Aishwarya talks to Tara Khandelwal (freelance editor and innovative entrepreneur) about the qualities of a good editor and why it’s important to demystify the publishing industry.

In the last 10 years, Tara Khandelwal has edited more than 100 books including Udayan Mukherjee’s ‘Essential Items’ and Anmol Malik’s ‘Three Impossible Wishes’. She started Bound in 2018 to bridge the gap between writers and other creative people AND places where they could develop their skills or get published. Her curiosity and trial & error approach led her to establish Bound’s writers’ retreats and launch two stellar podcasts! 

Tara talks about how running her own company was her dream job as a kid and why good grammar is the foundation for all good writing. She and Aishwarya bond over their experiences with international publishing programs. Are editors and writers technically the same? How can you become a freelance editor? And why are there no publishing houses in Mumbai? Tune in to find out!

Resources:

• Book Recommendation: The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R by Moni Mohsin
• The University of East Anglia Creative Writing Workshops in India: https://www.ashoka.edu.in/stories/the-university-of-east-anglia-creative-writing-workshops-in-india-in-partnership-with-ashoka-university-543
• A Crime Podcast by Juggernaut Books, A Spy In China: https://open.spotify.com/show/26cU4K0DKbvVXWWb4S3xzP 
• Humber’s Creative Book Publishing certificate program: https://mediaarts.humber.ca/programs/creative-book-publishing.html 
• The Columbia Publishing Course: https://journalism.columbia.edu/cpc 

Tara Khandelwal is an editor and the founder of Bound. She has worked at companies such as BloombergQuint, HarperCollins, Penguin India and SheThePeople.TV and is an alumna of the Columbia University Publishing Course. She interviews authors in India’s no. 1 literary podcast, Books & Beyond with Bound. Find her on Instagram @tarakhandelwal489 and Twitter @tarakh489.

‘The Book People’ is brought to you by Bound, a company that creates stories and helps individuals and brands tell their stories. Writer and booklover Aishwarya Javalgekar interviews people whose lives and careers revolve around books. Read more: https://boundindia.com/the-book-people-podcast/

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