An opportunity for every Indian blogger to get published!

Renie Ravin
Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

IndiBloggers!

On August 15 2012, on our independence day and IndiBlogger’s 5th anniversary, comes an opportunity for every Indian blogger to get published! Smile

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/

Keep blogging!

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C. Suresh
C. Suresh
from Bangalore
11 years ago

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?

Barnali Biswas
Barnali Biswas
from Pune
12 years ago

This is a great chance for all bloggers who want to get their work published but dont get any launchpad. Good Work!

Renie Ravin
Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

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.

Arvind Passey
from Delhi
12 years ago

Will love to wait for the owls... who knows, maybe the walls of my house will transform into the walls of Hogwarts!

Pooja Pradeep
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Arvind Ji, if thats going to happen please keep an hogwarts letter ready for meCoolLaughing.

Pooja Pradeep
Pooja Pradeep
from Bangalore
12 years ago

I posted a synopsis of a real life love story on my blog but I didn't use real namesTongue out. Is that ok?Surprised Or should I use real names?Surprised Please let me know.

And, if our story does get seleceted how will we be informed?Foot in mouth

Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

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. Smile

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.

Pooja Pradeep
from Bangalore
12 years ago

OWLSLaughingLaughing. Aah! Harry Potter momentKissEmbarassed.

Ekta Khetan
Ekta Khetan
from Mumbai
12 years ago

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!

Chitra
Chitra
from Mumbai
12 years ago

how many stories can we submit? are multiple entries allowed?

Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

Yes, multiple stories are allowed! Smile

Sanjit
Sanjit
from Bangalore
12 years ago

good

Yashodhara Lal
Yashodhara Lal
from Delhi
12 years ago

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! 

http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/forum/discussion/10/the-conversation-that-changed-my-life#Item_4

Yashodhara

TF Carthick
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Finally put up the inspiration post. Hope HC folks come back with links to post the full story.

The Nameless One
The Nameless One
from Mumbai
12 years ago

wait is it supposed to be real? I mean supposed to based on real incidents?

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Yes. Thats what real means I guess. Real and love are the catchwords.

Sameer Kulkarni
Sameer Kulkarni
from Pune
12 years ago

Amazing initiative!

Why is it restricted to love stories?

Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

Apparently, love sells! Undecided

Natasha Gayari
Natasha Gayari
from Bangalore
12 years ago

What does this mean: "All entries must have a link to http://www.indiblogger.in/getpublished/"Innocent Its on the "Important Notes" page. 

Vysakh Jayakrishnan
Vysakh Jayakrishnan
from Thrissur
12 years ago

Thank you Indiblogger for giving this oppertunity.

Anoop Zombie
Anoop Zombie
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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!

 

 

Prasoon Khare
Prasoon Khare
from Bangalore
12 years ago

What if love story is incomplete? What if even after going through every thing, our hero/heroine couldn't get his/her love? 

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Yes. Is lover failure included? Also is it ok to interweave love stories of 2-3 friends?

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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.

Vysakh Jayakrishnan
Vysakh Jayakrishnan
from Thrissur
12 years ago
Hi. TF. love story is never real. It is imaginary. It happens in a dream world. If you want a real love story, add impurities to the fictional one. Like in fictional story Raj only see simran as a beautiful sweet girl. In real story, Raj must see Simran as a girl who is possessive, who gossip all the time, who often quarrels with him.... Etc. Do this and you write a real life love story.
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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 Smile...

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 

TF Carthick
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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?

C. Suresh
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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!

C. Suresh
from Bangalore
12 years ago

The T&C says 15 Aug 2012 to Feb 2013 - formulate your ideas and write your stories!

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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.

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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.

Farida Rizwan
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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 Wink

Deepa Duraisamy
Deepa Duraisamy
from Mumbai
12 years ago

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. 

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

I wonder how they would be checking the reality in the real life stories! Undecided

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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.

C. Suresh
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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!

TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

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.

Uma Maheswari Anandane
from Karaikal
12 years ago

What if we have'nt falled in love but married to a man selected by parents Tongue out. Can love after marriage be included? And I wonder how many bloggers have had love marriage Undecided  with interesting suituation or cinematic love spills ?


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