To All The Publishers & Literary Agents

 THE WORLD OF ‘IFS’

If you are a publisher or a literary agent, reading this post, then chances are that you have already read my book proposal. If you are not, but know someone who is a publisher or a literary agent, then please pass the link of this post to him or her. If you are a publisher or a literary agent and wondering why you should represent this book, by a first time author, then here are several reasons.

• I am a South Asian woman, trained as an architect, who resides in USA. Hence I bring my uniqueness to this book. It has been written with the cultural richness of my Indian roots and the professionalism plus structured thinking of my Western wings.
• The book consists of a dozen short stories painted with the colors of four issues, namely: human passions ( Architecture, painting, gardening and writing), globalization, contrast of East and West and womens’ issues. If you want to know, whether I have enough knowledge of these subjects, then see for yourself at these links: Architecture is here. Painting is here. Gardening is here. Writing is here. As for the remaining three issues, my background speaks for my understanding of them.
• If you want to know how do I decide what to write about, then read this.
• If you want to know how I structure my stories, then read this.
• If you are wondering about the potential of my success as a writer, then read this.
• Many Indian women writers have paved the way for me to become a recognized author, through this book. Here are some examples: Jhumpa Lahiri, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. Although we are all unique, what I have in common with each of them is as follows:

          Jhumpa Lahiri – writing short stories and western exposure.

          Arundhati Roy – my Indian roots and architectural education.

          Kiran Desai – blend of East and West background.

• Now if you are wondering if this book will sell well, see what happened to a similar book.
• If you are wondering whether it will be a success, here is what happened to the books written by the above three women:

Interpreter Of Maladies won the Pulitzer. The God Of Small Things won the Booker prize and became a best seller. The Inheritance of Loss won the Man Booker Prize. Ok, I am no Lahiri, Roy or Desai. But how will you know about my writing potential, unless you give me a chance and get this book published. So you see by discovering my book on this blog and taking the chance to publish it, you have nothing to loose. Its a win-win situation! So grab this opportunity and let me know if you are interested. For if you don’t, then the only thing you loose is a great chance to win :)

Ratna

April.28.2008

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