Getting Indian passport is easy. And, quick. And, unlike everything that I had imagined. I visited the passport office on a Friday afternoon. After a week, on a Saturday morning, the courier walah delivered the passport. A week is all takes to get a passport. I did not even apply for a tatkal or out…
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NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 22
It is such a trouble to be focused on the plot while you have a million other things to do. Today, I completed 3621 words. I still have a 1909 average to meet for next 8 days. Current Word Count: 34,728 Shabana Mukhtar
A Retrospective: The week that was – 19w47
It was a lazy week compared to last one. No, you got it wrong. The workload is still the same. I took Wednesday off to clear my head. I had some room to breathe normally, without being overwhelmed, ALMOST. I write only approximately 5000 words this week for my NaNoWriMo project. It sounds like a…
NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 21
I am determined to reach the target. Today, I have worked exclusively for adding more to the draft, redrawn the timeline and hashed out more about each character. That’s not all. Every single break was utilized for writing more for my NaNoWriMo project, even though I was tempted to watch YouTube videos. Current Word Count:…
NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 20
Writing 50,000 words comes down to 1667 words a day. It is not a big deal for me, I thought, because I write at least 3000 words every day, in one form or other. I hit 26000 words in ten days. It was a big deal and I thought I don’t need to rush anymore….
Book Preview: ROMANTIC GUERRILLA By DS Kumar
This is an unpaid book promotion of Romantic Guerrilla is about a bad-boy entrepreneur taking on a corrupt billionaire in contemporary India on author request. I don’t believe in paid promotions. If you’re an indie author and want me to post about it, please don’t hesitate and shoot me an email with details. Cheers!
Do You Question That God Does Not Love You (Urdu)
This is the first articla in “Philosophy Of Life” Series. Sometimes I like being philosophical or just want to ramble everything that comes to mind. I would try to keep such posts to a minimum – once in a month. If people like it, they can request me for more 🙂
When KDP Report Surprises You
So, I was checking my KDP Reports. I do that about a hundred times a day, but this time it surprised me. Note: Gif is from giphy.com. Totally love Jeff Goldblum, by the way. Someone is reading all my books, one after the other. All 7 from the ‘Happily Ever After” series are read. Isn’t…
Favourite Poetry #5: Judai #3 ((Hindi)
बेबसी होती ना हमसर को झुकाए होते आप आए थे मगर काश ना आए होते संग-बारी का अगर हमको ना ख़दशा होता हमने शीशे के मकानात बनाए होते
Favourite Poetry #5: Judai #3 ((Urdu)
بے بسی ہوتی نہ ہم سر کو جھکائے ہوتے آپ آئے تھے مگر کاش نہ آئے ہوتے سنگ باری کا اگر ہم کو نہ خدشہ ہوتا ہم نے شیشے کے مکانات بنائے ہوتے