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This week was some week. My brand new author website is up and running (I have been working on it for more than a month now). I started running adverti…

Oct 22

I am a compulsive list maker. I make lists for everything. Not just to-do lists but not-to-do-lists, bucket lists, shopping lists, reading-lists, word-…

Oct 15

Of little decisions.

Oct 8

This week, I learned that books are written with one of four kinds of energies. I learned it from Austin Kleon’s post, who learned it from Jane Friedma…

Oct 1

Perfection is not.

Sep 24

Yesterday I turned sixty. My husband, friends, children, and close relatives made an extra effort to make it a special day despite the lockdown. I went…

Sep 17

Should I quit? The thought crosses your mind a thousand times. Particularly on the days when nothing you write seems to make sense. Some of us do need …

Sep 10

Have you ever looked back at the end of a day and wondered, “What did I really do today?” Happens to me every day. It is not that I waste my time. Or p…

Sep 3

I believe I have turned a corner this week. It’s the kind of corner that makes you wonder how many more are there before I will reach what I am seeking…

Aug 27

And a lesson in storytelling

Aug 20

And a place to practice the 'art of noticing.'

Aug 13

Only the imperfect uniqueness

Aug 6

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