Amazon Accounts Payable reads the email notification at the top of my phone. I click on it too hurriedly only to realize I need to log in to check the details. An hour later, kitchen chores done, walk after dinner done, kids suitably engrossed in their phones and Amma downstairs in bed, I finally sit…
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Every now and then, I get a call or message asking if I can help a friend with their publishing journey. Sometimes, it is someone with an idea of a book in their head. Some other times, it is a person with a first draft. In rare cases, I hear from people with finished books…
I woke up this morning to concept sketches from my artist friend who is helping make the cover for my book. My first thought was “OMG! this is real.” Then, over the next few hours, I have been going back and looking at the sketches, looking up book covers and generally spending time thinking about…
Over the past week, I made the decision to let go of something that has occupied my head for over eight years. It was a project I started as part of the NaNoWriMo in 2015, the story of how one incident shapes different peoples lives depending on whether they were the participant or observer. As…
Lakshmi Iyer 