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padnar

Does anybody know any sites accepting short stories
and other fiction writing from Indian English writers .
I have written plays and a script in English and I am doing my
level best to sell , so pl help
padma

Preeti_20

Jus4kix need to move this thread to General Discussions, then hopefully someone could help Padma!

Outlander

I don't know of any particular site, but I know that if you want your book published by a foreign publisher, you will need an agent. You can find a lot of agents on the net, but you have to be very careful, as that's a big scam zone (like when you are asked to pay a "small" fee just for the agents to read your work). Without agents, its just about impossible to get anywhere. What the agent will do is read your work, and then he/she'll decided if its worth it, and then all the work of roping in the publisher will be done by the agent.

I think Penguin India does accept direct submission, but I am not sure. Take a look at this page, its really good:

Welcome to Penguin Books India

I've explored this area earlier though I've never written anything; from what I know, novels are the best bet - they sell well. Poetry and drama has very few takers. Don't know what you mean by a script.

Do tell what response you get.

padnar

Yeah , that is the problem in writing in English . what else to do my second language is Hindi and though I am a Tamilian I cannot write aletter to save my life.
There are few Indian English writers like Shoba de , Vikram Seth who are famous . But still I find a bit difficult to break even in the Fiction market .
By script I meant Film Script .
padma

Admin

Although I dont know much about your field but in my opinion if you start writing for local papers or even national newspapers if and when you get a chance you would get a bit of recognition that way and then it would be a lot more easier for you to approach a publisher or a film maker... and you will get a bit more attention from them and probbability of you closing a deal will increase many folds.

Outlander

That thing about writing for newspapers really is a good idea; any of you ever tried it? I've been thinking of it for a very long time, but have never known where to begin.

Alexina

im currently doin an internship with a newspaper..
its pretty good..gotto do reporting ans stuff.

but then again if u dont wanna be tied to it, u can try freelancin..
be sure to have a few sample pieces of your work to show for that.

ShAdOwCoN

Oh! did nt see this ... I am a Tamilian too and i cant even speak to save my life .... I have this thick and comical accent ...always glad to have company ....

And do you write for newspaper columns by any chance ?

Luke Skywalker

Well join one of the writers association in India. If you want to publish any books they provide you with good agents.

padnar

Thanks for all your suggestions. I was working as an Associate Editor in
a shipping newspaper and was a sub-editor in a local newspaper.
Even now I am doing freelance writing .
What I want to know is whether there is an english magazine which accepts Indian English stories.
I have a script to an India who has made it into Hindi .
Padma

krumster

By the way, who are your favorite Indian writers?

I just finished reading Jhumpa Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth." I'm a big fan of her debut collection of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies," as well as her novel "The Namesake." What a spell-binding, captivating, and sensitive story-teller. She's got a real gift.

I also really liked "The God of Small Things." I can't remember the writer, but another subtle and enthralling novel. I realize that these two writers are very different - Lahiri writes about the Indian immigrant experience, while the latter writes more about native experiences. I'd love to read more novels about India if anyone can recommend any.

Pri_dm

Its written by Arundhati Roy. Well as this novel was on hype I read it but really did not like the novel atleast not worth a booker prize.