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Writing A Book Isn’t Easy
28 Jul 2019 Comments Off on Writing A Book Isn’t Easy
in My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Ritu Bhathal, writing
The RD Collective Podcast Featuring Ritu Bhathal 😊
27 Jun 2019 20 Comments
in Guest Posts, My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Podcast, RD Collective
Sometimes, little things you do, off hand, can create a wave that becomes something much bigger.
This happened to me a few weeks ago, off the back of a simple Tweet Tag that I decided to get involved in.
I was approached by a fellow writer and blogger with regards to being interviewed for a podcast, after she had read my answers.
Well, I do like to try new things, and after my really fun phone interview with my blog sis Annette Rochelle Aben for her Tell Me A Story series, I thought, “why not?”
So… Podcast… that’s something that people listen to… then Misty sent me an invitation to a video conference… Eeeeks! Was I going to be videoed and my image sent around the world???
D’oh!
No, Ritu, it’s just a means to get the interview recorded and a way for the recording to sound like a conversation, rather than a stilted, rehearsed exchange!
(Didn’t stop me getting my hair done, specially… Just needed an excuse!)
Anyway, the recording happened a while ago, and it finally went live!
So, if you’d like to listen to my ramblings… please visit here or click below.
I’d love for you to listen, and let me know what you think!
And Misty, I apologise that I didn’t even cover half the things in the original tweet, regarding the award, Slimming World and my curls!
#OneWordInspiration #OWI Challenge – Harridan
10 Jun 2019 9 Comments
in My Writing Tags: #OneWordInspiration, #OWI, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Harridan
It’s that time of week again!
You can try out my tweet-length challenge, on here or on Twitter!
Tweet-length is 240 characters!
Go on, have a go!
And, just for inspiration, here’s mine.
The Tousled, The Straight and The Curly #Poem #EmbraceYourself
05 Jun 2019 67 Comments
in Poems Tags: #EmbraceYourself, Acceptance, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Hair, poem, Poetry
Do you ever wish for something else?
The Tousled, The Straight and The Curly
What is it with us women
Never happy with our lot
If you’re flat you want to be curvy
Yet the curvy ones hate their bot!
My gripe is my hair
A head of springs since I was wee
And yet I would lament
And wish for all the straight hair that I’d see
Once old enough to grapple
With a straightening device
I desperately tried to iron them out
But my curls were hard to entice
Then a visit to the salon
Gave me locks so silky and straight
I swished my hair, here and there
I sure thought I looked great!
But no one told me what would happen
In the dead of the night...
The hair fairy must have come
I woke up and looked a fright!
No more swishy, straightened hair
But rather, a wavy mess
Oh no! My silky hair had gone
I felt more than a little distress.
But then I calmed it with my fingers
And it didn’t seem so bad
Tousled waves looked back at me
Not frizz - for that I was glad!
Ad then I washed it – Dear God!
All that ironing was in vain
For all the bouncy, springy curls
Had reappeared once again!
It was then, I realised that I must
Embrace just what I had
And be thankful that I have all three looks
Three for one – now, that ain’t bad!
The straight for if I need sophistication
The tousled for smart casual time
But the curls, all bouncy, out of control
Well, yes, that’s me – They’re mine!
Ritu 2019
See, this is the kind of thing that appears in my notebook, when I am left unattended!
I’m sitting in the rather plush canteen at my Hubby Dearest’s work. I have been his driver (Yes, Driving Mr Hoppalong, rather than Miss Daisy), bringing him to his office for the first time in nearly two months, and though I am surrounded by editing papers, kindle and laptop, this was what bubbled to the surface of my mind!
Hope you enjoy!
Tuesday Poems For Writers #Inspiration – Self Doubt
04 Jun 2019 46 Comments
in Poems Tags: Author, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Poems for Writers, Self Doubt
Another poem inspired by Lucy of Blonde Write More! The fear of not being good enough.
Fear
Within
I just feel
Not good enough
For publication
Not able to compete
Or call myself a writer
No one will want to read my book
When others are just so much better
I think I should just delete the whole lot
Ritu 2019
It really is that easy to end up feeling despondant, when you have worked your fingers to the bone, written thousands upon thousands of words, then you compare yourself to another writer.
Big mistake.
Stop thinking you’ll never be the next J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.
They were where you are now, once.
Dream of the possibilities and know that somewhere out there, your book has readers, just waiting for you to get it out there!
Now, I’m off to try and edit a bit more!
But I Smile Anyway... 