Selenophile Riya Rashmi Dash – An Exclusive Interview

1. When did you start writing? And when did you first decide to be a published author?

I started writing back in my school days..but never got a chance of exposure but finally in 2019 I got a chance to enter into writing industry and by god’s grace I flourished a lot and I feel blessed and my hardwork, dedication and motivation is something which has brought to me here today at this position.

2. What is the story behind your book(s)?
my experience, my life stories and sometimes particular themes inspires me to write. When I write I imagine myself in that place and feel it and there’s where I start Penning down all my emotions. This book has my heart….it has all the phases I’ve gone through and for all the people who’ve passed through this. I always wanted to have a collection of Microtales and poems in my book and that’s what inspired me more to write this book and I’m glad.

3. Self publishing Vs traditional publishing – pick one and why?

For her traditional publishing is good to go because they have good social credibility, they have good reach to market sales, and specially all the works are done by the publisher and no pain needs to be taken by the author. And this goes good with it

As a publisher and author by herself she would definitely recommend this as it is good

4. Your favourite authors/books from your genre
My favorite authors are Ashish bagrecha, savi Sharma, Jhumpa Lahiri, arundhati Roy, amrita pritam, sudeep nagarkar. My Inspiration as a writer now is Ashish bagrecha. I take him as my all time inspiration because what I feel is I resonate with him in life, in emotions and in phases.

5. We know you as an author.. but what do you do apart from writing?

Apart from writing I’m a oddisi classical dancer, I’m a classical Singer and have sung in all india radio and released two of my albums in our local language of sambalpur, odisha. But this happened back in the days where cassette and radios used to be there. She is a debator , have won district level debates and do elocutions as well. She is a munner and have done many MUN conferences as delegate and also presided over it as a presiding officer over the conference and also she got a chance to meet the general secretary of UN last year in few children from india, she was also Rotaract president before in my school days. Travelling and being foodie is kinda part of her life and she never fails to explore and have great tastes. Apart from that she’s also in a PR agency where she’s into bollywood insiders and stuffs.

6. What next do we expect from you?

Next to expect from her is her upcoming solo book in the end of the year and the records for which she’s preparing for

7. What is your message related to the pandemic?
We all know how we are stuck amidst this deadly pandemic and people are losing lives in seconds so her main message would be to stay safe, stay indoors and do whatever they like . Passion for their work shouldn’t be stopped but needs to be done indoors. Because health and life comes as top priority

8. Your achievements.

She is Riya rashmi dash presently pursuing her BBA from KIIT
University, Bhubaneswar. She is Selenophile, loves to enjoy every small moment of her life, and is a wanderlust. She is a writer and
started her passion 2 years back and also aspires to be future HR Manager. She has worked in more than 165+ anthologies as co-author and compiler of 20+ books till now and more ongoing. She is also the Author of her solo book “Waiting to Exhale” & “MYSTERY OF WORDS”. She is also been part of national magazines, featured in author interview featured in Ne8x Litfest
2020, part of world record books. She is the Founder of The Opus Coliseum and is happy as her life is turning out now and hopes this
continues as such.Also she’s been awarded Being Inspirational Indian Award, Be The Change Awards, Indian Professional Awards, FCP Excellence Award, Kalam Book Of Records Holder, Amazing World of Book Records Holder, Vajra Book Of Record Holder,
Sahityakosh Awards, India Republic Awards, Bravo International Holder, Exclusive World Records, Indian Books Of Record
Holder, Achiever Awards 2020-2021, SHE Awards 2021, Most Deserving Award 2021, International Globe Awards 2021 And
Much More.
She’s Also Exclusive World Record Holder and Bravo International World Record Holder.
She has also been featured in India talks.com, Youstartup.com, namotimes,realpreneur.com, US times now, Times bulletin , Stats Globe and daily hunt having million viewers. Her writeups have also being published in renowned US Press. Her Cover page is also being featured in the magazine
Literary voice. Her interview is also featured in Mt.Kenya Times, Interview Times, Vibgyor, Diaspora times She’s been also featured in Tims Magazine
You can reach out to her over..
Insta- @_riyaa_rashmi