V is for Validation – How Writers Want It

A to Z of Writing series Are you a writer? If you answered in the affirmative, chances are that you've been asked these certain pissing off questions more than once: "So what's your REAL job?" "You actually get money for that?" "You must be from a rich family, right?" Ouch! No wonder we seek validation…

A Month of Loss & A Request for Support

I apologise for my silence here. God/Fate has put my family through a horrible one month of loss. Plus, there were health issues making me unproductive and unhappy until a hundred medical tests were done and thousands of rupees were spent. So my last post, was a poem on grief, dedicated to my aunt who…