Joe Nishmitha .v Talks About Her Book “The Voice in the jar”

About the Author:

JOE NISHMITHA Joe Nishmitha lives inside her own multiverse of messy notebooks, half-finished drafts, and characters who yell louder than her alarm. A self-proclaimed chaos queen, she writes because her stories refuse to sit quietly. Her worlds are stitched together with murder, mythology, Marvel-level drama, and poetry that tastes like dusk. When she isn’t plotting emotional destruction, Joe can be found devouring snacks like it’s a competitive sport, annotating life with the stubborn fire of a modern Jo March, and dreaming with the eerie, moonlit imagination of Emily of New Moon. Feminist. Snark specialist. Fueled unapologetically by heartbreak, sass, and the occasional identity crisis. Her universe is loud. Her characters are louder. And she very much enjoys that.

Exclusive interview with the author

Q: What Inspired You To Write This Book?

A: Ever since I was young i was a adrent bookworm who devoured all sorts of fiction…
But one of the genres that drew my in my grasp always..was fantasy…
Seriously what book of it i didn’t devour from Harry Potter to Percy Jackson to lord of the rings…
There was just something about the fact that anything can happen in fantasy…you can bend the rules…
You can make the impossible possible…you can even make the nonsensical seem logical
My case in point

Po-tay – toes !
If you get the reference well done…. you are one of us..
So yeah…and then i met indian mythology which felt like a whole another new o

Q: Was The Character Inspired By A Real Person?

A: Oh no Meera is completely original..
Very much formed by my late nights thoughts and desires….to create a calm but internally very feral charcter

Q: What Do You Think Happened To The Characters After The Book Ended?

A: Well….that part is for the readers to find out wink wink
As the great say does the story end or does it

Q: Do You Try More To Be Original Or To Deliver To Readers What They Want?

A: As i stated in the above answer…
I usually go for topics close to my heart but i also…explore…..
So i usually try to delve into a variety of topics..
But iam more write what you love kind of girl…
Because when i wake up in the morning excited to write on a topic i love the passion the love the excitement bleeds through my work..
So thats what works for me

Q: What Is The Most Difficult Part About Writing For You?

The hardest part of writing a book is this:

When you reach the midpoint, you’re suddenly so eager to *finish* the story that you’re tempted to skip scenes altogether.
You start thinking—
“I’m going to finish it anyway, what’s the big deal?”

Yeah. No.

Because I realized something.

Writing a novel is like cooking a dish.

You don’t rush the cooking if you want the dish to turn out right.
You don’t turn up the flame and hope for the best.
You spend time on it—on every ingredient, every detail, every stage.

A story is the same way.

A good story needs to be cooked slowly, patiently, to its fullest potential—
so it can be rich, layered, and satisfying.

Even though, yes…
the temptation to rush it is *very* hard to resist sometimes.

Q: What Are Your Top 3 Books?

A: My forever list
1.little women by louisa may alcott
2. Murder on the orient express by agatha christe
3 never lie by frieda mcfadden

Q: What Advice Would You Give To Aspiring Authors?

A: Hm…
My advice?

1) Spill all the stories you have.
Get them out—on a laptop, in a notebook, anywhere. Don’t think.
Don’t stop yourself with: “Oh no, this idea is bad,” or “This makes no sense.”
Go for it, even if it’s horrible.

You’ll learn how to write a story by writing it.
And in my opinion, writing isn’t just an art—it’s also a science.
You learn through trial, error, and persistence.

2) Now this—this is one of my top five favorite writing tips I’ve ever received.
Write what you love.

Don’t chase cash grabs.
Don’t chase top-10 lists or trends.
When you write something you genuinely love, something you’re passionate about—
when you believe in your work—the audience feels it.
And they’ll be drawn to it too.

3) Keep writing.

The world may tell you it’s just a pastime.
Just a hobby.

Well, in my opinion, the world also needs stories to survive.
Bread is food for the stomach.
Stories are food for the brain.

So whatever stories you write—
even the ones you have no faith in—
they matter.

They do matter.

This book is published by OrangeBooks Publication. All rights are reserved with the author & the publisher.