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MY SINGAPORE FLING

by

Sudesna Ghosh

Blurb

Meet Dipa Basu. She’s a 30 something modern Bengali woman living in Kolkata and a successful writer. After many relationships and breakups, she’s decided that love is a waste of time. She’s always had these phases where she’s been obsessed with different things; like one where old men in dhotis appealed to her. But this time she’s crazy about men with British and Australian accents. She travels to Singapore for a few days, on a quest to have a fun, meaningless fling. Her trip is full of surprises. Will Dipa have her Singapore Fling?

Read an excerpt:

I woke up as the plane landed with that comforting thud. I grew up with that thud. It’s a welcome – and a reminder that a long hot shower isn’t too far away. So I grabbed my suitcase with crazy anticipation in my system because this trip was all about a good change. It was my chance to set things right in my boring 30 something year old life. Romantic love was overrated. I’d had enough of that crap. Time for some unemotional fun. The girls had attempted to analyse me saying, “Dipa, you are sensitive, emotional, and all about feelings. Are you sure about a fling?” I was sure. Sure I cried during most movies. Yeah, I couldn’t stand animal cruelty or injustice to the poor. But this was meant to happen.

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About the author

Sudesna or Sue is the author of short stories, two nonfiction books, and now a YA novella (Just me, the Sink & the Pot, and a collection of short stories (The Adventures of Ernie Fish), a romance (My Singapore Fling) and kid lit (The Cheesecake Thief & Other Stories).

When she isn't writing or reading, she is busy being a good parent to her adopted cats.

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Your Name	Type of post :	Date of Promo
Ruchira Khanna	Spotlight	12/1/2017
Nilima Mohite	Spotlight	12/2/2017
Devika Fernando	Spotlight	12/3/2017
Chitra Iyer	Spotlight	12/4/2017
Summerita	Spotlight	12/4/2017
Sundari Venkatraman	Spotlight	12/5/2017
Chittajit Mitra	Spotlight	12/5/2017
Arti	Spotlight	12/6/2017
romila	Spotlight	12/6/2017
romila	Spotlight	12/7/2017
Reshma Ranjan	Spotlight	12/7/2017
Nikita Jhanglani	Spotlight	12/7/2017
Aparna	Review	12/7/2017
Arti	Review	12/7/2017
Indy	Review	12/7/2017
aparna	Spotlight	12/8/2017
Surbhi Sareen	Spotlight	12/8/2017
Nilima Mohite	Review	12/8/2017
Sunita Saldhana	Review	12/8/2017
Summerita	Interview	12/8/2017
vasrao	Spotlight	12/9/2017
Indy	Spotlight	12/9/2017
Reshma Ranjan	Review	12/9/2017
Amar Naik	Review	12/9/2017
Summerita	Guest Post	12/9/2017
Amar Naik	Spotlight	12/10/2017
Ruchira Khanna	Review	12/10/2017
Sadhuvi	Review	12/10/2017
Surbhi Sareen	Review	12/10/2017

Writers Woe Wednesday: What is indie / vanity publishing?

 What is indie / Vanity publishing?

Sundari Venkatraman answers this question by 
Vasantha Vivek

What is Indie / Vanity Publishing?

A big hello from TBC. This is Rubina Ramesh and our motto is only one that we want to bring facts in front of young and aspiring writers. Sharing our knowledge about writing, marketing, and publishing your book. I have had friends and relatives who have asked me this question, ‘What is indie/vanity publishing?’ Even after knowing the answers, have gone ahead and done exactly that. I was curious about what prompted them to do so and all of them said the same thing: It makes our life easy. 

If just seeing your name on the cover of the book is your ultimate destination, then please go ahead and do it.  Otherwise, no. This might be an easy path but it is a path of no returns. You must know what exactly is a Traditional Publisher, Indie Publisher, Indie Authors and Vanity Publisher. Knowing about each of the above will help you to reach an educated decision. Don't be hasty. You are a writer. You have shown patience while writing the book, now why throw it away to a pack of wolves. Know what is out there - before deciding what line to take.

