Tag: Writing
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MONTHLY BLOGPOST I live in a lush green pocket of the city. Monsoons make it even more verdant, inviting hitherto unknown bird species to my window sill, and which only leave me so I can enjoy the abundant joyous theatre above: rain clouds dancing to a unique rumbling, and then the bounty of rain itself.…
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I invited Sage Tyrtle to talk about “The King of Elkport” , to tell us a bit about the inspiration behind it, what readers should expect, and any similar books that we have read. Here’s what Sage wrote-in for the Guest Blogpost: The inspiration for this book came from thinking about the way rich people…
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This month, somehow, I managed a wonderful mix of publications: CNF in Fatal Flaw Literary, Fiction in The Citron Review and Column in trampset. On the new writing front, sadly, not looking good. I felt encouraged with a truckload of nearly-there decline notices (which are really heartbreaking at the point of receiving them). As they…
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Let’s look at pieces that stand apart from the others and marvel us. Those that make the EiC exclaim: Good Gracious! This is Excellent! Obviously, these are ones litmags get very little of and could do with some more.
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Because story-telling is both art & science, a writer may strive to use the right blend of history, culture, language, and colors of a place to enrich the narrative, and thus mold a piece in the best of what’s available and unique to the writer’s sensibilities. This fertile ground is made use of by many…
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I organized a poll, and out of 4 choices, Top 10 Flash won. So here are my top ten stories from the year, pieces that teach a lot about structure, theme and imagery, apart from being excellently crafted. Happy Reading!
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2022 actually began before it began, because in the last week of 2021, while I was away holidaying, I applied for and was offered the columnist’s position in trampset. Earlier still, I responded to a contributors-only call for regular columnists at Reckon Review and was warmly welcomed into the fold. Obviously charged up about the…
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Hi friends, I write to you to share the anatomy of a debut chapbook. Now where to start? As you may already know, I enjoy writing prose, particularly flash fiction. Two-thirds of my published pieces are under 1000 word fiction pieces, yet it was destiny that my debut collection should be of poems. (Btw, my…
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A VIDEO ESSAY! HOW TO CREATE A SEAMLESS COLLECTION OF PUBLISHED/UNPUBLISHED PROSE OR POETRY PIECES Hey friends, Thank you for following me on this very beautiful journey as I learnt so much about writing and craft, explored new things on the way and shared through my craft essay series. “Collections” is the last craft essay…
