Category: Book
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It’s Here. My Book.
Some of you have been waiting for this. Some of you didn’t know it was coming. Either way, I’m glad you’re here to read this. For a long time, the essays that make up this book lived in different corners of the internet — on Women’s Web, on Mutha Magazine, on Adoptive Families, and mostly…
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The Business of Self-Publishing: Beyond Writing and Editing
Amazon Accounts Payable reads the email notification at the top of my phone. I click on it too hurriedly only to realize I need to log in to check the details. An hour later, kitchen chores done, walk after dinner done, kids suitably engrossed in their phones and Amma downstairs in bed, I finally sit…
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Hindsight Paperback Now Available In India
Hindisght is now available as a paperback in India. Below are the links to order. Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/fTyPlkS NotionPress: https://notionpress.com/read/hindsight
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Acts Of Love
“Can I share your book as my WhatsApp status Amma?” Laddu’s voice carries from the family room where she is to the study where I am engrossed in My Dearest a sageuk saga that has me riveted. “Sure!” I say not quite comprehending what she asked. An hour later as I flip through my phone,…
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Cover Reveal: Hindsight
A picture is worth a thousand words or so they say. While we wait for my book to be available, here is the gorgeous cover designed by Santhya Shenbagam. Blurb: Set in the 90s India, Hindsight traces the life of Sandhya, Surya, and Aditya at college until a horrific incident tears them asunder. Fourteen years…
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What’s In A Cover?
I woke up this morning to concept sketches from my artist friend who is helping make the cover for my book. My first thought was “OMG! this is real.” Then, over the next few hours, I have been going back and looking at the sketches, looking up book covers and generally spending time thinking about…
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Whirlwind India Trip Recap
It’s been three days since I got back from a two week trip to India that was simultaneously awesome and incredibly exhausting. I reached Chennai one Monday morning and spent the day with Amma. The next morning, I set out bright and early to Hiranandani Upscale School in the outskirts of the city for two…
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New Home. New Keys.
Nope. I am not moving. My book baby is. Why is my Hair Curly? is officially now part of the Pratilipi family under the Westland/Red Panda banner. What has changed? On the surface, not much. The book will soon be available in paperback, ebook and, audio. However, being part of the Pratilipi family makes it…