6 steps to a Great Outline for your Nonfiction book
Learn how to quickly, efficiently outline your non-fiction book in six simple steps.
Traditional or Self Publishing – in India, which is better for the first-time author?
(Note: In this blogpost Publishers are male and Authors are female. This is purely for simplicity, not sexism.) Introduction If you want to publish your book in India, you have […]
“Writing Life Stories” – a guide to writing memoir
“Writing Life Stories – how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays and life into literature” by Bill Roorbach & Kristen Keckler, Ph.D. F+W Publications, 2008 A book review […]
EDUCATED: A memoir that sears the soul
EDUCATED by Tara Westover Random House, Feb 2018 A review by Kamalini Natesan How does one review a book of this nature- a memoir? Memoirs have the undue advantage of […]
When Breath Becomes Air : A lesson in Memoir
The biggest challenge in such a book is that the reader knows the end. It’s on the blurb, and in every single book review. With that critical piece gone, how do you still engage the reader? Paul does so by taking us along on his difficult journey. We live his life, share his love, joy & pain. We experience utter despair in his book – I wept more than once. His skill as a storyteller makes us his fellow traveler.
5 Reasons why a Blogging Workshop Scores Over Online Courses
Contributor: Praveen Malik Would you attend a blogging workshop if you are already a blogger making a decent living? Would you go 350 KM away from Delhi to the Himalayas […]
A Technophobe Dinosaur goes to a Blogging Retreat
Contributor : Ruchi Chauhan It wouldn’t make sense to go for a blogging retreat when you’ve never written before, right? When you can barely even operate your laptop or smartphone […]
In memory of Leonard Cohen
Contributor : Chetan Mahajan Only Cohen could write a tribute worthy of Cohen. Nobody else has his gift. His poetry made me weep, and laugh. He took the irony and […]
Self publishing can be a first choice
“The difference between self publishing and traditional publishing, “ a well-known author once told me “is the difference between masturbating and making love to someone.” That’s a bad metaphor being […]
Why I attended an Unknown Writing Retreat
Contributor : Anuj Arora I have a confession to make – I am a sucker for three things: nature, photography and a good scotch. And when I first read about […]