Online writer now a favorite of TV producers

For someone who started writing as a hobby, Ding Mo (pen name) has done pretty well for herself. She is now in the spotlight as a 50-episode TV series, Our Glamorous Time, based on her novel of the same name, is being aired on Zhejiang TV and Dragon TV, and is being discussed on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform.

The series features a love story between white-collar designer Lin Qian (played by actress Zhao Liying) and a former soldier Li Zhicheng (played by actor Jin Han) who becomes a CEO, and how the two work together to take their company to success.

Surprisingly, though she is the author of the book on which the series is based, she is clueless about how the plot unfolds in the series. She says she sits each night in front of the television to follow the story.