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Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Book Review: Keeping the Promises

Published on: 4/29/2014 03:42:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 4 comments

Author: Dhruv Gajjar Published by: Write India Publisher Genre: Fiction ISBN: 978-93-84180-07-2 No. of Pages: 212 Price: INR 150 Summary: WORDS are mightier than anything else in this world. Sometimes they serve as liaisons between between two distinct hearts, and sometimes they shatter two people irreparably apart. But when they are woven into promises and hopes, they give rise to something that lasts forever. They change lives. I...

An Interview With Author Kiran Manral on Her New Book

Published on: 4/25/2014 04:53:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 2 comments

Today, at Pondering Two we have Kiran Manral, a multi-talented author sharing with us some interesting things on writing, crushes and her new book, Once Upon A Crush. Kiran Manral is an author as well as a blogger who has worked as a journalist before she quit to be a full time mommy. Her blogs www.thirtysixandcounting.wordpress.com and www.karmickids.blogspot.com are both in Labnol's list of India's...

In Esteemed Company

Published on: 4/21/2014 09:36:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

"A professional writer is an amateur writer who didn't quit." ~ Richard Bach And so here I am in the process of being a professional writer. I have been tagged in an author's blog hop by Janaki Nagaraj who blogs at janakinagaraj.com who is also one of the contributors along with me in an anthology called 'Minds @ Work 2'. I first met her at one of the most privileged open Blogger-Author- Rendezvous with author Ravi...

Joyances

Published on: 4/11/2014 01:15:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 17 comments

The Prompt for the NaPoWriMo today is, Our own prompt for today should be a little simpler. (As always, the prompts are optional). Once upon a time, poetry was regularly used in advertisements, most notably the Burma-Shave ads: Said Farmer BrownWho’s bald on top“Wish I couldRotate the crop”Burma-Shave Or She put a bulletThrough his hatBut he’s had closerShaves than thatBurma-Shave Today, I challenge you to write your own advertisement-poem....

Intertwined Love

Published on: 4/10/2014 01:39:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 10 comments

Into the tenth day of #NaPoWriMo, I've decided to go with free verse rather than the prompt. Also tagging the post to #atozchallenge. Source: Google Images Inchoate feelings Loverly bonbon fills Inherent darling ...

Hallelujatic Love

Published on: 4/09/2014 04:49:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 6 comments

The Prompt for the NaPoWriMo today was "Today, let’s rewrite a famous poem, giving it our own spin. While any famous poem will do, if you haven’t already got one in mind, why not try your own version of Cesar Vallejo’s Black Stone Lying on a White Stone? If you’re not exactly sure how such a poem could be “re-written,” check out this recent poem by Stephen Burt, which riffs on Vallejo’s. Happy writing!” I chose this Shakespeare...

Gracing the dawn

Published on: 4/08/2014 07:06:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 14 comments

Into the day eight of #NaPoWriMo we have to write a love poem on an inanimate object. So, have attempted a Tanka. Also tagging it to #AtoZChallenge Gingerly receive Gregarious aroma Kiss that welcomes dawn Kindles the ember within In tranquility with life And below are my fellow #NaPoWriMo participants: jaibalarao.com - Jaibala justamom.blogspot.in - Sfurti http://janakinagraj.com - Janaki http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in -...

Exhilarating beauty

Published on: 4/07/2014 05:14:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 5 comments

Into the day seventh of NaPoWriMo; the prompt for today is: “We got rather complicated with yesterday’s prompt, so today’s is much simpler. Take a good look outside your window. Spend a minute or so jotting down all the nouns you see outside. Tree. Car. Bus. Dog. Then spend a minute or so writing down all the colors you see. Finally, think about taking place outside. Is the wind blowing? “Blow.” Is someone walking their dog? “Walk.” Spend...