I don't profess to be Ms. Know All. I am a learner of this craft like you all. So whatever I know I will share and what I don't we will ask the experts.  If they can't answer, don't worry - we will get the answers for you. :D We are very good at that. 

Vasantha, thanks for asking this question. Very relevant in our writer's world today. Thanks, Sundari Venkatraman for choosing to answer this question. We could not think of anyone better than you for you have experienced both the worlds and some more. 

Answer by Sundari Venkatraman

	Indie Publishing	Vanity Publishing
1.	Indie means Independent. It is called indie or self-publishing when an author is also the publisher of her book. Indie also means that you call all the shots. You can publish the book when you want. If ever, you are unhappy with the result, you can simply pull the plug, at a given point in time, with absolutely no financial loss.	Vanity publishing is when you pay to have your book published. This is most definitely NOT recommended since the author will never see any return on investment, ever. It gets worse when the author promises, on paper, to sign up for all subsequent works by the author with this same publisher. READ all the print – both large and fine – when you sign up for something. Vanity publishing literally means you are catering to your vanity by throwing away good money. Since this kind of publisher has already made his money through you, he’s not going to make any effort to edit, proof or market your book. There is no ‘good’ vanity publisher out there. They are all cheats. After a point, the author finds herself landed with many copies of her own books and a smaller bank balance, along with 100% frustration. Believe me, I, along with a number of authors, have undergone this experience.
2.	Free	You pay through your nose
3.	You are responsible for editing, proofing, cover design and marketing of your book.	While the vanity publishing house tells you that they take responsibility for the same things, there’s no guarantee, since they have already made the money. They are all con artists. I know it’s a sweeping statement, but it’s the truth.
4.	I have dealt with Amazon KDP and so will talk from that viewpoint. You get to know your sale every hour, on the hour. You can see the charts climbing on your dashboard.	You don’t really know, ever, whether your books are selling or not.
5.	You get paid, two months after the sale happens, from Amazon.com & Amazon.in. From the other countries, you receive a cheque after you arrive at a consolidated figure of 100 units in that country’s currency.	There’s no guarantee that you will ever see royalty, even after investing a lot of money.

You can get some more information from: http://www.vanitypublishing.info/ 

 Now I would like to invite the readers/ writers to share their view as a comment below. Share your experiences so that new writers can make an educated guess. If you don't want to reveal your name, send us an email at tbcblogtours@gmail.com We promise never to share your name and will post your views as a comment below us. Your views are very much needed for writers who are duped into paying a lumpsum of money to the publishers, who make false promises and never do anything about it. 

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Arti	Spotlight	11/29/2017
Dagny	Review	12/3/2017
Paromita Goswami	Spotlight	11/29/2017
Niharika	Spotlight	12/2/2017
Reshma Ranjan	Spotlight	11/30/2017
indy	Spotlight	12/1/2017
Romila	Spotlight	12/2/2017
Surbhi Sareen	Spotlight	12/6/2017
Chitra Iyer	Spotlight	11/28/2017
Devika Fernando	Spotlight	11/29/2017
Geeta Nair	Spotlight	11/30/2017
romila	Spotlight	12/1/2017
Rubina Ramesh	Spotlight	12/3/2017
Sundari Venkatraman	Spotlight	12/4/2017
Surbhi Sareen	Spotlight	12/5/2017
Rubina Ramesh	Review	12/7/2017
Surbhi Sareen	Review	12/3/2017
Inderpreet	Review	12/4/2017
Kavita Rajesh	Review	12/5/2017
Reshma Ranjan	Review	12/6/2017
Sadhuvi	Review	12/7/2017
Aparna	Review	12/8/2017
Subhajit panda	Review	12/8/2017
Bhavya	Review	12/9/2017
Sunita Saldhana	Review	12/9/2017
Khushboo Shah	Interview	12/4/2017
Inderpreet	Guest Post	12/5/2017