Thursday, November 17, 2011
When Sameer meets Isabella...
The quintessential 'bad' girl?
Slender fingers unzipped the svelte clutch and brought out a pack of milds. She opened it with conditioned ease and pulled out a long white one. She extended one to Sana and pulled out another one to her waiting lips. She dug into her tiny clutch and out came a shiny silver Zippo. She lit hers and threw the lighter across the table on to the sofa. Sana picked the lighter and used it to light her ‘ciggie’. She dragged hard and blew the smoke in a bluish jet. Sameer watched Isabella exhale the smoke. The smoke seemed to flow over her perfect lips and caress the smooth skin of her face. Her eyes were closed and there was a hint of a smile. Eyelashes looked like they were painted on. He remembered her as he had seen her in the café. She was beautiful.
Her eyes flashed at him. He looked away.
“Oh! I am sorry. Want one?” She asked him when she saw him staring at her.
“No! I am sorry…. I don’t smoke.” Sameer said, almost apologetically. Why am I apologising!
“Good for you,” she said as she looked away.
From one of the October 2011 releases from Red Romances - 'Second Chances' by Rahul Dev...
Monday, November 14, 2011
From our forthcoming desi Red Romance...
Boy meets girl, the attraction is electric...
At that moment, their eyes met, and something electric passed between them. This time Ajay couldn’t restrain himself, he leaned forward hesitantly and let his lips touch hers. A sliver of excitement ran down his spine as he realised that, in response, she pressed a gentle kiss against his lips. Ajay smiled, got up, and extended his hand to help her get up. They walked, in silence, to the hotel where the rest of the crew was being put up.
Intense as she might look, he was certain that she would not accept being rushed into anything more serious at the moment. That night as he left Kavin to board with two of the women members of the theatre group, Ajay kept asking himself if he should have said something about what had passed between them. Should he have said, “Kavin, I am attracted to you. Do you feel the same way about me?” Had he botched the opportunity? He recalled her smile and the brief pep talk she had given him at the restaurant. He thought of how soft her lips felt against his, how sweet her fragrance was.
From our forthcoming title 'Castle in the Air' by Red Romance writer Vijayalakshmi Sridhar
A taste of a desi love story....
A pick from our best...
Nethra looked him in the eye and asked, “Did it occur to you Mr. Khan, that if I know what I am up against, it could possibly hasten my recovery? And not to mention the fact that I could know what precautions to take?”
Sameer had to admit that she had a point there. But he wasn’t about to give in, at least not yet. “Diversion tactics, Sameer,” he told himself.
“For starters, let’s stick to you calling me Sameer and I will tell you what you need to know. But before that I want to know something. And I think I am justified in asking, considering what you have been through in the last one week. What happened to you just now a few moments ago? Did you have trouble breathing again?”
Nethra inhaled sharply at that question. How could she tell him that is was him, the memory of his lips on hers that made her breathless? That she was feeling sensations that were completely alien to her? All this at a time when danger was lurking down below – and the man who was helping her out was the man responsible for sparking those emotions? Best to play the ignorance card, reasoned a voice in her head.
From 'Eyes on You', a Red Romance written by Meera Shivashankar
Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Friday, September 23, 2011
2 new titles in October!
Check out our October titles previewed here....
Written in the stars
Picking up the pieces of her life after a tragic accident kills her parents, Neena Patil requires funding to save the family’s flower business.
The mysterious Sahil Shah seems just the right person to help her out. But Sahil himself seems to be recovering from a series of tragedies in his own life.
Caught in a plot of her own making, Neena gets further entangled as unexpectedly, she falls in love with Sahil. But does he love her in return?
What will happen when Sahil discovers her mercenary motives?
and....
Second chances
The mysterious Isabella seems like a seductive siren to Sameer. Beautiful and carefree, she leads a life of pleasure.
Entranced at first sight, Sameer is further attracted to her as fate throws them together time and again. However, Isabella’s past hovers over them like a dark cloud.
But then Sameer has a secret in his past as well.Then there is the ‘Roman’, her dissipated friend, who has been her companion through rough times.Is she in love with the Roman?
Will Sameer help Isabella discover her true self?
At bookstores near you soon! Ask for your own copy!
Written in the stars
Picking up the pieces of her life after a tragic accident kills her parents, Neena Patil requires funding to save the family’s flower business.
The mysterious Sahil Shah seems just the right person to help her out. But Sahil himself seems to be recovering from a series of tragedies in his own life.
Caught in a plot of her own making, Neena gets further entangled as unexpectedly, she falls in love with Sahil. But does he love her in return?
What will happen when Sahil discovers her mercenary motives?
and....
Second chances
The mysterious Isabella seems like a seductive siren to Sameer. Beautiful and carefree, she leads a life of pleasure.
Entranced at first sight, Sameer is further attracted to her as fate throws them together time and again. However, Isabella’s past hovers over them like a dark cloud.
But then Sameer has a secret in his past as well.Then there is the ‘Roman’, her dissipated friend, who has been her companion through rough times.Is she in love with the Roman?
