Writing a children’s book is more about thinking about what children today need than what you want to write. Even if you have a brilliant idea, you want to be addressing issues in your story and style of writing that display the diverseness of the world and your personal cultural experiences. REPRESENTING CHARACTERS Don’t just have your characters be people…
I have a lot of regrets. Oh. No regrets akin to skeletons buried in the backyard. A couple in a closet, maybe! These are the kind of silly things that I obsess over every few months. Things from my past that I have no control over anymore. Events that I wonder today were even real in any sense. The intentions…
I have felt it often and I know of many mothers who feel it a lot of times. Specially if your are not an “earning member”. Feeling that you are not worthy because you do not have a steady income. You see others around you bringing in money and wonder if you are doing your part. Not just towards your…
It’s human nature. We don’t value things till they are too little or gone. And one of the most undervalued things is time. When you are a creative person whose trying to juggle kids, family and home; it is paramount that we put assess every single minute and use it to our biggest advantage. As people, it is very easy…
Juggling kids and a business is hard. We are constantly torn between prioritizing one over the other. And it is nerve racking because it is very easy to get lost in the drive to succeed at what we are doing. Our business/passion can quite fully encompass us and our senses. Before we know it, we get carried away with the…
“How do you manage your writing schedule with your kids around?” This is something I am asked often. If you are a parent who is at home full time and following a passion, this is something I’m sure you struggle with. Specially, if you are in the beginning stages of exploring your creative facets. But first some back ground on…
It is inevitable. Failure. Rejection. Dread. You will face them, often and consistently. Specially if you are a freelance writer or small business owner. More so when you are an entrepreneur with hopes tied into those small milestones that help achieve that final goal that tells you, you are a success! When I started writing, it took me 60+ rejections…
The whole reason I started writing seriously a couple of years ago was to learn to slowly balance work , home and family life. The reality though was highly unsettling. As I grew from a freelance writer into a full fledged entrepreneur I realized it was going to be a uphill battle. Every time I started a new venue of my…
Humans are curious beings. We are constantly check our phones to see if that red light has popped up or if some new headline is trending or if something path breaking happened in the past few minutes when we didn’t look. Also, we are greedy in nature. Every moment that seems awe inspiring or cute just has to be captured…
As a 14 year old working on a novel on her first computer, my only ambition was to become a writer. Fast forward – after years of blogging off and on, and five years of enjoying motherhood in all its glory, I’m now living my childhood dream – writing. I’m a contributor to popular publications and am starting a magazine of my…