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This October Pickle Yolk Books will be open to receiving submissions from authors. After publishing award winning picture books Pickle Yolk books.is now venturing into nonfiction. Biographies to be more precise! Editor of Pickle Yolk Books, Richa Jha, shares details on the kind of stuff she is expecting to see in her mailbox. . 1. What's the word count you are looking for? Ideal word count: under 600. But otherwise, I will not be in a position to accept any submission with a word count exceeding 1000 words. 2. Would the biographies be based on Indian or International personalities? Living or dead? Ideally, Indian/ living/ not already done to death (E.g.: Sachin Tendulkar or Dhoni).  But an inspiring name from the recent past is fine too (from early 1900s onwards). 3. What should authors keep in mind before mailing the submissions? a) I'd love to see stories that highlight certain inspiring aspects of a person's personality, or inspiring episodes ...

Author and editor  of Pickle Yolk books ,Richa Jha, is on a roll.After winning accolades for her fiction picture books, she is venturing into a new genre.  Scroll down to read all about it. 1.        It's been a long and fruitful journey with Pickle Yolk Books. So many good books and so many accolades. Thank you! I think it’s to do with my inherent persnicketiness when it comes to anything to do with picture books. I am my own fiercest critic, whether it’s for the author in me or the editor in me or the publisher. I don’t usually rush with a book. On the contrary, I make the entire creation process annoyingly and painfully slow. So perhaps, it’s this luxury of time that I gift my books that helps them come out fully baked. It’s not as if I don’t make mistakes with my books; I do by the truckloads, but I do strive to create satisfying, wholesome reads, both textually and visually.    2. MaccherJhol has been a joyo...