Virtual Author Visit with Pavarti K Tyler

[Bobbie Crawford-McCoy]

A warm welcome to author, Pavarti K Tyler!

 

Author Bio:Pavarti K Tyler is the author of The Sand Storm Chronicles, the saga of Recai Osman -- businessman, philosopher, Muslim and . . . superhero.

Pavarti K Tyler is an artist, wife, mother and number-cruncher and has been committed to causing trouble since her first moment on this Earth. Her eclectic career has flirted with Broadway, Teaching, Law Firms and the IRS. Author of many short stories, Pavarti spans genres from Horror and Erotica all the way to Mystery. She is always seeking beauty in everything around her and brings this approach to her writing.

 

"On my bookshelves" by Pavarti K Tyler

I'm willing to bet that half the books on my bookshelves are things you've never heard of. I know, I sound like a snob when I say that, and in a way I am. A literary snob. Not because I've read and bow down to the greatness of canon (because I don't) but because I have made it my life's mission to find the books that are the most interesting, most unique, best crafted pieces of writing I can find. It's been a hit or miss endeavor but in the end it's been worth it.

This is not to say that I don't enjoy a good NYTs best seller now and then. Hell, I'm one of those "twilight people" you've been known to make fun of (don't pretend you haven't). I love a good new Sookie book and often pick up whatever the newest big thing is when I'm at the airport. But left to my own devices I'm more likely to check out the newest release from Interlink Books than Random House.

Perhaps this is why the idea of Indie Publishing is so exciting to me. I've not put much stock in the idea that doing things the way everyone else does is a good thing. I never have, just ask my family. I didn't go to the college I received a scholarship at because it wasn't what I wanted to do. I didn't marry a man my father approved of. I didn't get a job as a high powered professional. I didn't stay home with my kids like a good wife should. In fact, anytime there's a rule, the only thing you can count on is that I'll try my damnedest to find a way to break it.

When seen in that light it's not surprising that I make my day to day living as an entrepreneur, or that I am drawn to the stories that are rarely told. I certainly love a number of mainstream books but for a moment; let's revel in a few you may not know:

Moth Smoke - The world isn't really that big or complicated, we're all people
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - What is real?
Games of the Strong like Hunger Games? It was pretty much a direct rip-off of this
The Reapers Are the Angels - Zombies! Brains! The best book ever.
Amrita - What is it to be human?
A Sky So Close - A war zone through the eyes of a child
The Far Euphrates - the holocaust did so much more than kill people.
Changes: A Love Story - think you understand polygamy, you don't till you read this.

All of these books ARE traditionally published. Many of them have won awards and achieved significant success. I'm not special in my enjoyment of them, and believe me, I'm no high bar, Battlefield Earth is one of my absolute favorites (don't judge until you read it, you'll be shocked by how good it is). But these are not titles you will see in your local bookstore, or in the Barnes and Noble "Staff Pics" section. And why not? What is it about them that renders them commercially unviable?

Probably the same thing that draws me to them.

These are stories that are not comfortable, are not familiar. These are stories that challenge our minds in a way that Incarceron (which I couldn't even finish) simply does not. I love a book that I can loose myself in so completely that I become another person, live another culture, revel in the sorrows and pain of a life I have never lived.

And this is my definition of success. Why am I Indie Publishing? Because I don't want to ever hear "yeah, but if you change this it will sell better." Instead I want you to read it and then sit back, take a deep breath and shake your head, unable for a moment to be sure which world is real and which was within the pages of a book.

 

Consumed by Love by Pavarti Devi

Consumed by Love is the story of a couple who must face one partner's supernatural transformation. This short piece is written in the style of a classic horror story with a dark take on the addictive nature of love.

Complete list of published works by Pavarti K Tyler:

Consumed by Love (Indie Published) - Erotic Horror
Shadow on the Wall (Indie Published in Nov) - Literary Adventure

You can pick up Pavarti's books at:

Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords

 

Links to visit:

Author Website: http://pavarti.blogspot.com/

2nd Website: http://www.fightingmonkeypress.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PavartiKTyler

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/FMPress

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4741652.Pavarti_K_Tyler

 

 

Thanks for visiting with us, Pavarti!

[Pavarti K. Tyler]

Hello all! Lovely to be here :) My current book is Two Moons of Sera (Available Now!)

[Julie Elizabeth Powell]

Committed to trouble, I like that!

I too love to find those stories that are 'different' and make you think, rather than the slosh that usually makes the 'top ten'. Most of my reading now comes from the wealth of Indie writers. When I found Lulu it was like a dream, for not only could I publish my first unique work (Gone) but also discovered a treasure trove of words.

Your works sound fascinating, although I think I'm a touch shy of erotica but love the idea of 'supernatural transformation'.

Great interview.

[Pavarti K. Tyler]

Consumed by love is erotic horror and def not for everyone :) I'm really proud of it though so if you're interested I'd love to know what you think.

Check out Two Moons of Sera, it's Romance, not Erotica!
Thanks for commenting, I've been having fun discovering some great Indie Writers as well.

Pav

[sue brandes]

Very interesting post. I love finding books that are different. I get sick of reading the same kind of books. I like them to be unique. I still do read mainstream books too.

[Pavarti K. Tyler]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Pav