24 Apr 2018 20 Comments
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, #MicroPoetry, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Enchant & Shape, Poetry, Snowflakes, Synonyms
Colleen’s back with her synonym poetry challenge!
The words to (not) use are:
Captivating forms
Dancing across the landscape
Settling below
Pixabay Image
Pure white formations
Creating fascinating vistas
With falling snowflakesRitu 2018
24 Apr 2018 66 Comments
in RiNoWRiMo, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #AmWriting, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Choices, Publishing
I’m still staying away from that first re-read of my legendary WIP…
But it doesn’t stop me from having plenty of questions about what to do next.
I know I need to give it a once over, or twice, or thrice… you get the gist.
Ideally, then I will have a couple of Beta Readers check it out and see whether it is actually worthwhile and if it makes sense.
Then the next BIG decision is the whole publishing malarkey.
With Poetic RITUals, my poetry book, I went totally self-published. It was almost on a whim that I collated my poems, and got a great cover designed by Chris Graham of The Story Reading Ape Fame, stuck it on Createspace and KDP and bam! I had a book out there!
![Poetic RITUals by [Bhathal, Ritu]](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51aCRIpXDlL.jpg)
I didn’t go too crazy with my promotions, but then I was just happy to have something with my name on it, in print!
(But it’s available here of you want! myBook.to/PoeticRITUals)
Now I want to know which avenue to take with my fiction book.
Thank you in advance Peeps!
23 Apr 2018 23 Comments
in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #MicroPoetry, #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Beat & Party, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Pops And Mum, Senryu, Wedding Anniversary
Lovely Ron with his Haiku Challenge prompt words this week:
Thinking of the date today, the words Ron chose fit quite closely with what’s happening in our family, as today we are celebrating the 46th wedding anniversary of my parents!
These two, seriously, they have been my rocks. Looking at them, I feel that if anyone had half the love they share, they’d be lucky!
Love you to the Moon and back, Pops and Mum!
Two heartbeats entwined
Celebrating huge milestones
Time for a party!Ritu 2018
23 Apr 2018 131 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Countries, International, stats, World
I love looking at my WordPress stats map once in a while, trying to see where in the world people have been ‘smiling anyway’ along side me.
It’s pretty impressive, I think! Not too many white spots left!
I love that, with the use of a few words, I have been able to reach people in all corners of the world, literally!
So, where in the world are you from, if you are reading this?
22 Apr 2018 67 Comments
in #bloggers bash, Music, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggers bash, Anthem, Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Singing, Soundcloud, We Are Blogily
The bash is fast approaching, and Bash Fever has hit fever pitch with me!
What with gently reminding folks to vote (I’ll do that again at the end 😉 ) researching places to stay, and what to bake, it has hit the less than four-week mark now until the day we gather to celebrate our Blogs!
I feel it is the right time to share my especially tweaked version of We are Family, the now infamous We Are Blogily, to any new subscribers, and remind my existing blogily of our anthem!
The words are like this:
And just so you know how to sing it… here’s a snippet!
There is a week left to vote for your favourite blogs. Voting for the ABBA’s closes on Monday 30th April.
Be sure to get your vote in!
In case you happened to miss it, But I Smile Anyway has been nominated…
Be sure to cast your votes, on all nine of the awards!
Thank you in advance Peeps!
Buy my book on Amazon - Just click the cover image!
Thank you all so much for the votes!!! Click the image for my Winner's Post!
Follow me on Flipboard too! Click the icon to be whisked away to my Flipboard page!
But I Smile Anyway... 