No matter what they say in thousands of blog posts and YouTube videos, blogging is a massive undertaking, especially if you have a day job and a family to look after. Many bloggers don’t last beyond ten posts. Having done that so […]
Everyday stories should be written in the simple everyday language that we all use. As Philip Berry Osborne puts it: “Among most writers, there’s a natural tendency to get too exquisite and ornamental in their prose. Such writers spend all their time […]
In the last few posts, I have been sharing everyday stories with you. Ordinary stories from ordinary lives. Yet they are compelling and stay with us forever. Some of the best writing—the kind that the readers readily identify with—comes out of all […]
So you want to blog. So do I. In fact, I wanted it for a long time and I did start. Twice. But both times my passion couldn’t withstand the commitment and planning a successful and sustainable blog needs. Following two failed […]
Many years ago I read a story that impacted me so much that I wrote it down in my journal. Recently, while going through old notebooks, I read it and it hit the cord in me again. I have to share it […]
There is a misconception that all aspiring writers have. They are not willing to accept themselves as writers till they have published a book or an article or a short story. They are over the moon if their story wins an award […]