My First Guest Blog Post about my New Book

Though I’m a little sad that the release date of my book Festival Stories Through The Year (HarperCollin’s Children’s Books) has been postponed from 25^th October to 10^th November, but I’m also excited to talk about how the whole thing just fell into my lap, the struggles I faced while writing about festivals and the difficulty I had in researching it, on Shyamala Shanmugasundram’s wonderful blog.

Shyamala is the creator of the group Kahanitakbak, a prolific writer herself and a selfless human who believes that writers should support and encourage each other.

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My first blogpost about my latest book and I couldn’t have chosen a better blog to talk about my experience.

Do visit Shyamala’s blog to read my guest post.

IWSG Post and my Writing Good News

It’s time for the October IWSG post. IWSG (Insecure Writers Support Group) is an online community of writers, who post on the first Wednesday of every month. IWSG posts usually centre around writing related topics. So check out the IWSG website for informative articles on writing and publishing.

Alex J Cavanaugh also called Ninja Captain, Super A, Saint Alex, Superhero Alex (my secret names for Alex), started IWSG. Alex is the author of the Amazon Bestsellers: CassaStar, CassaStorm, CassaFire and Dragon of the Stars.

 The October 3^rd question is – How do major life events affect your writing? Has writing ever helped you through something?

Major life events throw my writing out of the window. I just can’t write or focus. In the third week of December 2015, my dad fell sick, and on January 4^th  2016 he passed away. For nearly three months I just could not focus on writing. But then I decided that I had to do something about it. So on 1st April 2016 I started my first adult novel and by 31st May 2016 I had written the first draft. I channeled all my grief into my story and writing.

Blog buddies, I need to share my writing good news with you all. My book Festival Stories Through The Year (HarperCollins Children’s Books) is releasing on 25^th October. I had to keep a low profile while writing this book and not mention it to anyone and that’s what I did. Now I’m allowed to talk about it. Sharing the cover and the pre-order link on Amazon.

Here is the pre-order link to buy the book

Festival Stories Through The Year on Amazon

September IWSG post – My Path to Publishing

It seems as though just yesterday I posted my August IWSG post and now its time for the September post. IWSG (Insecure Writers Support Group) is an online community of writers, who post on the first Wednesday of every month. IWSG posts are usually writing related. Check out the IWSG website for amazing articles on writing and publishing.

Ninja Captain Alex J Cavanaugh (of the super powers fame) started IWSG. Alex is also the author of the Amazon Bestsellers: CassaStar, CassaStorm, CassaFire and Dragon of the Stars.

September 5 question is – What publishing path are you considering/did you take and why?

I’ve always wanted to be traditionally published. Self-publishing sounds very difficult for me. There is so much to do if a writer opts for the self-publishing route, from getting the book edited, to cover design, to printing to marketing. For that reason I never gave self-publishing much thought. And ofcourse one is taken very seriously if one of the Big 6 publishes our book/s.

Looking forward to reading all about your publishing paths.