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October 26th:1st stop:
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Kitaab - Review
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Books Are My Best Friends - Interview
Shannon wrote: "October 21st:"We will post a review on this date.
Shannon wrote: "October 21st:"My preferred date for the review.
October 23 or another Wednesday in October. Vansant, please let me know whether you want to do a guest post or be interviewed (I can send questions). My email address is ShaunaRoberts [at] nasa [dot] org. My blog is at http://www.ShaunaRoberts.com.
Shauna wrote: "Vansant, please let me know whether you want to do a guest post or be interviewed."Thank you, Shauna. It would be my privilege to be interviewed by a more experienced author.
I'll be emailing those who signed up to do a review to provide a link to the eBook shortly!
I've emailed those who have signed up to review so far :)
Vasant wrote: "Shauna wrote: "Vansant, please let me know whether you want to do a guest post or be interviewed."Thank you, Shauna. It would be my privilege to be interviewed by a more experienced author."
Great! I'll be in touch.
Please book me for either Oct. 24. Thank you.
Thanks J.D.R.! Do you need the author's contact information so you can interview him?
Update for our esteemed Participants:Shannon, I have sent answers to all the five blogs which are featuring Author Interview on this Blog Tour for Trade winds to Meluhha. I have also written to all other Participants seeking their advice about their brief bio which I intend to include in the Blog Schedule.
This Saturday, I will announce the final Schedule on Historical Writers' Association forum, Facebook page of Trade winds to Meluhha and LinkedIn with the intention to give maximum publicity to all 15 of our participating blogs.
Vasant wrote: "Update for our esteemed Participants:Shannon, I have sent answers to all the five blogs which are featuring Author Interview on this Blog Tour for Trade winds to Meluhha. I have also written to a..."
Fantastic!!! I'll be updating this schedule here with direct links as I receive them from the bloggers :)
Shannon,I have put the Schedule of the Blog Tour of 'Trade winds to Meluhha' on the website of Historical Writers Association here: http://www.thehwa.co.uk/forum/index.p... .I have also put it on the FaceBook page of the novel here: https://www.facebook.com/events/61477... .
With these, I expect considerable publicity for all our participants.
The Blog Tour for Trade winds to Meluhha has commenced with the Book Review by Kalyan Panja on the Blog Paper Tree at http://bookmarkks.blogspot.com/2013/1... . Kalyan is a working professional, an amateur photographer and an ardent traveler.Actually, Kalyan's was the 2nd Stop today, but he got the advantage of the time difference between India and the U.S.A. Please don't miss another book review today on the Blog Momma says Read.
Blog Momma says Read reviews Trade winds to Meluhha at http://www.mommasaysread.com/trade-wi... . It is a blog providing non-traditional book reviews.
Author Nicua Shamira reviews Trade winds to Meluhha on Terraverum, a book blog from Australia (http://terraverum.wordpress.com/2013/...).Nicua Afriqa Dazyl has one YA fantasy published as well as a collection of short stories, and two more novels in the works. Besides reading and writing, she loves archery, horse riding, travelling and painting.
Niyati wrote: "Here is my review!"Thank you, Niyati :)
Tanya Aneja reviews Trade winds to Meluhha on Books and Amazing Facts I have Read at http://tanyaaneja.blogspot.in/2013/10... . Author Martin Lake's book review is rescheduled to Sunday, October 27.
Author Shauna Roberts interviews Vasant Davé at http://www.shaunaroberts.com/2013/10/... .Shauna Roberts has battled serious health issues to write 4 books and many short stories in the historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy genres. In 2011, she was awarded the Speculative Literature Foundation's Older Writers Grant.
Raka Majumdar reviews Trade winds to Meluhha on Illuminati ( http://esotericphoenix.wordpress.com/... ), a book blog from India. Raka wears two hats: advertising professional during the day and book reviewer at night.
Author JDR Hawkins interviews me at http://jdrhawkins.com/2013/10/24/inte... .J.D.R. Hawkins is one of the few women authors on the American Civil War, and her Renegade Series has won three awards, including the 2013 John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the 2012 B.R.A.G. Medallion.
Ashok Kumar interviews me on the Blog Sundry Rhymes at http://www.theuniversalsolvent.net/20... , a blog from India.
Kavya Srinivasan reviews Trade winds to Meluhha on Crazy world, Crazy mind at http://kavyasrinivasan.blogspot.in/20...
Zafar Anjum and Suneetha Balakrishnan review Trade winds to Meluhha on Kitaab http://kitaab.org/2013/10/21/review-m... , a book blog from Singapore that focuses on Asian writing in English.
Vinny interviews me on Books are my Best Friends at http://the-pleasure-of-reading.blogsp..., a book blog from India that reviews English and Bengali books. Vinny also moderates a YA readers' group on Goodreads.
Hi, Vasant, I try to follow your book tour, but I am a computer-dummy, and keep getting lost. I read several reviews and read this interview with you, which I found very interesting. I tried to LIKE it but didn't find a LIKE-spot. I tried to write a comment but it required to be on Wordpress, or Google, or ..., and I am not signed up to any of these websites. I hope your other friends are more computer-savvy.
