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The Arduous Work of Editing or Tearing Your Work to Pieces Yes. I’m editing. Lydia’s Letters is undergoing massive reconstructive surgery. And it is painful. But it is also needed, very much so. My super beta readers have come back to me with their constructive comments. Even so, I’ve been plagued with thoughts of how I can …
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Where Writing Comes Easy Sometimes, concentration is so high, that it doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in Kathmandu’s crowded Durbar square, on the steps of the Acropolis or on a moving train – writing flows. Effortlessly. People walk by you, scream, laugh, talk, try to sell you bananas, tea, the train rocks to and fro …
Rebellious Characters and Wayward Plotlines Yes, you read right. Characters rebel and plotlines go off in directions previously not considered. It happens. More frequently than you can imagine. But, what to do when faced with this kind of mutiny? In almost everything I have written there has been an element of the unknown. Generally speaking, …
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Honour your Rhythms, Welcome your Muse. In the past, I never had a fixed writing schedule. I would write when I felt like it, if I felt like it. I could go months without typing a single word, and then, I would be absorbed by a story, swallowed up completely. When that frenzy came over me, I …
A Week of Silence I have been blessed with a complete week of being left alone at home, to read, write, paint, sing, watch movies, do no cooking and generally relax. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I needed this, and how grateful I am that my family had no problem removing themselves from …
Training to Be a Doctor Writing a novel is a mixture of both gruelling work and fun. There are so many things to be considered – the characters (Are they realistic enough?), the plot (Is there a plot? Does it make sense? Is the novel too plot-driven?), as well as the little details that add …
It’s begun! As the title says, it’s begun! And what is that excatly? Well, writing for The Perplexing Case of Seraphim Karalis. I’ve been researching on various things to do with the book, but now I feel I can start writing. In fact, I didn’t write the opening line in a normal fashion. No! I woke …
When the Going Gets Tough….Get Writing! I’m trying…I’m trying….but it’s not easy! Sometimes, writing just flows effortlessly. But sometimes, it feels like I’m pushing a huge rock uphill! I haven’t quite figured out why that is, but I have a sneaking suspicion the longer I go without writing, the harder it is to get back …
YES!! A small moment of celebration… This is a very emotional moment for me! I have finally done it! After almost a whole decade of writing it, and even longer since I first got the inspiration to write it….I have finally, FINALLY, finished the first draft of Lydia’s Letters!!!
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