Presenting the first of the FWBA Book Spotlight, and we kickstart it with Mahevash Shaikh’s short and profound nonfiction book Busting Clichés. The book will be up here for the entire day today, and you may feel free to ask the author questions in this post. At the end of the day, we shall select …
In The Spotlight: Busting Clichés At For Writers, By Authors! Read More »
Hello, everyone. Hope you are having a fun Saturday! Just wanted to give you a quick update: starting today, you can read the Kindle version of Busting Clichés for free…until Monday. Go here to download your own copy now: 1. Amazon US 2. Amazon India If you are based elsewhere, send me an email at …
Limited Period Offer: Read Busting Clichés For Free Read More »
Hey, y’all! It’s been a long time since I have posted anything here. There’s a good reason for it though. Lately, things have been falling apart in my life. More on that some other time…all I can say for now is that I will be okay someday, and the people who have wronged me will eventually realize—and be horrified by—their …
Moving Forward – Busting Clichés Is Finally Available Online! Read More »
Hello, my dear readers! The cover for my very first book Busting Clichés is finally ready! Here, take a look!
February 22. That’s the day I sent my first pitch for a quote for my book. To Ashwin Sanghi of all people! I don’t know what got into me to aim so high right at the beginning, but I did. And come March 1, his quote was in the bag. I was elated – and …
Whoosh! Yet another year has flown by! I can hardly believe it, can you? I had planned way too many things for 2016, which is probably why I’m feeling less than pleased as I review the year today. Well, 2017 is the year I don’t want to have this dreary feeling in the pit of …
21 days to 2017: what will you change this new year? Here’s my list of 3. Read More »
For months now, I have been looking for an appropriate headshot to use for all my social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Now I have quite a few potential photos that I could use—and have been actively taking just for this very reason—but my search stopped as soon as this photo came …
Dry mouth. Pounding heart. Weak knees. All this and more would happen to me at the faintest possibility of a public speaking opportunity. In cases where it had simply to be done, I would rush through it – tripping over words, barely audible. Little wonder then that it has been one of my biggest fears …
In Interview With The Publisher, I mentioned that my publisher had a brilliant suggestion for my book. Brilliant, yes. Easy, no! What did he suggest, you ask? That I reach out to influential people and get quotes on their personal experiences with misunderstood clichés. At the time, I thought,” how hard can getting 20 quotes …
Reaching Out To Influential People – Here’s How I Did It Read More »
Let’s get straight to the point: I am a regular person. Okay, maybe I am being my usual self-deprecating self, but I am certainly no expert of any sort. What I am is an individual who has seen how easy it is for us humans to fall in line with what we are taught, without …