Write.Ok.Please

  • Do you really need a writing style?

    The first time it occurred to me that I had a “unique” writing style was when someone reviewing my ebook called it “peculiar.” It didn’t sound too bad so I forgot about it. Which basically means I whined about it to a friend because I was too afraid to ask the reviewer for an explanation.

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  • Veni vidi vici

    Veni vidi vici

    I had a short story written for today. It was clever but I found I couldn’t abide my own writing. It may have been clever but it definitely wasn’t coherent. I tried rewriting it, I tried to salvage it, I tried to completely write another tale where I could use the phrase veni vidi vici…

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  • #BlogchatterA2Z Theme Reveal 2022: without prearrangement

    AtoZ has to be my favourite blogging challenge and ever since I started blogging in 2017, I have been participating in it. This is my sixth year and after the mistake I made in 2017 – where I didn’t know what a theme reveal was and had to do “stories” because I couldn’t think of…

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  • Suchita’s tryst with fantasy

    I did not know I was a fantasy nerd until an interviewer pointed out to me that ‘you basically love fantasy’ because when she asked me to name my favourite books, I said Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.

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  • I, Me, Myself

    I, Me, Myself

    Even after 4 years of blogging and being a marketer, the person I cannot market is myself. So I thought I’d write about the Blogging Commandment: Thou shalt promote thyself. Consequently, this post is only going to be about me. Or more accurately, about the 2 ebooks that I have on KDP.

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  • On writing and being authentic

    Writing is obscene. I don’t know if this is my statement or I read it somewhere but I think writing or being a writer is obscene.

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  • Thou shalt keep learning

    Thou shalt keep learning

    One of the things I have always wanted to do was to take a course on creative writing. When I was looking for a Masters in 2012, I remember being told by my advisor to go through the courses and find 3-4 that excited me. I had obviously clicked on Creative Writing but the thought…

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