03 Jun 2019 3 Comments
in My Writing Tags: #OneWordInspiration, #OWI, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging
Hey all!
So, I have a new Twitter writing prompt up, if anyone wants a chance!
And if you want a little inspiration, here’s my tale:
Remember, use the prompt word and tweet a tweet-length tale! Post it as a reply to my original tweet so I can retweet it, and remember the hashtags: #OneWordInspiration and #OWI.
Come on Peeps, get a little creative!
02 Jun 2019 52 Comments
in My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, new blog, Ritu Bhatha;
So… It’s getting a bit closer to being real now this whole author malarkey.
The book is in editing mode, I have even been in touch with cover designers…
And I thought, why not go the whole hog…
I’ve set up a FaceBook page, (You can follow if you want) here!
Then I changed my Instagram handle to @ritubhathalwrites and my Twitter now reads @RituBhathal.
And I’ve even set up a fresh author blog!
I would be honoured if you could follow the new blog where I intend to post all the details of my writing journey from now on, and I shall leave my writing challenges and the Chai updates etc… on my faithful But I Smile Anyway site.
So here it is…
And I even have a logo!
Thank you all in advance. You don’t know the invaluable support you have provided me with over the years. To think, five years ago, I didn’t even know what a blog was… and here I am with TWO now!
29 May 2019 15 Comments
in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Boardroom, Finish The Story, Nideesh Samant, Tanmay Jain
Thanks so much to Tanmay Jain for including me in this collaboration and it’s the turn of Nideesh Samant, with the final prompt of the month.
Prompt – A standard corporate boardroom meeting is underway, but the boss has hidden motives…
Boardroom Manoeuvres
The boardroom was like an oven. It had been a long meeting, and it was about time to wrap it up.
Clive Burnett, the Managing Director, cleared his throat to get everyone’s attention.
“Ahem, right, thank you. That has been a productive meeting, and I’ll be sure to get Mandy to send the minutes out to you all tomorrow. Oh, and one final thing. There appears to be a glitch in the system, and it seems to have muddled up everyone’s contact numbers. I need you all to write your names and your contact numbers on this piece of paper.”
“But Mr Burnett, don’t you have our numbers on your own phone anyway?” Dennis piped up.
There’s always one, trying to be clever.
“Actually, my phone syncs to the system, and I can’t get any of the numbers either. It’s a simple fix, but we just need them all, now, from you, so the system can be corrected. Everyone in the room, please.”
The paper was passed around, with some of the attendees rolling their eyes as they scribbled down digits.
The paper made its way back to him.
“Thank you everyone. I’ll give this to IT and get it sorted ASAP. Thanks again and good evening.” Clive smiled.
He folded the paper and pocketed it. Good job he was the MD and no one questioned him too much. He’d been dying to ask that new girl Alisha for her number, but GDPR meant HR wouldn’t give it to him…
Nideesh Samant
A weaver or short stories, mostly dark ones…
Blog – https://thedarknetizen.wordpress.com
Twitter – www.twitter.com/darthnid
28 May 2019 36 Comments
in My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Book Cover Self Publishing
Go on, hit me with some names of reasonably priced cover designers!!!
28 May 2019 24 Comments
in Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Poems for Writers, Social media
Another poem inspired by Lucy of Blonde Write More! The dreaded distractions of Social Media… a hard one for many modern day writers!
Anti-Social Media
Time to knuckle down
To ponder and to frown
To sit and take a look
At how to better my own book
Computer on, tea by my side
My notes beside me as a guide
I’ll just check my phone
And then my work I’ll hone
A few amusing tweets
Insta had some treats
Click a photo of my workspace
And then I’ll pick up pace
Mustn’t forget my Facebook crew
They need a little attention too
And of course the blog
Jeez, Social Media’s a time hog
Right, now to that edit
Need to unpick it bit by bit
Comb every line for silly errors
Brush away the punctuation terrors
But, Ping! A notification
To my phone, my hand does hasten
I’ll just quickly check again
Clear my emails once, and then
I’ll definitely start my work
I promise I won’t shirk
And… oh! My time is up
Power off and drain my cup
Ritu 2019
Now, with that in mind, I have to tell you that I need to be a good girl, stop with all the other things, and start this edit in earnest!
No promises here, but I may be a little quieter…
Wish me luck!
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