A few days before Christmas (and well in Hanukkah) but a writer’s work is never done. Join me for the last edition of Inside the Writers’ Studio, featuring an interview with Monique Domovitch author of a thriller with a variety of international settings set in the 1940s-1960s. For those you who didn’t always want to [...]
Inside the Writers’ Studio with Monique Domovitch
by Mohanalakshmi on December 23, 2011 in Writers Studio
I Surrender to 2011
by Mohanalakshmi on December 21, 2011 in Life Lessons
Every generation must feel as though theirs is the one to leave footprints on history: “Where you when…” insert your iconic moment. For children of the ’80s this includes the Columbia shuttle explosion and the ’60s can’t be discussed without the assassination of JKF. But when we look back on 2011, there are so many [...]
Kickstart into Creativity: 30 Days to Fund a Webseries Pilot
by Mohanalakshmi on December 8, 2011 in Uncategorized
There are two parts of creativity that I’ve been able to delve very deeply into since I quit my day job last June. The first is writing. From National Novel Writing Month this November to the publishing three ebooks, posting on this blog, and the magazines I contribute to, it has not been an idle [...]
Inside the Writers’ Studio with Lauren Clark
by Mohanalakshmi on December 1, 2011 in Writers Studio
I love hosting writers on the blog because we each come to our craft differently and who can’t use an inspirational story to get back to that novel project? Lauren Clark has been a voracious reader since the age of four and would rather be stranded at the library than on a desert island. In [...]
The Zombie Turkey Speaks.. err.. Gobbles
by Mohanalakshmi on November 27, 2011 in Books
The third Thursday of November snuck up on me; I was sleep deprived from staying up late to make the NaNoWriMo word counts and waking up early to soothe the angelic baby who had previously never seen the other side of nine a.m. Burning not a candle but my brain at both ends did not [...]
Nanowrimo: Or Write a Novel in a Month
by Mohanalakshmi on November 10, 2011 in Works in Progress
Four years ago I tried the wacky adventure that is National Novel Writing Month: 1600 words a day for 30 days to a 50,000 word manuscript. I was right on target straight out of the blocks. And then — Thanksgiving, a friend’s baby, life. I didn’t finish. But I had a toe in the pool [...]
#Ren3: part four (and final)
by Mohanalakshmi on October 26, 2011 in Uncategorized
It’s the last week for the Rule of 3 blogfest so this is my fourth and final post. I have learned so much from this foray into short fiction; the weekly deadline to post, as well as the make believe world of Renaissance, have all given me a brief window into speculative fiction. I must [...]
Inside the Writer’s Studio with Emlyn Chand
by Mohanalakshmi on October 23, 2011 in Writers Studio
We’re back in the Writer’s Studio this week with none other than Emlyn Chand, the brains and muscle behind Novel Publicity. I’ve learned a lot from Emlyn in the past year of serving as a blog tour host. She was the first person to do an evaluation of my website and recommend adding photos (which [...]
Rule of Three Blogfest: Part 3
by Mohanalakshmi on October 19, 2011 in Works in Progress
I’m having so much fun with the Rule of Three, posting, and reading others work: I’m truly grateful to Damyanti and the other hosts for encouraging us to do this. Over 60 writers are all writing this month in weekly installments about the shared world of Renaissance, from different perspectives, genres, and with a variety [...]
Inside the Writer’s Studio with Martha Carr
by Mohanalakshmi on October 16, 2011 in Writers Studio
It’s been a while since I’ve hosted another writer here as part of the Writer’s Studio but I’m delighted to feature an interview with Martha Randolph Carr, author of Wired. She’s the author of three books and has a weekly, nationally syndicated column through the Cagle Cartoon syndicate on politics, national interest topics and life [...]