Lilo wrote: "I tried to LIKE it but.."Thank you for your interest in my book tour, Lilo. Readers' Feedback methods vary from site to site. On the blog mentioned in Message 34 above, you might 'Select Profile' as 'Name/URL'. You could use your Goodreads profile as your URL (cut and paste: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1... )
Please also read my earlier interviews by clicking on the links mentioned in Messages 28, 30 and 31.
Kristin Plausky promotes Trade winds to Meluhha on Second Book to the Right at http://2ndbooktotheright.blogspot.in/... . Besides being an avid reader of fiction of all genres, Kristin is a lab technician and a Girl Scout leader.
Vasant wrote: "Lilo wrote: "I tried to LIKE it but.."Thank you for your interest in my book tour, Lilo. Readers' Feedback methods vary from site to site. On the blog mentioned in Message 34 above, you might 'Se..."
Thank you, Vasant. I'll try tomorrow. For tonight, I am ready for bed. It is 1.30 a.m.
Author Martin Lake reviews Trade winds to Meluhha at http://martinlakewriting.wordpress.co... . A prolific writer of Historical and YA Fiction and short stories, Martin Lake is the author of The Lost King series. Winner of first prize in the Kenneth Grahame Society short story competition.
Sheri wrote: "Here is the Making Connections stop:Thank you, Sheri :)
To: Shannon, Alana and the entire 'Making Connections' Team,I thank you all for organizing this Blog Tour for my historical novel Trade winds to Meluhha. But for your co-operation and enthusiastic support, it would not have been possible to reach so many potential readers in such a short time.
With best wishes,
- Vasant
We're glad you enjoyed the Blog Tour!!! Thanks to all who participated! We couldn't have done it without you all!
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Authors mentioned in this topic
J.D.R. Hawkins (other topics)Nicua Shamira (other topics)
Shauna Roberts (other topics)
Martin Lake (other topics)
Title: Trade Winds to Meluhha
Author: Vasant Davé
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis:
'Trade winds to Meluhha' is set in the Bronze Age. It narrates a young man SAMASIN's adventure in Mesopotamia and Indus Valley Civilization. He is charged with murder and escapes death through a rare astronomical event which is actually recorded in clay tablets excavated in ancient Babylon. He lands in Meluhha (Indus Valley) where besides the query he also finds wealth and love.
In 1977, Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame undertook a voyage in an 18 metre long reed-boat named 'Tigris'. He was convinced that such ships were capable of carrying up to 50 ton cargo and could therefore have been used as trade vessels. He sailed from Iraq (Mesopotamia) via Oman (Magan) to Pakistan (Indus Valley). To Vasant Davé, Heyerdahl's validation offered a remarkable setting for a narrative based on adventure and interaction between the two widely diverse cultures 4,000 years ago.
With a wide geographical spread from the present day Iraq to India, ultimately what is the plot?
In the year 2138 BC, Samasin worked as a stable boy with a wealthy Babylonian named NERGAL. One day he was falsely implicated in the murder of a foreign trader. Tipped off by Nergal's divorced wife ELLA about risk to his life, he fled to the distant land of Meluhha in search of SIWA SAQRA whose name the dying man had uttered. During the voyage, he met a beautiful damsel, VELLI. He fell in her love but was dismayed to find that she was still devoted to a person who had jilted her. He also met ANN, a Mesopotamian woman who concealed her identity because she was determined to search out a couple of faceless men for revenge.
On the way, Samasin learnt about a board etched with ten glyphs (actually excavated on the site of Dholavira) and with Ann's help deciphered them, leading to an adventure in the ravines of the Saraswathi. He faced a series of obstacles including a few which almost killed him. Then he found that they were manoeuvred. Finally when he met Siwa Saqra, he learnt that there was more to the murder in Babylon than met the eye.
Circumstances brought all the characters together in Babylon when with awe they discovered the stark reality about the trade between Meluhha and Mesopotamia.
Info about the Tour:
This blog tour will run from October 21st - 27th. The dates are on a first come, first serve basis.
We are looking for hosts for reviews, interviews, and/or promo posts (these are limited to 3 total promo spots for the tour- first come, first serve) . There will be a blog tour-wide giveaway that all participants may include in their post (1 eBook (INT)).
If interested in hosting a stop during this tour, please leave your email with your preferred date, type of stop (review/promo/interview/guest post) and link to your website/blog.
Reviewers will be emailed an ecopy (available in all formats). All review posts will be eligible for the tour-long eBook(s) Giveaway.
If you sign up, I will send a confirmation email to everyone along with the schedule. A reminder of the scheduled stops will be sent to everyone 1 week in advance. If, at that time, any blogger is scheduled for a review on the tour and finds themselves rating the work under 3 stars, we request that the tour stop become promo only (your review may be posted after the tour stop), or that blogger will be asked to excuse themselves from the tour.
Thanks to all who join the Blog Tour!!!