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Sumeet Mathur’s upcoming Young Adult Story Novel is a 38,000 worded manuscript and is a story-themed novel plot! It has been contracted to and is being represented by The Book Bakers Literary agency, Delhi.
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During Sumeet’s later schooling days, from eighth grade onwards, there was an apparent passion for the language of English and its verbatim in him that only increased with his participation in debating, stage competitions and other events. And what started out in tenth grade as a mere string of words put together to make a poem for his favourite cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, then sparked in him the desire to pursue writing as a hobby. The positive reactions of his classmates and family to his verses encouraged him to another level that showed him what his potential in writing could be. These events were followed by times which ticked with him writing poems for his friends on their birthdays and for his teachers on occasions, as well.
After his schooling culminated, Sumeet set out to seriously form his own collection of poetry which he knew someday he would get to show to the world. There were people who encouraged such a passion and there were some who questioned the interest of people in poetry these days. But that didn’t bog him down. He kept writing and writing, on every aspect of everything he saw in life. What followed was a period full of ups and downs in which he submitted his best compositions to newspapers, dailies and magazines, only to get rejected or not get any reply at all from them, whereas his friends and family largely appreciated his work. In fact, by now, his friends and family urged him to publish his compositions through some medium. But, Sumeet tried all avenues possible. And finally, he resigned to let the opportunity present itself.
And it did present itself. Sumeet came across a self-publishing imprint of publishing giant-Penguin Random House called Partridge Publishing, which accepted unsolicited works from all authors. So, he contacted them and submitted his manuscript for evaluation. His content was approved for the quality and was accepted for publication. The collection was titled ‘The Tide Of The Pensieve’ and was released on all online portals like Amazon, Amazon India, Barnes and Noble, Ingram, Flipkart and many more.
The first set of copies were released on 4th December 2015 on Amazon.com. And the Indian version was released on 12th December 2015 on Amazon.in. After a month of its release, Sumeet’s book was assessed for its content quality and flair and was approved thereafter, for being nominated for presentation at 5 International Conferences. Also, the book flew to the top of Indian Poetry Bestsellers charts on Amazon India with its highest rank being #19.
With positive reviews flying down to Chennai from all friends and relatives and well wishers across the country, Sumeet knew his career as a writer had begun. Till now, he had only tried his hand at poetry, as that about summed up his comfort zone. But Sumeet also liked the concept of short stories and short fiction and realized that a writer had to write out of his comfort zone to attract new reader and ideas.He also knew that fiction had more powers to attract in today’s age. So he started work on two young adult novels last year which he completed recently.
Today, we are quite excited to share that the editorial teams of various well known publishers have given their feedback on his script and basically, they have given the green signal for his first story Novel to be published and distributed. They like the concept and story of his script. For now, the Proof reading and editing phase has begun.
FROM THE AUTHOR IN HIS LATEST POST:
“Gearing up for an exciting two book publishing season! In the upcoming weeks, I MAY be allowed to share the name of my next book, as I am longing to with all of you, subject to my Agency’s rights of course!”
Copright Sumeet Mathur 2016
