blogging

  • What one year of blogging taught me about community

    While interviewing a long-time blogger, she said something very interesting – so interesting that it is stuck in my head. She said that while writing is a solitary exercise, blogging is a social activity. Though I had been blogging for about 11 months when I had that interview with her, it really struck me then

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about discipline

    There was a time in my writing journey where words like motivation and inspiration would dictate how much or if any writing I would do. I suppose I can forgive that naive girl since writing was a hobby for her and not something she thought she would be making a career in.

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  • It’s my one year blogiversary!

    On this day, a year ago, I decided I would start my blog. Enough people had told me to start one considering I had author dreams and enough people had looked at me with disdain when I had said, “No I am not a blogger; just a writer.” The time had come to have a

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about writer’s block

    I didn’t know writer’s block was a thing till I found myself staring at a blank page, the urge to write so strong it felt like a stomach ache, but the ability to actually put words onto the blank page sheer agony. I started to hyperventilate, sure the writing fountain that had opened up for

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  • Hello to my old friend

    Hello to my old friend

    Well February has ended and tomorrow is March – which means I have 31 days to figure out the A to Z Challenge. No pressure Suchita, all is well. Hello everyone! This post was supposed to be about me chartering out my expectations from the A to Z Challenge – a daily blogging challenge set

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  • How to Newbie: Writer Special

    I was lucky, extremely in hindsight, that I heard all the advice surrounding writing after I had finished my manuscript. It also so happened that what you need to be doing to become half a decent writer, I was doing by default.

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  • The Anatomy of a Blog Post

    The Anatomy of a Blog Post

    Since #MyFriendAlexa kicked off, I have been trying really hard to stick to a schedule of posting every Tuesday and Saturday. I had thought that would give me enough time to think and I’ll also get back to regular posting. Since I have replaced the words motivation and inspiration with discipline in my writing vocabulary,

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