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Chitra Soundar
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About Me
Chitra Soundar is originally from the culturally colourful India where traditions, festivals and mythology are a way of life. After six great years in the island city-state Singapore, Chitra now lives in London.

Chitra's primary interest is in writing picture books and early & emergent readers. She enjoys retelling funny folktales from around the world, especially from India.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am working on a number of picture book manuscripts and a 7+ funny fiction.

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Simon Frederick Beck left a comment for Chitra Soundar
"Hi! I'm a self-published author and illustrator looking for an agent and hopefully a publisher. I was wondering if you might be interested in commenting on my work.   You can view all my books on line at www.twinkleshark.co.uk, but please…"
May 11
Simon Frederick Beck left a comment for Chitra Soundar
"Hi! I'm a self-published author and illustrator looking for an agent and hopefully a publisher.   You can view all my books on line at www.twinkleshark.co.uk, but please let me know if you would like a complimentary paperback of any…"
May 11
Kathryn Evans commented on Chitra Soundar's blog post Balu and His Basket
"Send me details for Celebrations Chitra! For our weekly Celebrations Round-up, send short items, including brief bio, up to 150 words, written in third person, in a single black font with book titles in italics. Our round-up list includes…"
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Chitra Soundar posted a status
"5 days to go before the surprise challenge at the W&P competitions"
Mar 26
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A Dollop of Ghee and a Pot of Wisdom
Features four stories about young Prince Veera, who, along with his friend Suku, helps his father, the king, solve some of the problems he is having with his subjects.

The book has been officially launched in Amazon for a Mar 2010 release. You can pre-order the book now in Amazon UK.
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd (1 Mar 2010)
ISBN-10: 1406317020
ISBN-13: 978-1406317022

 

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Critique Groups - Do you know what you want out of them?

I am in two critique groups formally and also critique with two other friends from a course I did in Faber. I also write with my friend and he is usually my first reader.

But what do I want from a critique group?

Firstly I want honest feedback from my critique group. They are my truth buddies. I want them to say what I have written isn’t working if it doesn’t work. I want them to say that the rhyme is forced or the story line is slight or they can’t find it funny. I want them…

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Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:08

Balu and His Basket

Tulika Books are based in Chennai, India. It is my home-town. Well, it is a coastal city. When I started writing picture books in earnest, my first ambition was to be published by Tulika. One of my writer acquaintances had got a book with them and then I found another. I was jealous and I was green with envy. All in a good way of course.

Although I had started publishing in magazines and with a Singapore publisher, getting a picture book in print…

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Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:57 — 1 Comment

Tributes Along the Way

I recently wrote here, http://www.chitrasoundar.com/due-to-be-released/, about how the character names for two of my picture books were chosen. Now that I have a baby nephew, I try and see if I can use his name for the next book – of course something that he might be interested in reading when he grows up.

The other thing I keep wondering and keep doodling about is dedication. There are some books where my friend has…

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Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:53

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At 14:20 on May 11, 2013, Simon Frederick Beck said…

Hi!

I'm a self-published author and illustrator looking for an agent and hopefully a publisher. I was wondering if you might be interested in commenting on my work.

 

You can view all my books on line at www.twinkleshark.co.uk, but please let me know if you would like a complimentary paperback of any title.

 

Thanks,

Simon Beck

From "Bob"

At 0:04 on January 7, 2013, Elli Woollard said…

Thanks Chitra. I don't think I've received a questionnaire yet, but that could just be me being thick! I'm still finding my way around the Ning.

At 11:04 on January 4, 2013, Elli Woollard said…

I was wondering if you could add my name to the Wordsprouts waiting list too. At the moment I'm pinging all my stories over to my agent without having them critiqued by other PB authors first, but I'd really like some feedback on them before they get to the submission stage.

Many thanks,

Elli

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