IWSG August- Holding on to Conviction

Hello Readers I'm happy to be writing on the first Wednesday of the month which is the official IWSG Day. It is a wonderful supportive group for writers, and I love to answer the question about the writing craft every month. It gives me a perspective about how I am placed in this journey. If …

Writing to the End-IWSG June 1

Hello Fellow Writers How's the writing going? I love the first Wednesday of every month when I take an overview of my writing journey, thanks to the wonderful Insecure Writer's Support Group (IWSG) started by the Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh. He explains the beginning and purpose of the group in this comprehensive post here. I …

IWSG May 2022- Writing Highs/Lows

After a month of poetry during NaPoWriMo it's back to business. This year I enrolled or rather clubbed three challenges- the A to Z Challenge, Blogchatter's A2Z and NaPoWriMo. It was a bad idea. I did not have the time and energy to read blogs from all three challenges and I was mostly looking for …

IWSG March 2022- The Rigor of Decision Making

It was only a few days ago that I answered last month’s question on the IWSG Day and it’s time to do the same once again. On another note, it’s already March 2022 and no, the world is no better than it was in 2020 or 2021. This month’s question although about writing, made me …

Reclaiming Myself

In the year 2018, I started this blog titled ‘A Hundred Quills’ after winning a few online short story writing contests and after one of my stories was reduced to ashes by a reader/critic. It was such an emotional moment that the title of the story became the title of my blog. No sooner did …

Jyoti Jha: The Self-Publishing Journey

Hello Readers The world of writing witnesses the rise and fall of several writers every day. While we each choose our own mediums to express ourselves (via blogging, journals, social media writing, authoring, etc.,) the journey of a fellow writer can greatly inspire us. I met Jyoti Jha during one of the blogging campaigns in …