Gautam Sen's Blog (3)

I'd like to invite you to take a look at my book THE FANTABULOUS FENS, which was recently published bu ireadiwrite.com

I'm quoting about the book from the publisher's Facebook entry:

"This is one of the sweetest kids' stories I've read in a while. THE FANTABULOUS FENS is about a large Indian family; they're well behaved, intelligent, generous, artistic ... and some are animals! Your kids will love the characters and you will love the lessons and values it…

In my last blog I said I'd say something about myself and the book I'm now trying to promote.

First, about myself (with reference to writing): I've written a non-fiction best-seller in India on the philosophy of an Indian saint named Swami Vivekananda; a 5,000-word story of mine features in PRIZEWIINING ASIAN FICTION (published by Hong Kong University Press); and I've just completed co-authoring (along with one other writer) two volumes of essays for Macmillan…

Hello! My name is Gautam Sen. I have just begun blogging. It's not half as common in India, where I come from, as I suspect it is in the West. Perhaps I wouldn't have thought of blogging at all, but for the circumstances .... I'm a writer (apart from being a teacher), but till now it's been the old-fashioned way: I haven't had to concern myself with book promotion!

Recently, however (25th January 2010, to be precise), ireadiwrite Publishing (Canada) electronically published a…