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January 4, 2015
Contest 10 Results: And the Winner Is…
They say time flies when you’re having fun. Contest 10 has come and gone, with twenty-six valid entries. The thing I love most about doing these contests is reading the variety in ideas and concepts that can come out from different people based on the same prompt. In this contest, I noticed the following themes: […]
December 22, 2014
Contest 10: What do you see in the mirror?
Welcome to Contest 10! This contest is OPEN. Closing date for comments/entries is Wednesday, the 31st of December, 2014. The winner will be announced on Saturday, the 3rd of January, 2015. All you need to enter is to leave a comment on the topic below. Readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of […]
December 20, 2014
Contest 9 Results: And the Winner is…
So Contest 9 became quite a big hit. About thirty people turned up to write their stories, and there was a nice mix of the wistful, the lonely, the joyful, and those tinged with that little bit of sorrow. We had poems, short mood pieces, complete stories, memoirs and also essays. Thank you all for […]
December 6, 2014
Contest 9: A Forgotten Friendship
Welcome to Contest 9! This contest is OPEN. Closing date for comments/entries is Wednesday, the 17th of December, 2014. The winner will be announced on Saturday, the 20th of December, 2014. There was a short break after Contest 8 to accommodate the giveaway and blog launch I had for Palem, but now everything seems to have […]
November 28, 2014
Puppeteers of Palem Giveaway: Results
First of all, guys, thank you very much for the great response that you gave for my humble blog launch post. It is easily my most popular post, judging by comments, Facebook likes/shares, the number of downloads I got, or any other such measure. For all this I can only express my gratitude to all those […]
November 15, 2014
Book Launch and Giveaway: The Puppeteers of Palem
Welcome Welcome to the blog launch of my fourth novel, The Puppeteers of Palem. This is going to be just like a book launch, but you don’t have to be in the same city – or even the same country – to attend it. You will get all the same things that you get from a […]
November 14, 2014
Contest 8 Results: And the Winner Is…
And just like that, Contest 8 has come and gone. We had 16 entries. To those of you who participated and took time out of their schedules to write something, thank you. I couldn’t help but notice a few common themes that ran through the contest. I will list a couple. The theme of hospitals […]
November 3, 2014
Contest 8: With Bloody Hands I say Goodbye
This contest is OPEN. Last date for entries was Wednesday, 12 November, 2014. The winner will be announced on Saturday, 14 November, 2014. Welcome to Contest 8. All this time, we’ve been using ‘grand’ themes for our writing contests, such as peace, and we’ve largely ignored the humble writing prompt. So this time, I thought […]
November 2, 2014
Contest 7 Results: And the Winner is…
For Contest 7, we had 21 entries. Thanks to all of you who participated and shared your thoughts. Three common themes came out. Multiple personality disorder, where the doppelganger is not real but a figment of the character’s imagination. A metaphorical treatment of doppelgangers, where thoughts, experiences and regrets come to haunt the character. A […]
October 27, 2014
Meetup 154: Shock me, Feel me, Touch me
Last Saturday, Santosh hosted a session at Write Club. I was out of town, so I can’t give you a first-person account of what happened, but going by the exercises, it must have been fun. What am I saying? Write Club sessions are always fun. Even those that are not. So as usual, the session […]
