An opportunity for every Indian blogger to get published!
IndiBloggers!
On August 15 2012, on our independence day and IndiBlogger’s 5th anniversary, comes an opportunity for every Indian blogger to get published! 
IndiBlogger.in in association with HarperCollins will give you insight and a whole new perspective of the world of publishing. Submit your own stories, learn from the authors, talk to the editors, join a social community of book lovers and see your work in print.
Do help us spread the word, and get Yash Lal's book to start your first review:
http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/
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One month gone since the last activity on this thread! Has anyone received confirmation from H-C? Or is the confirmation also expected to be kept under wraps?
This is a great chance for all bloggers who want to get their work published but dont get any launchpad. Good Work!
The last date for submitting the idea and final story is Feb 14th, 2013.
Idea -> Posted on your blog -> Link to your post to be submitted here.
Final story -> Not publicly shared -> We will give you a private link (as soon as it's ready) where you can submit your final story to us.
Will love to wait for the owls... who knows, maybe the walls of my house will transform into the walls of Hogwarts!
Arvind Ji, if thats going to happen please keep an hogwarts letter ready for me
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I posted a synopsis of a real life love story on my blog but I didn't use real names
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Or should I use real names? Please let me know.
And, if our story does get seleceted how will we be informed?
I don't think you have to use real names. Perhaps this thread is the best place for that question, where HC can respond directly.
If your story gets selected, we'll email you. If you don't respond to that, we'll call you. If all fails, we'll send you owls.
OWLS. Aah! Harry Potter moment
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Yup, I too want to know on the last dates and criteria (s)...
getting busy with F1 thing in office and barely have time to blog and follow ...so a little instruction may help!
Yes, multiple stories are allowed!
Hi guys,
Have posted this a few days ago, but I don't think it's really been found :) - so posting it in case you're interested!
Yashodhara
Finally put up the inspiration post. Hope HC folks come back with links to post the full story.
wait is it supposed to be real? I mean supposed to based on real incidents?
Yes. Thats what real means I guess. Real and love are the catchwords.
Amazing initiative!
Why is it restricted to love stories?
Apparently, love sells! 
What does this mean: "All entries must have a link to http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/"
Its on the "Important Notes" page.
Thank you Indiblogger for giving this oppertunity.
Hey all, You can take this discussion over to "Thinkin Caps" :-) http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/forum/discussions
The discussions on that is specific to the book and writing.
Thanks!
What if love story is incomplete? What if even after going through every thing, our hero/heroine couldn't get his/her love?
Yes. Is lover failure included? Also is it ok to interweave love stories of 2-3 friends?
There is line in the book Anna Kaserina that says "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". I think similarly happy love stories are all alike; only the failed love stories fail in their own ways, making them fascinating reads indeed.
Well, Jayan. I don't why we have to take a movie story and make it feel real when we can take a boring real life story and make it look magical.
The name "Harper Collins" reminds me of the days where I went to its bookstall to get my Engineering books ...
And now I am going to try this opportunity .Can anyone tell is there a last date? Read from the website that it runs for about 6 months ..but when is the last date? And should we update the concerned persons everytime we update? A little detail of how it works would help
I think I had too high expectations from this - but guess it is unrealistic to expect to be given the book contract to write the next Harry Potter. Sorry for hastily expressing disappointment.
I saw through the publishing site and like the professional look of it and the inspiring posts by Yashodara (Though romance and marriage are not my fav genre) and actually liked it and guess I would like to be part of the initiative after all. After raking my brain I realized I did have lot of information about a unique love story of a very close friend. It had clean slipped out of my mind due to being out of touch with him for 7-8 years.
I can only remember our Farida's words - for any topic if you go look deeply into your gamut of experiences you will find something or the other. I did and I found the story. So I am in. Thanks Harper Collins and Indiblogger.
And I also ask everyone's question - What all should the idea contain and by when should be submit?
Hi TF! What is it about you that sets me off too? I read this comment, started thinking and did remember one love story in my circle that seems a possibility. I shall have to fictionalize it far more since I do not think the people concerned would like the tale to be too close to their own. But, yes, I could be in!
The T&C says 15 Aug 2012 to Feb 2013 - formulate your ideas and write your stories!
Same here, CS. If the person concerned knows I am selling his story, he will kill me. Hopefully just change of names would do the trick. Also me not being in touch with him for 7-8 years should help.
CS - I was also inspired by my talks with you. I realized basically genres just differ in the dressing but the core is always human emotions. That is the difference between a text book and a story book - eotions. So if I don't master that I will never be a good story writer. So if I can't write a love story, I can't write anything
And by the way, story I have in mind lot of people don't know the full story, even some of key characters in the romance. I am the only one who knows the full story other than the male protagonist. So hopefully none of the concerned ever get to read my story.
What an honor to quoted by TF. BTW my contest posting skills has taken a steep dip.. I have to nothing to say about love marriage or arranged marriage, soak no more or Melbourne so far. I will try to find something from my pre-teen when I was naive to believe in love. As for lately, love has eluded me 
What an opportunity Renie! Unbelievable! It doesn't state anywhere what the last date is to submit the 'idea' on our blog. Is it today? Am assuming it is.
I wonder how they would be checking the reality in the real life stories!
What seems real. If you can imagine something that sounds real enough, it should do I guess. My friends sold 3-4 stories to chicken soup like that. I however like to let my imagination fly and imagining close to real love stories does not excite me.
I think it is best if it is clarified whether they mean love stories set in the real world or fictionalized accounts of real life happenings to real people. If it is the latter and if there is any verification procedure involved, then that may require the blogger himself to seek the permission of the people whose story he is writing!
I guess it is the later - fictionalized account of real life happenings. I don't think they will actually verify. They will probably go by what they feel on reading the story. So if someone manages to create pure fiction that is unique and seems realsitic, it should sail through.
What if we have'nt falled in love but married to a man selected by parents . Can love after marriage be included? And I wonder how many bloggers have had love marriage with interesting suituation or cinematic love spills ?
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