9 to 5 Cubicle Tales

It is indeed a happy moment to have a conversation with you. The first and foremost question is how you enjoy the multifaceted role of a Healthcare IT professional, a professor, a writer, an author, and a consultant.

- Harish Rijhwani

Harish Rijhwani

I love it; I have been in the Healthcare IT space for twenty years, taught for ten years, and have been writing for four years. The best part is I can take the learnings of one area and apply them in the other. Of course, each role is a different profession altogether, but the amount of love, affection, and respect I have in the area of teaching are incomparable.

Can you take us through your first writing experience? How did the idea of writing a book start?

Technically speaking, my first writing experience was way back during my engineering days, wherein I was COauthoring the second edition of an electronics book with one of my professors. But that did not pan out as there were some delays from the publisher's side.

How did the transition of a writer from non-fiction to fiction happen? Did you face any challenges during this?

I have written three non-fiction books, each targeting a niche area. But I wanted to cater to a larger market; hence I thought of writing fiction.

In the book 9 to 5 Cubicle Tales, the characters are true to life and Hridaan, the protagonist, represents almost every Software(Corporate Company's) Employee. What was the inspiration?

Simply put, the inspiration comes from the experience of having worked in the industry for twenty years. When I was learning creative writing, one of the aspects I understood was how to build a character sketch.

Now that your new book is a work of fiction, before writing the book, how did you plan the plot? Did you use any storyboard mapping technique, or was it instinctive?