Who is Sarah Hina?
Written by: FlashFiction
Sarah Hina to me is an inspiration. I’ve told this story a thousand times to friends so they can skip this part. 
But I love to tell this because its pure serendipity and I can not be thankful enough for this incident to have taken place in my life. More than a couple of years ago I had just gotten into blogging and used to blog about my everyday mundane life that no-one bothered about nor did anyone care. One fine day out of infinite boredom I started hunting for a good blog to read. So I searched Before Sunrise on google blog search. I thought ‘Whoever has Before Sunrise listed as thier fav. movie, can’t be all bad’ and that’s how I stumbled onto her blog. That was my first introduction to flash fiction. I was a total noob. I didn’t knew what Haiku/senryu/clerihew were. I didn’t even knew how one counts syllables. But reading her work I told her one day I wanted to be able to write like her. And she went out of her way to help me become a better writer. She proof read my pieces told me where I made mistakes and helped me overcome my weaknesses. She’s still teaching. I’m still learning. 
But as you can see. She’s the reason I write stories (which is the source of true happiness) and the reason I have so many swell friends around. For that I’d forever be indebted. Thank you, Sarah.
Among other million good things, Sarah Hina is also the author of the novel ‘Plum Blossoms In Paris‘. I could go on and on about how good that novel is – as a friend, as a reader and as one of the lucky ones who got a signed copy. And to most that’ll seem biased. But go to her BLOG and read a couple of her posts and you’ll realize, that I am not.
Its not a chick-lit novel. Its not mushy romance (okay small tiny bits are 
). But its a beautiful conversation with life. Imagine Before Sunrise/Before Sunset on paper! Sarah’s book excerpt follows right after this post along with the results.
And you can hear Sarah read her excerpt on our dear friend Catherine’s blog HERE
Other stops on Sarah’s blog tour worth checking out (and meet my other awesome friends): Travis Erwin • 25 Questions for Author Sarah Hina • Aerin’s Author Spotlight 7ss: Sarah Hina
You can (and you really should) buy Plum Blossoms in Paris here • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Chapters • Borders • Your Local Independent Bookstore • Powell’s Books • Books-A-Million
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I loved PLUM BLOSSOMS IN PARIS and recommend that everyone buy it and read it. Sarah is my teacher too. And I still have a lot to learn.
I’m as happy as you that you stumbled across me that day, Aniket. You have added nothing but light and joy to my life, and are a truly remarkable friend.
Thank you for these very kind words. You are always an inspiration to me.