Writing
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Kindle Publishing Lessons | Marketing Basics
So, you wrote a book. How the hell do you market it now? If you are writing your first book, and you are new to this industry – I have to tell you that although everyone of us here want to have the J.K.Rowling exposure, only a few can even make it to a fraction… Read more
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The Not So Secret Life of a Blogger
If you keep quiet, like really quiet, you’ll be able to hear something. Hear that? Well, that’s the sound of several bubbles bursting out there. Read more
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HUNTING DOWN INSPIRATION
My creativity is finally back, after a long leave of absence that it took from me. For a while out there, I thought it died out on me and the break was such a pain, because I had to get the missing patches of all my Work(s) In Progress fixed. Every time I put my… Read more
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Excerpts From a Novel I’ll Never Publish
Excerpts From a Novel I’ll Never Publish Michael wrote an email to Kyra last night, and he let me take a look at it. Well, what do I say? The email, was two things. Inspiring and upsetting. Without any further delay, let me write down all that Michael had written. Kyra, I do not know… Read more
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Broken Magic.
In case you’ve all been wondering where I vanished, let me assure you – I have not been battling writer’s block! In fact, I’ve disappeared because of the exact opposite reason. Last week, I accidentally made a Kindle Short Story, and I have been quite busy doing promotions for it on Facebook and Twitter, but now… Read more
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Day 63 [BoB] The Nerve To Fail.
A lot of people in the world havetaught me that crying, asking for help and showing that one was not all right, was a sign of weakness. Some even saw it as a failure. Right now, I feel like it’s the exact opposite. Read more
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TEN THINGS EVERY WRITER WANTS TO HEAR ALL THE TIME
It’s no big surprise. Everyone around me knows that I’m a weird little creature. I bury myself inside a cozy world of fantasy, multi task between writing short stories, writing a novel, blogging, and studying. I usually love hanging around with people. However, I’m not going to lie, but there are certain instances when “People” make… Read more
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![Day 23, Snails and Regrets. [BoB]](https://balakarthiga.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lily.jpg?w=580)
Day 23, Snails and Regrets. [BoB]
What do you do when you fear losing something that you never had? It’s going to sound complicated, but that’s just the phase that I’m stuck in. I’m regretting the steps that I never took, the luck that never was mine and the things that I never had. What’s more, rolls of irrational fear of losing… Read more
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![Day 01, Bride of the Battalions. [BoB]](https://balakarthiga.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wp_20150109_004.jpg?w=1024)
Day 01, Bride of the Battalions. [BoB]
It’s been a very depressing week. It’s been more than a month since I’ve finished the first draft of my novel and things have got a lot complicated since. It’s not fear, doubt and failure that’s depressing me, but rather the lack of motivation, butchering of the spirit, and the ill treatment of my manuscript… Read more
