Susan Jagannath's Blog, page 10
April 2, 2022
The Right Genre for your Book

Genre refers to the type of book that you are writing. There are many genres out there, but some of the most basic ones include: fiction and non-fiction. A genre is a category or class of things that have something in common. Genres are often used in literature to classify books by their general content or topic.
The right genre for your publishing journey can make it easier to reach you...
March 30, 2022
The 30-Day Series – Secrets of Easy Self-Publishing

When many people think of publishing, they automatically think in terms of traditional publishing – with agents and manuscript approval – a long process that ultimately isn’t very lucrative for most authors, rather than self-publishing. And today, its very difficult to get a traditional deal if you are a new author. For a long time...
The 30-Day Series – Secrets of Self-Publishing your own Books

When many people think of publishing, they automatically think in terms of traditional publishing – with agents and manuscript approval – a long process that ultimately isn’t very lucrative for most authors, rather than self-publishing. And today, its very difficult to get a traditional deal if you are a new author. For a long time there was vanity publishing where you ...
The 30-Day Series on the Secrets of Self-Publishing your own Books

When many people think of publishing, they automatically think in terms of traditional publishing – with agents and manuscript approval – a long process that ultimately isn’t very lucrative for most authors. And today, its very difficult to get a traditional deal if you are a new author. For a long time there was vanity publishing where you paid to have your book printe...
March 5, 2022
Read these 10 Books about Ukraine

Reading Books is the Answer – but what was the question?
What is happening in Ukraine and don’t the Russians love their children too? Why are Russian citizens also objec...
February 5, 2022
A Legacy of Loss
I feel sorry for my brother, its his birthday on the 7th of February, and it is the Death anniversary of our Dad, barely two years after retiring from the Army, he sounded the retreat for the last time. In those days, you retired at 54, if you were a General, earlier at lower ranks.
Kind of mind-boggling today- especially as I am much older and still working.
And so, after waiting to retire...
February 4, 2022
Cancel Culture strikes out Abide with Me
For most of my remembered life, every last weekend in January, meant watching the Beating of the Retreat in New Delhi, when the massed bands of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, “beat the retreat” of the defence forces from Delhi to their various stations scattered around India.
Once upon a time we would listen to it on the radio and then live TV and now Live Youtube. T...
January 25, 2022
Behind the Scenes – January 2022

Last year I discovered that I love to snoop around and see what other authors are doing – I read their blogs, Medium or social media avidly. especially to see how they up...
December 30, 2021
Tired of resolutions, vision boards or happy clappy?

Not a good look for “Happy New Year”? maybe, but I have something much better. This year, with all the lack of travel, and anxiety over the what-seems-a-never-ending-plague,...
December 19, 2021
The Stories Behind Every Recipe at Christmas
Christmas is a time for family, both the one you are born into and the ones you choose. Christmas at our house is a time of giving thanks, plenty, togetherness and love, and in earlier days, hordes of visitors. From mid morning to late night, we were greeting and being greeted, and sharing our safely hoarded treats with our non-christian friends.
As a military family for severa...