Hello and welcome to the sixteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start our writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler When I read my older … More Fiction Monday 16
Hello and welcome to the fifteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”–Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades I am going through a phase where I find it difficult to write. I won’t call it a writer’s block. I have stories and ideas spilling … More Fiction Monday 15
Hello and welcome to the fourteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “A writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.” ~ Burton Rascoe Stare, talk, walk, run, and do all that takes to write that story that’s brewing inside you. Stories From The Thirteenth Edition The Shadow by Esha M DuttaThe cat and the drawer by … More Fiction Monday 14
There might be a lot of things available to distract me right now. But nothing could probably do a good job as I am determined not to leave this matter alone. I see the shadow, moving behind the curtain in the living room. I am not paranoid. I check if someone is hiding behind the … More Shadow #FictionMonday
Hello and welcome to the thirteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” ~ Agatha Christie I agree with Agatha. A ridiculous number of poems stroll across my peripheral vision while I am busy doing dishes or cooking. Sometimes I pause and note down the thoughts … More Fiction Monday – 13
Time will heal. That’s what everyone kept saying. But she knew the truth. She was an exception. It’s been 9 years. With each passing year she felt his absence tremendously. She felt betrayed as she was forced to live with the memories of her baby. Losing him in her womb made her wound an irreparable … More When Time Failed #FictionMonday
no past clouds lurking,or future anxieties skulking,this moment heresurrounded with beautiful vistas– a present for being in the present © Vinitha Dileep Joining Natasha for #WordlessWednesday and Parul for #ThursdayTreeLove.
Hello and welcome to the twelfth edition of Fiction Monday. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King That’s the simple truth, isn’t it? Reading and writing are the two most essential tools to become a writer. Last week … More Fiction Monday – 12
Morning air had a peculiar softness in it as if it had realized that everything else in her life was rough. Niya felt pity on herself. Pity – lately that’s the one feeling she is in touch with. Anything good happens to her, she chooses to see it as a charity. As the morning sun … More Pity #FictionMonday
I don’t categorize myself as a voracious reader. I try to limit my reading dosage as I had proved early on that I have an addiction to reading which could take over my life forever and ever. But reading is definitely a part of my daily routine. Currently, I am reading ‘The Forty Rules of … More Because Mommy Needs To Laugh A Little!
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