The following series idea made the top ten of a pitch competition for CBC Gem, a streaming service in Canada! Here's a quick summary of my pitch, and I've posted the first part that's been submitted in the next round of judging; hope you enjoy it! Pitch summary: "'The Space Between' is a series about a disenchanted life interrupted by a chance encounter. An encounter that will end in approximately 12 hours. Call it Murphy's Law, or call it "the universe is a sadistic embittered wretch," but when Nisha meets Charlie at the rooftop of the swanky Thompson hotel in Toronto, the countdown to goodbye has already begun. This series is both the thrill and the agony of meeting your soul mate, since it happens in a timeline that is truly cruel. Why must tourism visas expire? Why do flights have to be so exact and non-refundable? All important questions for the downtrodden soul mate...

For many people, Paris is the city of love. Most of those people are tourists. This turns out to be one of Romi Narindra’s first realizations, when she ditches her corporate job and moves to Paris for a year to write a book. It’s a year that will shatter illusions, assert independence, and maybe even leave some room for a love affair or two. All the while, the past comes swirling back like a ghost with unfinished business, which raises important questions about hope and second chances. Some things last forever, some things will never be, but one thing’s for sure: love in the modern world is not a fairy tale. Oh well, fairy tales were never all that interesting anyway... (Never or Forever is book 3 in the "Year of the Chick" series. Book 1 is available in its entirety for FREE on Wattpad, so check it out and I hope you enjoy it! http://www.wattpad.com/story/1568271-year-of-the-chick ). If you would like to read the rest of "Never or Forever" beyond the first four chapters posted here, you can find it on Kobo, iTunes, Barnes & Noble and Amazon! (http://www.amazon.com/author/romimoondi)

What's a girl to do when she meets the Internet man of her dreams, he's better than she expected, but he lives an ocean away? And let's not forget her parents,who are trying to lock her up in arranged-marriage doom... In this fast-paced story of culture clash and romantic pursuits, there's a big fat Indian wedding, the struggle to keep a long-distance flame alive, and an unexpected mystery man who could set a new course in motion. All the while, our heroine abandons what was once an all-consuming man-search, which helps her remember the person she used to be, and the person she hopes to become; the history-loving nerd, the hopeless romantic, and the emerging author with dreams of ditching the corporate rat race. This is the book of living in the moment, making the grand gesture, and putting it all on the line. This is when Romi Narindra comes alive... [This book is the sequel to book 1 "Year of the Chick," which is available in its entirety for FREE on Wattpad!] NOTE: this is a full-length novel of 74,500 words or about 285 novel-length pages DISCLAIMER: this book contains occasional profanities and mild sexual reference

[NOTE: This book was written in 2010, a time of long-distance phone cards, weight-loss obsessions, and searching for a man as a solution to life's problems-what a messy time to be alive! In other words, I hope you enjoy this throwback, and while this book does end on a cliffhanger of sorts, the sequel addresses any unanswered questions (which is hopefully fair, given that book 1 is free, ya know?] An awkward family homecoming at Christmas. A humiliating public weigh-in, with two judging parents as the audience. The announcement of a deadline for arranged marriage doom. And that's just the first two chapters. In "Year of the Chick," Romi Narindra must find love before her parents find her a husband. Easy to say, less easy to live through, as this book takes you deep inside "awkward Indian living in the West." To escape her fate, Romi wades through the waters of secret-dating, where self-consciousness is at an all-time high, and experience at an all-time low. It's the sort of thing that would turn almost anyone into a man-crazy freak with romance tunnel-vision, and that's exactly what ends up happening. All the while, a lack of inspiration in her corporate job leads Romi to her love of writing, in what quickly becomes a man-quest play-by-play. From whiskey-breath scum bags to uni-brow creeps and everything in between, Romi and her wingmen come up empty time after time. And that's when she meets a fellow writer. On the Internet. So will it be arranged marriage doom, or an Internet affair that's not as creepy as "To Catch a Predator"? Time will tell in the "year of the chick," a twelve-month quest to find love. Tick-tock. --------------------------------------------- "Year of the Chick" is book one of a series, and book two is available at Amazon! LENGTH: 75,000 words or 285 pages DISCLAIMER: this book contains profanities, blunt accounts of the dating scene, and many awkward family moments. Enjoy!