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AUTHOR AVENGERS; November Round Up
November was such a busy month for everyone. After all, there are so many deadlines and events as we come to the end of the year. I took part in a few events myself – which were a lot of fun, and I talked about them more in my last YouTube video – and they helped me get words down on the page AND finish up other work. It was tiring but fun. Still, we had a prompt, and those of us that could set about trying to fill it! (As of right now, that is just me but a few of the others in our group are still working…
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More Literary Adaptations And Why I Love Them
It may no longer be the season – or trend – for vlog-style retellings of classic novels anymore (though some of my favourites still hold up), but it doesn’t mean webseries adaptations have stopped. Instead, they’ve turned into mini-TV shows in their own rights, and I cannot say I’m displeased by this. This year, two adaptations have come to a close, the story coming to their natural ends, and I’m still in awe at the levels of production they have both put forth. Never let it be said that webseries are not professional forms of media in their own rights. I have read neither of the classics they are based…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; October Round Up
It’s my birthday tomorrow, and if you read my last round up, you know I chose the prompt for this month. I was very excited when everyone in the Discord seemed to be enthused to write to it, and I am very excited now to share what has been written!* * This round up post is going up on here before it goes up on Ko-fi (or LinkedIn later next week), and there might be edits made to it if more stories go up before the end of the month. It’s been a Month, what with this year’s treatment starting a couple of weeks ago. Week two will be in…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; September Round Up
It is the second month of the Author Avengers approaching the same prompt with our own spins. Life, of course, means not all of us got to the prompt – but those of us that did all had different stories to tell. And man, once again was it interesting to see how we took the same prompt and churned out very different stories. There were less fills this month. Real life seemed to get in the way, but this initiative is very much a no pressure kind of thing which is why we’ve been having so much fun! If you’re a writer and it’s something you think you’ll be interested…
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What Lilly’s Library Represents To Me
Growing up as a non-white reader in a non-Western country was interesting to say the least. You don’t realise how many Western cultural things you pick up on until you actually pause and look around you and go, wait, this is nothing like my lived experience. It took a good many years for me to unlearn the way media centralises white stories that I didn’t have to consume only those stories. (I still read and watch them, because a) they are everywhere still even if now we’re getting our voices out as well and b) look, some of them are really good.) I’ve talked about the first time I felt…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; August Round Up
If you follow me on my various social media pages, you might have seen me talk about the Author Avengers over the past few months. We’ve been promoting each other’s Ko-fi pages and hyping each other up on Discord, and I like to think the group of us are now bound by the laws of writing as friends. This month, we went from individual author promotions to writing prompts, and boy, has it been interesting to see how each of us looked at the same prompt and came up with something that fit into our style. It’s been a treat and a half for me on a personal level, and…
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The Little Things In Life
Since I’ve started this blog, I’ve gone from being a student, to a graduate, to a wife, to a student again, and then a mother. Time has been taken up by new responsibilities and new duties and new lessons. Finding time for the things I enjoy has been difficult. But if one doesn’t try and find that time, one’s mental health can and will suffer, as I found out the hard way. What do you do then? How do you carve out time without feeling guilty for shying away from responsibilities? For me, it’s about finding the little things that bring joy. Yes, sometimes big things are also encouraged. Once…
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On Representation & Writing
Many years ago – about the time I started university, before I started this blog – I began to write a story based on Roman mythology. At the time, it seemed there were so many Greek mythology inspired novels out there that in order to stand out, Roman mythology was my only alternative. It never even occurred to me that perhaps Indian mythology, something I had grown up with, something so intrinsically tied to my culture and identity, was something I could write. Seems a little sad to think about, doesn’t it? Maybe that’s why despite having entire character arcs and plots planned, I could never write more than disconnected…
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The Author Avengers Initiative
You might have me mention this new initiative on social media. But if you have not – I’ve joined a brand new initiative on Ko‑fi between a number of us writers using the platform to showcase and advertise our works. Author Avengers is a network of authors who will be hyping each other up every month. It is a way to encourage each other and our followers to find new creators to engage with on the platform. Because what better way to show love for the medium we all use than by writing about other writers, right? This initiative is the brainchild of Lou Yardley, who wanted to find a…
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If You Like This Song, You Will Like…: THE BOLLYWOOD EDITION
Back when I was filming BookTube videos (which I miss doing, I will admit), I had the bright idea to do a book recommendations video based on Bollywood songs I was enjoying at the time. Now, the books are a little on the older side since it’s been a few years, and the songs even more so, but maybe I’ll revisit this series and do more editions as I get back into reading. I have a long TBR that keeps growing, after all, and a very extensive Spotify playing. In the meantime, most of these books are still on my ‘I HIGHLY recommend these’ lists to anybody who asks. All…