Will Sameer help Isabella discover her true self?
At bookstores near you soon! Ask for your own copy!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Our new releases in April... from Red, full blooded romance
31 Somnath Street
31 Somnath Street is Ranjini’s home. It’s Srikant’s as well and they are close to being kissing cousins. But they are not.
Srikant has a history he cannot get over, yet... or so it seems.
Ranjini has a history too – she has been in love with Srikant for as long as she can remember.
But a disapproving and large extended family and a comical yet larger-than-life grandmother ensure that things get knottier.
Can Srikant and Ranjini ever walk into the sunset hand in hand?
... and... one more!
Eyes on you
An accidental encounter with a dreaded terrorist Ustad Khan, puts Nethra in dashing cop Sameer Khan’s care.
From then on, it’s a roller-coaster ride for the duo, eluding Ustad in a cat and mouse chase.
Sameer has to ensure Nethra is safe so that he can close the case.
But, there is more to it – the sizzling chemistry between them draws them down more dangerous paths.
Will Nethra survive? Can Sameer keep his heart and his head?
Ask for them in April, at bookstores near you!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
At bookstores near you this week...
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At a bookstore near you. If they do not stock copies, do let us know the name of the store, a contact number is possible and mail us on pageturnpublisher@gmail.com. We will get them to stock the books for your convenience.
Monday, January 3, 2011
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A ROMANCE
So you have decided that you want to pen that romance that has been playing out in your head for Red Romances. Before you do, remember:
1. Clearly understand what you want to write – you want to write a book with a happy ending, a story, that however much there is conflict, you want love to surmount all. So you need to believe in the happy ending yourself.
2. Do some homework – pick from a range of romance novels and read up so you understand the genre.
3. Finally, remember that the story that you will tell has to be yours, not inspired. You need to write from your imagination about two strong characters who fall in love, and how they reach that understanding of being in love. Your story has to be unique and compelling, for your reader to want to pick it up.
Basics
1. 30,000 words
2. Story set in India, with Indians as protagonists – or abroad, with Indian characters and Indian ethos.
3. The two main characters have to be strongly delineated – for we are telling their story.
4. Keep other characters in the book to minimum – try not to crowd your story with too many and complicate the plot.
Your story:
1. The synopsis is important not only to us, but for you as a writer. It will help you sequence the story from an overall perspective. When you are in doubt or the story does not pan out, return to the synopsis to see if you need to re-work it in any way.
2. Your love story cannot be simple – it man meets woman, they fall in love and everything is hunky dory, well... that’s just too boring. To make your romance interesting, there has to conflict. Conflict can be from within the characters or from situations that create problems for the characters. You can have either or both in your story.
3. Set your story in a milieu that you are familiar with and can describe well. It cannot be a flight of fantasy but has to be grounded on terra firma – with settings, situations, and people that your reader can empathise with. Remember that your reader is Indian and would like to read about familiar people and familiar situations. The romance COULD happen to them – and that’s the thrill of the read.
Steps to write:
1. Break chapters into segments you can handle easily.
2. Plan how your plot will travel from chapter to chapter. A chapter ending and a chapter beginning should have reasons why.
3. Since we need an overall 30,000 words, plan to write say 15 chapters of 2,000 words each, or 20 chapters of say about a 1,500 words or so. Of course, it will be difficult to stick very strictly to the chapter word count but this is a loose guideline and you can give or take word counts for your chapters. You need to overall meet the word count we require.
4. Create strong dialogues between the characters. The interactions should be interesting and stimulating.
Your reader
Your reader loves romantic fiction for a reason, and you as a writer are fulfilling that need. Remember that your reader is important to you and is taking you seriously – all the more reason why your story and plot should be interesting keeping in mind her/his sensibilities.
Our story
Red Romances, the imprint from Pageturn Publisher Private Limited’s aims to bring a fresh narrative to desi romance writing in English. We are looking for new talent and good story-tellers.
While we do encourage new writers, please remember that yours will be among many other submissions. If the standard of writing does not match our expectations, you will receive a reply from us as to the same. If however, we do think you have potential, we may send you feedback that you will need to take constructively and apply to creating a manuscript that will match our publishing programme. However, Pageturn reserves the right to reject a manuscript at any stage.
Some basic rules
Red publishes only desi romances, and not any other genre of fiction.
What you send to us must be your own original work and should not be ‘inspired’ or re-written from any other work published or otherwise. These will be in infringement of the copyright law.
Every synopsis is required to be accompanied by a signed statement that the work is the original writing of the author and has no resemblance to characters living or dead.
Red reserves the right of evaluation of manuscript according to its programme guidelines.
Evaluation will take place at our end according to our set guidelines and timelines. No assurances will be given to the author on the same.
When you submit a manuscript to us, it has to be on an exclusive basis. Never submit a manuscript which you have submitted to another publisher and which is under consideration already.
Once your manuscript passes our guideline standards, you will be offered a writer’s contract which will be confidential.
