I am delighted to find ” Writing To Be Read” listed amongst the Top Indian Blogs for 2012-13. This is a listing of 541 best blogs in English about India/by Indians. This blog has given me great pleasure as I share thoughts, experiences and links about books, authors and the craft of writing. This is just the start, there is so much more to be done.
Top Indian Blogs 2012-13
June 6, 2013
Blogs, Events best blogs in India, Directory of blogs 3 Comments
Have You Heard Of The Diagram Prize?
February 23, 2013
Books, Contests, Events Diagram Prize, The Bestseller Leave a comment
Until this morning, I hadn’t. That is I hadn’t heard of the Diagram Prize. A small item in today DNA newspaper caught my attention. It said “Judge The Book By It’s Title.” It went on to speak of an annual award run by the trade magazine, The Bookseller for the oddest title of the year. Apparently, in the race for this year’s award are titles like, ” Was Hitler Ill”, “How Tea Cosies Changed The World”, and “Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop.” More
5 Tips For A Great Book Launch
November 1, 2012
Books, Events, Resources for Writers book launch, book publicity 3 Comments
Does this sound like the title of a best-selling book on how to make your book launch a terrific success? I just thought of this title as I get down to plan for the launch of my next book, a thriller once again, called, “Lucky For Some, 13.” What better way to think of all that you have to do to make the launch a great success than to write about it? More
NaNoWriMo 2011
October 4, 2011
Events, NaNoWriMo goals, thrillers, writing 1 Comment
GFG2G4CUKZFE The countdown has begun. The timer at the National Novel Writing Month website showed me when I saw it last that are 27 days 4 hours left for the kick-off. Starting, November 1, thousands of people from all over the world will set out to write 50,000 words during the calendar month of November 2011. I am as excited as most others would be. More
Camp NaNoWriMo
August 5, 2011
Events NaNoWriMo Leave a comment
Better late than never! I am very excited to have signed on for Camp NaNoWriMo. This is, so to say, like a dry run for the NaNoWriMo which takes place in November each year. I wasn’t following NaNo too closely for the last few months and in any case I was on vacation in the US, so I seemed to have missed the early announcements about Camp NaNoWriMo. More
Short Story Competition
August 2, 2011
Blogs, Events short story competition Leave a comment
If you want to hone your writing skills and take part in a short story competition, here’s one that sounds interesting. You can aim to win the New Rose Short Story Prize 2011.
Contest on Memoirs
August 1, 2011
Events writing contests Leave a comment
Are you one of those who love memoirs, reading and writing them? If you like writing novels, short stories or personal essays based on autobiographical experiences, here’s one contest you might like to take part in.
Jaipur Literature Festival
January 23, 2011
Events Jaipur, JLF Leave a comment
Everyone but everyone is speaking of JLF or to the uniatiated the Jaipur Literature Festival. There are innumerable tweets about it. There are shows on national TV channels and the newspapers have reserved lots of space to report the highlights of this interesting literary feast. It is fast becoming South Asia’s leading literary event. It draws many associated with literature: writers, poets, lyricists, publishers and readers too of course from all parts of the world. More