Ruchi Acharya's Blog

Wednesday Addams Has Me in a Chokehold and I'm Not Even Mad About It

So I did something kind of embarrassing last night. I was supposed to be working on my presentation for tomorrow's meeting, but instead I...

Unlocking the Beauty of Words: Types of Poetry That Bite and Bloom

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." - Robert Frost Poetry has always been the heartbeat of...

When the World Says Your Art Doesn’t Matter — Say This Instead

Discover how to protect your creativity when the world says your art doesn’t matter. Learn 5 ways to calmly respond to naysayers and why art’s value goes beyond money.

Unravelling Mysteries: The Evolving Portraits of Female Detectives in Crime Fiction

The Needle and the Thread: Female Detectives Stitching New Narratives In the grand tapestry of crime fiction, male detectives used to be...

The Only Editing Method You’ll Actually Use

Inspiration struck, words flowed, ink filled up the pages and then … and then what? Does your writing journey end there? Is your work now...

WHAT SIX GIRAFFES TAUGHT ME ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING

It all began with a haunting aerial-view photograph: (TW) six giraffes , collapsed in the parched dust of Sabuli Wildlife Conservancy,...

How to Write a Novel Like a (Fake) Psychologist: Making Characters Feel So Real, It's Unsettling

Let’s get something out of the way first:  You don’t need a psychology degree to write characters that feel human. But you do  need...

Romanticise Your Way Out of Burnout: 5 Creative Micro-Practices to Reset Your Nervous System

Ever fantasised about quitting your job, buying a one-way ticket to the Himalayas, and spending your days sipping butter tea in a...

The Mahabharata’s Game-Changer: Shikhandi and the Battle for Identity

An ancient tale of transformation, vengeance, and radical truth. “Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in...

NEITHER HE, NOR SHE - THE UNWRITTEN STORY OF THE HIJRA COMMUNITY

Source: YouTube Welcome to the land of peacocks, India, where ancient traditions dance with modern desires, and the chaos of centuries...