For any queries you may have, please mail pageturnpublisher@gmail.com.
1. Clearly understand what you want to write – you want to write a book with a happy ending, a story, that however much there is conflict, you want love to surmount all. So you need to believe in the happy ending yourself.
2. Do some homework – pick from a range of romance novels and read up so you understand the genre.
3. Finally, remember that the story that you will tell has to be yours, not inspired. You need to write from your imagination about two strong characters who fall in love, and how they reach that understanding of being in love. Your story has to be unique and compelling, for your reader to want to pick it up.
Basics
1. 30,000 words
2. Story set in India, with Indians as protagonists – or abroad, with Indian characters and Indian ethos.
3. The two main characters have to be strongly delineated – for we are telling their story.
4. Keep other characters in the book to minimum – try not to crowd your story with too many and complicate the plot.
Your story:
1. The synopsis is important not only to us, but for you as a writer. It will help you sequence the story from an overall perspective. When you are in doubt or the story does not pan out, return to the synopsis to see if you need to re-work it in any way.
2. Your love story cannot be simple – it man meets woman, they fall in love and everything is hunky dory, well... that’s just too boring. To make your romance interesting, there has to conflict. Conflict can be from within the characters or from situations that create problems for the characters. You can have either or both in your story.
3. Set your story in a milieu that you are familiar with and can describe well. It cannot be a flight of fantasy but has to be grounded on terra firma – with settings, situations, and people that your reader can empathise with. Remember that your reader is Indian and would like to read about familiar people and familiar situations. The romance COULD happen to them – and that’s the thrill of the read.
Steps to write:
1. Break chapters into segments you can handle easily.
2. Plan how your plot will travel from chapter to chapter. A chapter ending and a chapter beginning should have reasons why.
3. Since we need an overall 30,000 words, plan to write say 15 chapters of 2,000 words each, or 20 chapters of say about a 1,500 words or so. Of course, it will be difficult to stick very strictly to the chapter word count but this is a loose guideline and you can give or take word counts for your chapters. You need to overall meet the word count we require.
4. Create strong dialogues between the characters. The interactions should be interesting and stimulating.
Your reader
Your reader loves romantic fiction for a reason, and you as a writer are fulfilling that need. Remember that your reader is important to you and is taking you seriously – all the more reason why your story and plot should be interesting keeping in mind her/his sensibilities.
Our story
Red Romances, the imprint from Pageturn Publisher Private Limited’s aims to bring a fresh narrative to desi romance writing in English. We are looking for new talent and good story-tellers.
While we do encourage new writers, please remember that yours will be among many other submissions. If the standard of writing does not match our expectations, you will receive a reply from us as to the same. If however, we do think you have potential, we may send you feedback that you will need to take constructively and apply to creating a manuscript that will match our publishing programme. However, Pageturn reserves the right to reject a manuscript at any stage.
Some basic rules
Red publishes only desi romances, and not any other genre of fiction.
What you send to us must be your own original work and should not be ‘inspired’ or re-written from any other work published or otherwise. These will be in infringement of the copyright law.
Every synopsis is required to be accompanied by a signed statement that the work is the original writing of the author and has no resemblance to characters living or dead.
Red reserves the right of evaluation of manuscript according to its programme guidelines.
Evaluation will take place at our end according to our set guidelines and timelines. No assurances will be given to the author on the same.
When you submit a manuscript to us, it has to be on an exclusive basis. Never submit a manuscript which you have submitted to another publisher and which is under consideration already.
Once your manuscript passes our guideline standards, you will be offered a writer’s contract which will be confidential.
For any queries you may have, please mail pageturnpublisher@gmail.com.
Welcome to Plot a Plot - Fiction - Writing Contest - live your dream – become a published author!
Red Romances announces the Plot a Plot contest.
Participate and you can win a book contract to write your 30,000 words romance novelette.
1.Contest Open Jan 01, 2011
Register for the Plot a Plot contest
Simply email your Name, Phone number and email Id to contest@pageturnpublisher.com to register
2. Submit your plot before Jan 30th, 2011
Plot Guidelines
Write a 2,000 word synopsis + two chapters
English – typewritten, 1.5 line spaced
The plot should be based on Indian Themes (– Story should be based on a romance of Indian Characters, One Indian -one Foreign character in any location, Indian Characters abroad)
The final book will have about 30,000 words
3.Winners will be announced on 14th Feb, 2011.
Participate and you can win a book contract to write your 30,000 words romance novelette.
1.Contest Open Jan 01, 2011
Register for the Plot a Plot contest
Simply email your Name, Phone number and email Id to contest@pageturnpublisher.com to register
2. Submit your plot before Jan 30th, 2011
Plot Guidelines
Write a 2,000 word synopsis + two chapters
English – typewritten, 1.5 line spaced
The plot should be based on Indian Themes (– Story should be based on a romance of Indian Characters, One Indian -one Foreign character in any location, Indian Characters abroad)
The final book will have about 30,000 words
3.Winners will be announced on 14th Feb, 2011.
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