Why My Life Really Began At Thirty
I started ‘The Thirty Diaries’ a month before I hit 30. Now, six months from my 35th birthday, I do a mid-way check.
NovelRace
NovelRace 12: All Kinds Of Wow
Remember Novelrace? Two years may as well be twenty on social media. But my journal on being a first time writer has one final chapter.
BlogAdda 7: Dear Reader, Stay Awhile Longer?
This week on BlogAdda, I talk about how to make your blog stickier and how to make your reader stay on longer.
NovelRace 11: The Long, Dark Teatime Of The Writing Soul
My last NovelRace update was ages ago. I can’t quite explain why there hasn’t been one in all this while. Have I not been learning? Far from it.
Quoted In TOI – Novelrace On Your Marks, Get Set, Write!
Yesterday marked the end of NovelRace and today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. Mahafreed Irani has written a great story in Times of India today about the two writing events. The story quotes Aditya, Samit, Vishal, Angad and me. Blogger Ramya Pandyan who is better known as Idea-smithy in…
NovelRace Week 10: Everything But The Novel
This week on Novelrace, I hit on everything but the novel itself. And I’m trying to eke out insights on writing from this bizarre disorientation.
NovelRace Week 9: Taking A Stand
This week’s NovelRace revelation happened in conversation with friend Rehab when she asked how to deal with a topic that might become controversial.
NovelRace Week 8: So Much In A Name!
I’m battling ennui on Novelrace. I’ve labored over the novel from so many angles, I’m tired of it. I know the story so I wonder where’s the fun in retelling it?
NovelRace Week 7: The View From The Shoulders’ Of Giants
I had to ration internet usage this week and ended up concentrating more on Novelrace. It was my first lesson in cutting out distractions while writing.
NovelRace Week 6: My Characters Are For Real!
I think I’m getting a little better at what I’m doing with Novelrace. The characters have me in their firm grasp, rather than the other way around.