Shiva's Arms | Shiva's Arms
Oct.30.2011
The other day, my husband's brother suggested I help arrange "a suitable alliance" for our nephew, now twenty-seven and longing to become "well-settled". Of course, my brother-in-law was joking -- I will always be the "unsuitable bride" in his eyes, and any candidate I might put forward would be...
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May.21.2011
Thought you might like a peek at this article I recently wrote for the Indian magazine NRIMatters:
Will an American girl and her Hindu Brahmin mother-in-law grind the man in the middle into chutney? That's the premise of my multicultural debut novel, Shiva’s Arms, and the first thing that...
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Mar.28.2011
Interviewers always seem to want to know: How much of Shiva’s Arms is autobiographical? Here are a few ways I've answered the question ---
1) Everything and nothing – the irony of literary fiction since Flaubert ! The set up, unsuitable American bride marries Hindu NRI , parallels my life. But...
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Mar.21.2011
Merits of literary fiction versus genre fiction are still hotly debated in dorm rooms and groups with names like My Genre Fiction Can Kick Your LitFic's Ass. Accusations hurled from practitioner and aficionado alike are cliches by now -- pretentious language goes up against formulaic plots and...
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Mar.14.2011
Not my Kindle -- I haven't bought one yet. Here's the sell page for all you technologically savvy folks: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004R1QBUG My publisher says the novel will be available for the NOOK and iPad in a few days. I'll catch up later.
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Dec.29.2010
I woke up to this lovely gift today: http://marinagraphy.com/book-reviewshivas-arms-cheryl-snell/
Thanks, Marina!
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Nov.15.2010
...to Red Room for featuring Matthew Biberman's resonant review of my novel on the homepage, and to Matthew for writing it. Just as a poet can learn something new upon hearing her words in another poet's mouth, a novelist can learn a good deal about her own process from a good review. Prof....
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Nov.07.2010
Have you seen Matthew Biberman's review of my novel, Shiva's Arms? It's a fresh, original, imaginative view of the book and touches on every element I had hope readers would take away from it. Thank you Matthew, for your keen and discerning eye.
Here it is -- http://www.redroom.com/blog/matthew-...
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Nov.06.2010
Anyone who frequents the fiction section of a good independent bookstore knows that there is something of a cottage industry of writers currently churning out fiction invested in capturing the lived experience of ex-pat Indians who have moved to America. One of the more distinctive elements of...
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Oct.16.2010
attraction You’ve always had the idea in the back of your mind to write a novel “someday,” but that’s one elastic time frame. How to make the first move? As with all relationships, the action starts with a spark. For me, it was a TV show documenting an Indian’s decision to leave his family and...
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