One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds

16 Aug 2017 39 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, WIP, writing

“Is it possible to say all that there is to be said, in one line?”

In which case, why do we write stories and posts that are reams long???

Just pondering, as I continue with my WIP!

( And see what I did there, I couldn’t contain my thoughts to one line – like I ever do lol!)

For Linda’s #1linerweds challenge.

Ritu’s WIP – WIPW Guest Post

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Thank you, Shaun for inviting me over to do a guest post for you! My WIP and I are eternally grateful!

Please leave any comments on the original post! 🙂

Clockwork Clouds

Welcome to Work in Progress Wednesday! Where we discuss your work that’s in progress!

As I mentioned back on Monday, the future of the Clouds is one that’s bright, positive and all about sharing creativity… With that in mind, we’ve got a Guest Blogger who embodies all those traits and more! If you’ve been around the blogosphere at all, she probably needs no introduction, but for the rest of you let me introduce… Ritu!

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Hi, my name is Ritu, of www.butismileanyway.com. I am a wife, mother, teacher, blogger, poet and wannabe author!

Thank you so much to Shaun for inviting me over to his blog today, to have a chat about what I am up to, creatively at the moment.
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Work In Progress.
It’s a phrase I wasn’t familiar with until I started blogging.
And as I learned more about them, I realised that I had…

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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge #46 – #Haiku : HONEY & WINE

15 Aug 2017 24 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Honey & Wine, Poetry

Colleen’s back with her weekly poetry challenge!

This week’s prompts are:

Honey & Wine

Charm me with your words
Sweetness dripping like honey
Intoxicating

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Guest author: Ritu Bhathal – Keeping my WIP REAL

14 Aug 2017 12 Comments

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I’ve been chatting about WiPS and research over on Sue’s Blog!

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

Hello everyone!

Its me, Ritu from But I Smile Anyway – again!

Goodness knows why, but the lovely Sue invited me over again to ask if I’d like to write a little guest post about my WIP.

Recently, I have been very good at talking all about my WIP. It’s kind of taken my life over, this last few weeks, so before I get too carried away, can I just say “Thank you Sue!”

Ok, where was I?

Oh yes, my WIP.

This is my seventeen-year-old WIP, I’ll have you know!

Started when I was a fiancée still, rather than a wife, let alone a mother. Back in the days when I had something called ‘time’ and ‘a life’!

I managed to dip into it over, the years, but a bit half-heartedly, to be honest.

But I knew.

I knew I had to get this story written, so I dedicated…

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