Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-sixth edition of Fiction Monday. This is the last fiction Monday of 2020. I feel incredibly happy as I type this post. I started Fiction Monday in mid-June 2020 as a bi-monthly feature. Then in August, from the 5th edition onwards it became a weekly feature. I am grateful to … More Fiction Monday – 26
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of Fiction Monday. I have thought of taking a break till January 1st from blogging, but then I realized there are posts I want to write before the new year commences. And since Fiction Monday started in June, I have always made sure to publish every week, though … More Fiction Monday – 25
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of Fiction Monday. “Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” – Catherine Pulsifer I think we can apply this thought even during midday or in the evening. Now is the time. When we … More Fiction Monday – 24
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-second edition of Fiction Monday. Last week was Thanks Giving holidays here in the US and I didn’t write much. Everyone was home, without work that is, and that called for a relaxed time. Today I would like to share with you all a video on gratitude which I published … More Fiction Monday – 22
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-first edition of Fiction Monday. “A writer is a world trapped in a person.” ~Victor Hugo 2020 is coming to a close quickly but I don’t feel like the year is ending soon. Since March days look the same. I am cranky sometimes, okay, most of the time. Writing is … More Fiction Monday – 21
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twentieth edition of Fiction Monday. “Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.” ~ Anon I am more distracted by my thoughts than the internet. That’s why I write. What are your distractions? Stories From The Nineteenth Edition Din of screaming voices by Aseem RastogiThe … More Fiction Monday – 20
Hello everyone! Welcome to the nineteenth edition of Fiction Monday. From this edition onwards I am offering something different for fiction Monday. Since many of you are comfortable with long fictional pieces I am increasing the word count to 500. You are also welcome to offer your poetry and non-fiction musings along with fictional pieces … More Fiction Monday – 19
Hello and welcome to the eighteenth edition of Fiction Monday. “Tears are words that need to be written.”–Paulo Coelho November is the month of writing as NaNowriMo (National Novel Writing Month) commences this month. I wish all the best to the participants of this month-long novel writing challenge. I have tried in 2015 but my half-written … More Fiction Monday – 18
Hello and welcome to the seventeenth edition of Fiction Monday. “Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver There is … More Fiction Monday – 17
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
Beyond Scribbles 