Bala karthiga M

A long-running corner of the internet where a writer thinks out loud.

Balakarthiga’s Blog

  • I LOVE MAKE UP AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE

    I LOVE MAKE UP AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE

    I love make up, and it can get quiet a controversial subject sometimes. Guys love talking about how makeup is deceiving – which to be honest,  I don’t really understand. Gentlemen, if you just assumed she was born with a bold matte red lip, naturally purple eyelids and flicked eyeliner and blame her for deceiving you… Read more

  • JUNE GOALS 2016

    JUNE GOALS 2016

      Trust me when I say that life couldn’t get any more chaotic. Being in a new city has killed my productivity. May was a complete disaster, but I’m not going to let that happen to June. I grabbed my notebook and a pen, wrote down everything that needs to be fixed this month –… Read more

  • A MINIMALIST LIFE

    A MINIMALIST LIFE

    ‘Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication’ How would you feel, when you finally find a word that best describes the kind of lifestyle that you’ve always wanted? That was it for me when I accidentally stumbled upon minimalism, and I immediately began doing my research – by devouring several articles about this incredible, marvelous and remarkable… Read more

  • Writing Q&A: Villains.

    Writing Q&A: Villains.

    Villainy is fascinating. As a writer, it is also one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced. Not much of my short stories and first two novels have real villains, per se. I’m one of those writers who pen stories that revolve around Situational Villainy. Which means, the villains in most of my stories aren’t usually… Read more

  • Writing Q&A| Finding Time to Start and Finish your Novel

    Writing Q&A| Finding Time to Start and Finish your Novel

    Finding the time is more about wanting the time to write, and you have to want it more than anything else in the world. Read more

  • Wild, Wild Nights.

    Wild, Wild Nights.

    The night owls have been glorified and articulated to be extra creative – well I strongly disagree. I had a revelation when I woke up and made myself a cup of tea, this morning. I don’t know if it was the very rhythm of grabbing my mug, placing a bag of Darjeeling tea and then… Read more