What makes a writer... writer? Is it the quality of his/her writings? If so, who judges it? Is it the number of copies sold? Or is it the mere fact that he/she is published?
If it's the last one, which I really doubt, does it depend on how he/she is published? For example, A-grade writers are published from A-grade publishers, B-grade writers published from established self-publishers... and C-grade writers publishing their own stuff some how. Is that how people judge writers, or am I just going bonkers!
These questions have been eating me for a long time now. Specially, because I have not been able to convince India's renowned publishers of the quality and value of my book. There have been days when I doubted my quality myself... unworthy of contributing anything to literature.
But at the end of the day, I know these are just phases... the beaming-with-excitement phase, the down-with-pessimism phase, the lets-see phase. And I know one more thing, whatever anyone says, whether people like something written by me or not...
...I am a writer. I was meant to write... and I will keep writing.
For now, my 2nd novella (ready for 2 years) have been finally published.
If you like action-adventure stories with sci-fi and espionage elements... try Blood Rush. I have done quite a lot of research for this, as it involves real and famous locations as action set-pieces. It's also the only secret society themed story I know with pure Indian origins.
Here's how the 50-word pitch for this goes:
An average boy-next-door is about to find out that he is the most crucial part of a centuries old good-vs-evil war, that will take him trotting all over the globe trying to save the seven wonders… and that he inherited an ancient lost wondrous martial art – the Blood Rush!
The first edition was just ebooks - published both in Kindle and Google Play.
The second edition was published as hard copies, from - CreateSpace (Amazon's print on demand) and Pothi. The updates were applied to the Kindle and Google Play versions as well, while the CreateSpace version is presently under some changes.
Here are the purchase URLs for anyone interested:
Hard Copy:
For Indian buyers:
http://bit.ly/1z1sVZ7
Price - 200 Rs
For overseas buyers:
http://amzn.to/1Giojv8
Price - 8.00 USD
Soft Copy:
http://bit.ly/1vXE4ql
Price - 128 Rs
http://bit.ly/1AIFZSi
Price - 186 Rs
Will update the list when I add to more distributors.
Looking forward to receiving the first comments on this.
Bye!
-Sharit
If it's the last one, which I really doubt, does it depend on how he/she is published? For example, A-grade writers are published from A-grade publishers, B-grade writers published from established self-publishers... and C-grade writers publishing their own stuff some how. Is that how people judge writers, or am I just going bonkers!
These questions have been eating me for a long time now. Specially, because I have not been able to convince India's renowned publishers of the quality and value of my book. There have been days when I doubted my quality myself... unworthy of contributing anything to literature.
But at the end of the day, I know these are just phases... the beaming-with-excitement phase, the down-with-pessimism phase, the lets-see phase. And I know one more thing, whatever anyone says, whether people like something written by me or not...
...I am a writer. I was meant to write... and I will keep writing.
For now, my 2nd novella (ready for 2 years) have been finally published.
If you like action-adventure stories with sci-fi and espionage elements... try Blood Rush. I have done quite a lot of research for this, as it involves real and famous locations as action set-pieces. It's also the only secret society themed story I know with pure Indian origins.
Here's how the 50-word pitch for this goes:
An average boy-next-door is about to find out that he is the most crucial part of a centuries old good-vs-evil war, that will take him trotting all over the globe trying to save the seven wonders… and that he inherited an ancient lost wondrous martial art – the Blood Rush!
The second edition was published as hard copies, from - CreateSpace (Amazon's print on demand) and Pothi. The updates were applied to the Kindle and Google Play versions as well, while the CreateSpace version is presently under some changes.
Here are the purchase URLs for anyone interested:
Hard Copy:
For Indian buyers:
Price - 200 Rs
For overseas buyers:
http://amzn.to/1Giojv8
Price - 8.00 USD
Soft Copy:
Price - 128 Rs
Price - 186 Rs
Will update the list when I add to more distributors.
Looking forward to receiving the first comments on this.
Bye!
-Sharit
