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What it is really like to be married to an author. Behind the scenes :) --A guest post by satish

What is it like to be married to an Author. A behind the scenes account
 By Satish Shenoy



 I am an avid reader and collect every book of certain authors whom I like reading. It's great when an author is recognized and the book becomes a national or international best seller. So when people ask me what does it feel like to be married to an author (a best-selling one at that) there is a lot I

Paper quilled cards --part 2

Read about paper quilling in this post.

This is part two of the same.

Here are two more cards I made for good friends.






This one I sent to Sachin. It;s my own design. I started making it and it kind of grew!




This one was for Ramesh

Paper quilling is a truly wonderful art and for me it is a huge stress buster.  

Exciting times are ahead for me. My third book is in the final stages

A guy who changed me completely

One look at him and I knew I would never ever be
the same again. He stirred in me emotions so raw, it hurt to even tear away my
thoughts. He evoked in me, a love so strong, a love that legends are made of.
When I was with him, nothing else mattered at all—not even my husband. I simply
did not care. I was delirious with joy, mad with happiness. If insanity was
fire, I was happy to burn in it.

A chat between two women authors

Sometime back I had read the book 'Losing my virginity and other dumb ideas by Madhuri Banerjee'. I totally admired the bold writing style and  the dogged determined way in which the protagonist  of the book pursues what she wants.  Since I do not watch Television at all, I did find a few scenes in the book which involves reality TV, fascinating. It was a nice peep into a world which I had

Some handmade bookmarks from waste scraps

One thing that is fuel for my soul is creating stuff and of late, my soul seems to be getting a lot of fuel :)






This morning I made some book-marks. It was a spur of the moment thing, when I was clearing my desk. I saw this wrapping paper which you probably have lying  at home if you have been to Crossword book store recently. ( I do love their wrapping paper and I always read all that is

Paper quilled cards

Paper quilling is an art that was started in Europe in the 15th or 16th century. It was started by the French and Italian Nuns and monks who used the gilded strips of paper that adorned religious books. It again became popular in the 18th century and later spread all over the world.
Today there are lots of enthusiasts for this form of art.



I became interested in this recently and started

Dear 2012

Dear 2012,

Much has been said about you. For someone barely a day old, a lot indeed :)  Including a mention in the ancient Mayan Calendar about the world ending and all that. (That too on my birthday--didn't I tell you in an earlier post that my birthdays are always rather special? :))

Well, I will tell you something now and I will say it just once. So pay attention.

Now that the drunken

A rose in december

There is this rose bush in my garden, which I planted with a lot of love. For months and months, I waited. I had no idea what the flower would be like. I would watch it somedays and wonder why it wasn't blooming. I had done everything right--the manure, the watering, the sunlight. I .had done everything I could. There was nothing more I could do really.

After a  few months I gave up thinking

Turning forty

Image from  http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/


 

Why do people feel a need to hide their ages? And why are people so darn apologetic because they are over a certain age? 



There is so much emphasis associated with age and realms have been written about 'turning forty' and 'turning thirty'. 



My age is something I am darn proud of! I proudly tell my age, if anyone asks.I will be turning

Random rants--Ten things that annoy me.

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Mostly this blog is about positivity, laughter, living life to the fullest
and all good things. Rarely, very rarely, do you find rants here.


I am no Buddha even though I have learnt to smile Buddha-like at most
things. Yeah, sixteen years of marriage, two kids, one husband and a very large
dog does that to you. :)



But myths must be shattered and so