Here's some good news! My 18th novel titled Neha's Quest has been just released at www.amazon.com and all its other marketplaces. An interesting contest is being announced!
Neha's Quest - Win-Win Review Contest
Do purchase this e-book or paperback and read it. Then review it! Mail it to me! The duration of the Win-Win Review Contest is from 14th December 2020 to 29th December 2020. You could win a 50% discount for my online story-writing classes!
By the way, my fees for the online story-writing classes are Rs. 4000 for 12 days (12 hours). These classes are held online, thrice a week, one hour per day; i.e. 12 days in a month. You will learn the techniques and aspects of writing a good story. Assignments will be regularly given and analysed and tips will be given for enhancing your story. Suggestions will be given, regarding publications to which your story could be sent. A certificate will be awarded on completion of the course.
The twenty best reviews (honest and constructive, of course!) will win the 50% discount! So your story-writing class would cost you just Rs. 2000. Your reviews will be published on this blog.
The remaining reviewers will also be rewarded! Their reviews will also be published on this blog.
Important:
You must send me the proof of purchase of the e-book or paperback, along with your review, through email to:
(No attachments please! Send the information copy-pasted as text of your email.)
The reviewers who purchase a paperback will get an additional discount of Rs.100 and a special mention.
One person can submit only one review.
Kindly limit your review to 100 words.
No obscenity or profanity please!
Don't give the story away!
It will help if you peruse my other books too, so that you could compare and review! (Optional)
The entries which don't fulfill all criteria as stipulated above, will be automatically disqualified.
I reserve the right to pick the winners!
Please note: If insufficient number of reviews are received, the number of awardees will also be reduced proportionately. I have announced 20 to be awarded, subject to a minimum of 100 entries. If by chance, or hard luck, I receive say only 20 entries, only 4 best reviews will win the 50% discount.
Thus, 20% of the total entries received, stand a chance of winning!
The results will be announced on this blog on 1st January, 2021.
So what are you waiting for? Grab this golden opportunity to become a writer!
Do I already see all of you ordering this book?
Can't wait enough for your reviews!
Thanks in anticipation.
Priya
Neha's Quest (Life's Topsy-turvy!)
Much as we like to call ourselves progressive and our society civilized, often we deviate from the rightful path to indulge in wrongful or immoral activities, to satiate our greed and lust. To feel alive!
We also have double standards wherein we treat men and women differently and expect women, the so-called weaker-sex, to conform to societal mores, without a murmur. Of course, we frown when anyone terms it hypocrisy! This is our culture; we say with self-righteous pride and revel in it.
Woe betides any woman who dares to stray off the beaten path! The path carved out for her by society, on which she must walk demurely, looking straight ahead without a side-ward glance! Following all the stringent rules to a T!
And lo behold! Every once in a while, comes along a gutsy girl like Neha who breaks every rule in the book to follow her own path in life, braving the storms with grit and gumption.
A breath of fresh air or a tempest? Who are we to judge her? She doesn’t need our judgment!
Why not just let every girl follow her heart and carve a niche for herself? See how far she goes in the journey of life? Is it too much to ask for?
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Excerpt
She broke hearts everywhere she went. Left, right and center! Throughout high school and college, young lads had been smitten by her. Though not beautiful in the conventional sense, she had some oomph and lots of style.
A smooth-complexioned, fair face, with small and sparkling eyes, round cheeks, lustrous black, shoulder-length hair and a slim figure was what attracted the guys to Neha, at first sight. But as they would get to know her better and interact with her, they would progressively be drawn into her charming web of love. She knew how to lead them on.
A glib talker, she would coax them in the smoothest of tones to do her bidding and they would unquestioningly do it
End of excerpt
Dear friends,
Your opinions do matter! So let the reviews start flowing...
All the best.
Ready, steady, go! Priya
