONE OR NEVER HOPE TO SO, MY AREA OF INTREST OR FAVORITE TOPICS TO WRITE ON ARE MURDERS AND MYSTERIES. MOST OF THE STORIES EVEN IN MY BOOK “MURDER IN DARK HOURS” ARE MURDER BASIS SOME ARE COMBINED WITH HAUNTS AND OTHERS WITH MYSTERIES, SOLVED AND UNSOLVED .
The Literature Times: We were hoping you could tell us about some of those writers who had inspired you and whom you follow!
Author: I KNOW ITS WEIRD TO HEAR IT FROM AN AUTHOR BUT I HAVE NEVER READ BOOKS AND DO NOT HAVE ANY INSPIRATIONS. I AM ROLE MODEL FOR MYSELF AND THE STORIES THAT COMES IN MY MIND WHEN I AM BUSY OR FREE ARE THE STORIES I WORK UPON. SO, I FOLLOW MYSELF AND I AM INSPIRATION FOR MYSELF AND HOPE TO BE A INSPIRER TO OTHERS ALSO.
The Literature Times: The title seem different and catchy; how you decided it? Please let us know the story behind it.
Author: THE TITLE WAS SOMETHING WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO SET .SO THE STORY BEHIND IS THAT I WAS TRAVELLING SOMEWHERE WITH MY FAMILY AND THEN OUT OF NO WHERE I REMEMBER ONCE ME AND MY FRIEND HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT A BOOK HE READ WHERE HE DESCRIBES THAT JUST LIKE THIS ONE ALWAYS A TITLE IS GIVEN FROM THE CHAPTER IN THE STORY ITSELF AND THAT IS WHAT CLICKED ME AND I WENT THROUGH ALL THE NAMES OF THE CHAPTER AND WHEN THIS CLICKED ME.
The Literature Times: What are your achievements so far? Tell us something about your writing career.
Author: SO FAR IF WE TALK ABOUT BOOK OR ACHIVEMENT IN CAREER OF WRITING MY ACHIVEMENT ARE VERY FEW, HOW EVER IF WE TALK ABOUT ACHIVEMENTS IN LIFE, I WAS TITLED AS “GOLDEN BUDDY” IN MY SCHOOL DAYS AND EVERY ONE TOLD, ESPECIALLY BY MY FELICITATOR THIS IS AWARD WHICH WAS NEVER RECORDED IN HISTORY OF THIS SCHOOL AND NOR WILL IT RECORD AFTER THIS EVER. APART FROM THIS I HAVE RECIVED MANY CERTIFICATES FOR DEBATES AND SPEECHES. I WAS SENT TO REPRESENT MY DISTRICT IN DEBATE ON DRUG ABUSE WHICH WAS HELD IN THANE ON 10 TH DECEMBER 2019 AND ABOUT WRIRTING CREER THIS IS MY FIRST BOOK. I LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE LIKE THESE AND ALSO TRY NEW TYPE OF WRITING I MEAN MAYBE A DAIRY, INTERVIEW ETC.
The Literature Times: What is your current goal in writing a career? How do you see your future in writing?
Author: AS SAID ABOVE I AM ACTUALLY PLANNING TO PUBLISH MORE BOOKS AND TRYING SOMETHING NEW EVERYTIME AS I COMPLETE MY DRAFTS AND I SEE MYSELF AS A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR WHO HAS WRITTEN BOOKS WHICH IS BEYOND ONES IMAGINATION AND EXPECTATION .
The Literature Times: Are there any other books being worked by you? Please let us know about your future projects.
Author: CURRENTLY AS PER THE SITUATIONS, NO BOOKS ARE BEING WORKED UPON AND WILL LOOK FORWARD FOR THESE AS SOON AS MY BOARDS ARE COMPLETE. I PLAN TO STUDY AND PREPARE THE DRAFTS SIMALTAINOUSLY LIKE BEFORE .
The Literature Times: How you see Indian writing in the 21st century? What changes do you see in the modern way of writing? Do you feel it has been changed by the time?
Author: I REALLY HAVE NO KNOELEDGE TO THIS BUT YES THERE IS A BIG CHANGE. READERS IN THE PAST USED TO READ IMAGINARY STORIES INCLUDING LOVE, MURDER AND OTHER FICTION BUT THE MODERN GENERATION THERE IS MORE DEMAND FOR ANIME BOOKS AND COMICS AND ALSO DURING THOSE DAYS AUTHORS WERE PRETTY MUCH SUCCESSFULL BUT IN THIS GENERATION A VERY FEW AUTHORS WHO GOES WITH THE TREND ARE SUCCESFULL THE REASON BEING THAT THERE ARE A VERY FEW RERADERS LEFT AND THAT TOO DEMAND FOR ANIME TYPE OF BOOKS.
The Literature Times: How easy/ difficult it was for you to publish your book? What message would you like to give to budding authors?
Author: FOR ME IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUBLISH A BOOK BECAUSE OF DISAGREEMENTS WITH MY FAMILY BUT WHAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS MY WILL TO PUBLISH IT. I REMEMBER I WAS 10TH GRADE AND I SUBMITED THE DRAFT AND WAS APPROVED BY THE PUBLISHING COMPANY BUT I WAS DENIED TO PUBLISH THE SAME BY MY FAMILY HOWEVER THIS TIME, I GAVE THEM A HUGE SURPRISE BY PAYING IT BY SELF OWNED MONEY AND PUBLISH IT. THE MAIN SURPRISE WAS TO MY MOM. SO IT HAD BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME BUT I PASSED THROUGH IT AND IT WAS JUST BECAUSE WILL IN MY HEART AND SUPPORT OF MY BROTHER AND DAD. ALSO I WAS MENTALLY PREPARED AND STRONG FOR IT. SO THE ONLY MESSAGE I WANT TO GIVE TO BUDDING AUTHORS IS JUST BE MENTALLY PREPARED AND STRONG. YOUR MENTALITY IS WHAT MAKES YOU TO SUCCESSFULL AND DO WHAT YOUR HEART SAYS NO MATTER WHAT, IT IS ALWAYS CORRECT AND WILL ALWAYS GUIDE YOU TO RIGHT DIRECTION. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOU ARE KING OF YOUR LIFE. YOU WILL MEET MANY PEOPLE IN THE KINGDOM WHO WOULD HAVE GUDS TO DISCOURAGE, DEMOTIVATE AND DISAPPOINT YOU BY MAKING FUN OF YOU AND YOUR TALEMTS BUT REMEMBER THEY ARE YOUR BIGGEST FANS, THEY LOOK AT YOU DAILY AND MAKE FUN OF YOU RELAXING THEIR MINDS AND CALM THEIR MINDS AS THEY COULDN’T BECOME WHAT YOU ARE. IN THE END I WOULD STILL STAY, STAY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY STRONG AND ALWAYS DO WHAT YOUR HEART SAYS.
