Online Chat with Bestselling Authors on #Goodreads

On Saturday, November 15th join ALLi award-winning authors and powerhouses of Indie publishing – J.F. (Joanna) Penn, Bette Lee Crosby, Orna Ross, Patricia Sands, Christine Nolfi, Jessica Bell, Linda Gillard, Rasana Atreya and Joni Rodgers for a discussion of the heroines we love, unlikely heroines, and stereotypes of women in fiction. We’re giving away paperbacks in a variety of genres: suspense novels sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, contemporary literature to warm your heart and literary gems from authors across the globe.

Don’t forget to join the party and feel free to invite your book loving friends!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2054092-alli-goodreads-event

Theme of Chat: Strong Heroines, Unlikely Heroines, and Stereotypes of Women in Fiction

Trivia relating to one of my novels: I was going to call my novel Half A Girlfriend. Then Chetan Bhagat (India’s biggest selling author) announced he was going to call his novel Half Girlfriend (without the A). It didn’t help at all that both our protagonists were called Madhav. I wanted to go ahead with my original name anyway till wiser counsel prevailed, and my novel ended up as 28 Years A Bachelor. My other works are Tell A Thousand Lies (novel) and The Temple Is Not My Father (novella). These books are currently available on Amazon, Smashwords and Kobo.

If you’d like to join the Goodreads chat but are unsure of what to ask me, here are a few quotes to get you started.

#bookbloggers and #bookreviewers are Worth Their Weight in Gold

I often get asked how I managed to get (and stay) in the #1 position in Eastern Drama on Amazon. I owe the success of Tell A Thousand Lies to reviews by tireless (and under-appreciated!) book bloggers and reviewers. In this context I thought I should mention that Anuradha Goyal is probably India’s most prolific book blogger (and no, she hasn’t reviewed my book).

epublishabook.com’s Interview of Rasana Atreya

Author Interview – Rasaba Atreya, a successful author born out of annoyance with advertisements … (via ePublish a Book)

Author Interview – Rasaba Atreya, a successful author born out of annoyance with advertisements … Rasana Atreya, author of Tell A Thousand Lies, left a comfortable job in IT because she thought roughing it out as a penniless writer was romantic. She’s a blogger, and the mother of two grade-schoolers…

My Novel #1 in my Amazon Category

As of this morning my novel, Tell A Thousand Lies, sits at the top of the heap:

• #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Drama > Eastern
• #1 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Drama > Eastern

http://ow.ly/9A83N [Amazon US]

http://ow.ly/9AJit [Amazon UK]

 

 

 

 

I’m The Next Big Thing! (No, Really :)

Laxmi Hariharan tagged me for the weekly meme of The Next Big Thing! The tagged author gets to answer ten questions. So here goes:

Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing:

1. What is the working title of your book?

Half a House

2. Where did the idea come from for the book?

I saw an episode of a wacky grandfather in my head. When I transcribed it to paper (okay to my laptop), the grandfather’s wife, even more eccentric, demanded to be let in. And what are grandparents without a grandson, right?

The grandparents also have an eccentric, correspondence-course taking friend. But all is not wacky in their world; the granddaughter is having problems with her in-laws.

3. What genre does your book fall under?

Despite how it sounds, this is not YA. It is the same genre (sort of) as my other book, Tell A Thousand Lies. Mainly women’s fiction, with some humor thrown in.

4. Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

The movie is already playing in my head. I can see their faces, but can’t think of actors to play them. Not yet. Besides it is difficult to visualize a globally known character playing a sari-clad grandmother, don’t you think?

Having said that, I’m kind of partial to Dame Judy Dench. 🙂

5. What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

Gosh, I’m going to have to work on this.

6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

Self-published. I chose the same path for my first book despite having a publishing contract.

7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

I wrote snippets involving the grandparents over four years ago. When my other novel demanded to be told, I set this aside.

8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

It is in the same genre as Khaled Hosseini’s or Vikram Seth’s books except their books are classier and, well, less wacky.

9. Who or What inspired you to write this book?

I Had A Dream.

10. What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

That I don’t shy away from nutty characters? 🙂

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Tag you’re it!

Sept 5 —Holly Michael
Sept 12–Garnette Arledge
Sept 19 — David Cleinman
Sept 26 — Allison Bruning
Oct 3 — KS Brooks

Rules:

Answer the ten questions about your current WIP (Work In Progress)

Tag five other writers/bloggers and add their links so we can hop over and meet them.

It’s that simple.

Tell A Thousand Lies: Unleashed!

My book, Tell A Thousand Lies, is officially out in the world! Print book to follow in a month or less. One line description: A politician bribes an oracle to declare the teen he’s targeted is a Goddess descended from the heavens to endorse him in the elections.

Since I refused a mainstream publishing offer, this is a huge step for me.

For indie authors, word of mouth, as well as reviews on Amazon etc, are absolutely crucial to survival. Should you wish to help, check out the Spread The Word tab above.

Click on the book cover (on your left) to buy the book.

My New Book Trailer

I believe book trailers have to be short in order to be effective. Mine clocks in at 1:08 minutes.

My Book Short-Listed For Tibor Jones Prize

Got word today that my book, Tell A Thousand Lies, has been shortlisted for the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize for unpublished manuscripts. https://www.facebook.com/TJSAprize.