#165: Soothsayers, AI Tools, and the South Asian Experience with Reenita Hora
Reenita Hora is an award-winning screenwriter, novelist, and audio producer. Her female-driven comedy Operation Mom has won all kinds of awards, including the Grand Prize of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her young adult fantasy screenplay, Shadow Realm has a bunch of recognitions, like being a Script2Comic finalist. And her newsletter is chock full of good tips for better writing and marketing your work.
We’re chatting about how to find your perfect audience, how to use AI to improve — or hinder — your writing, and the importance of promoting real experiences of South Asian culture.
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Highlights of our conversation
One of the first things Reenita ever wrote and something a soothsayer told her when she was nine years old that’s stuck with her today. (3:12)
How to find your audience while writing. (7:48)
Some of the technologies that can help promote music or books. (12:15)
The wrong ways to use AI in your writing. (20:21)
How to get people to buy your books. (24:23)
A look inside Reenita’s two different podcast projects and what it’s like to do a narrative audio fiction show. (30:55)
The actors Reenita would cast in the movie version of her book, Operation Mom. (34:57)
The top books and movies featuring the Asian experience. (41:18)
Where to find Reenita Hora
Learn more or pick up a copy of Operation Mom (or any other books!) for Reenita Hora.
Check out her top three books featuring the Asian experience!