Hello there, anybody home...??? :)
Gee.. I am in a state o Euphoria... LOL! So how have you all been?
I have a few news to share!
I have plans to republish my debut book The Torrent from My Soul with an Indian Publisher. I have sent book proposal to the publisher with some editing in my first manuscript. Hope it will click. I will let you know whether they accept it or not. Keeping my fingers crossed.
This is a short entry, I have got viva and practical exam tomorrow.
So let me just inform you that I have a new project. I am publishing the novel I am writing at Wikinut. It is titled Amidst Sandcastles.
It will be posted chapter by chapter. And I look forward to sincere feedbacks from readers. Please let your friends who like a contemporary relationship fiction to read. Really would love to know what you all think of my story writing before I make the final draft of it. It is an ongoing project, mind you.
I have submitted a page introducing the book, make sure you read that first. I have also submitted the first chapter.
It will be published after moderation.
So wait! :)
Hello my dear friends! :)
It's been a long break, I guess. I was having theory exams of the second year. It's over now and we are waiting for the Viva Voce and Practicals. But even then, when I came home, I was having an aversion to the computer screen and working on the computer. So I was putting off this.
Meanwhile, life has been hectic. :)
One news - I am engaged to my Love! :) It'll be kinda a long engagement since we are still working our way out of college.
If I am to talk about my writing, I had a bad time trying to write something. The novel is on pause till the exams are over. That will take the whole of August. Then I have been writing poems, not many though.
But I have a socially relevant one in my Muse Diary now. Regarding the current issue of Rapes and Trafficking that went very high on the graph in the newspapers in the past few weeks.
Let me conclude this post with my latest quote:
"The first time is the best time to do something. Because, if you get it right, you will get the credit. If you get it wrong, well, it was just the first time..." ;) :)
Hello, dear people!
I guess it's been a long time? Oh, well, I don't know how things actually are going, but I have a vague feeling that sometimes it's so... well, you know... like, I don't know what's going on.
Now, that was crazy... LOL.! :)
Well, I will tell you what has been happening.
The exams were planned to happen, but they haven't been.
Writing was meant to happen, and I began the flashback in the book - Part 2 - but that isn't happening either. well, I wrote three sheets. But that was it.
Studies were about to happen, but the right mood didn't - well, never did - happen.
Sorry, that was a list of what all were meant to happen, but didn't.
This isn't the kind of writer you expect or blog post you wanna read. But how about if I say I am a bit depressed these days? Someone told me it was a heavy word and not to use it - ever. Wait! Who said that to me? I - I can't remember! :-/ oh, hang on!!!
Okay, I got a beautiful message from my best friend at school and following that we had a long chat and it was wonderful to go back. You will never know, you know...
So, there she was telling me that I proved the message. Something like living the life we dream...etc etc... Okay, she thought of me first when she received that message.
I thought of it in a different way...
Here's a writer, a poet, opening to you, her heart. Bare.
A basket-case of insecure feelings and thoughts. I am not even sure what I am intending to tell you. I am not sure if I should be telling you this. Right now, I don't want t
Hi there, everybody!
I began writing a post yesterday but got stuck - didn't know what to tell. The exams take a bad toll on my creativity and aesthetic sense. :(
My internal exams are over and I came home for a few days' break on Wednesday. And I am returning to college tomorrow. I had plans to start studying for the main university exams though the time-table hasn't been published. But that didn't work. And did I write something? Neither that.
Exams make a major brain block, clogging the neurons of creativity with irritable substances like bacteria, viruses and parasites, resulting in zero amount of writing.
How I long to pen down a poem!!! :(
This morning, I just found that flipkart.com, the main Indian Online Store had my book in stock and would deliver to the customer in 4-5 days. Till now, I had to wait 3 weeks to get it from them, since it had to be imported. Seems like they are keeping it in stock since it is being ordered after all! ;)
What now, I just had to come here, and say hi to all just to make sure this blog is alive. Otherwise I am very much expressing myself always, thanks to Facebook and my pages over there. :) And the supporters, too!
During the exams, I have been going crazy and did a lot of meaningfully crazy things. Instead of trying to study something, I was obsessed with finding e-books. -
And BAM! There!
I found a new app that fit my cute stupid mobile! The file would be in .jar format and the download took just a few moments! And the application worked as such, as an e-book and now I have a folder named Library in my Nokia 3110 Classic phone!
Sidney Sheldon, Nora Roberts, Dennis Lehane, The Soulscreamers Series, Kristin Hannah's latest Night Road (I'm so sorry, Kristin, I am your fan but the book is not available in India and costs me a lot :(.. and I couldn't resist it! ), The Time Traveller's Wife, Nicholas Spark's
Hi there,
As promised, here I am, with the photos! :) With the earliest snaps I could gather! Now, that's way too fast, huh?
I got them from my friend's phone unexpectedly! Thanks to Aneesh Mohan, my friend and classmate, for these clicks. :)
Seems like the lower half of the photo is clearer than the upper.
But that's okay, my stye (yes, a new one) can't be seen!
This is the moment of the book release!
From Left to Right:
From Left to Right: Sri. U.A. Khader (National Academy Award Winning Writer), Me, Sri: Venkitachalam (Critic and Translator), Dr. Anila Kumari (Principal, GHMC Calicut)
The Moment I dreaded most... but one that became one of those unforgettable moments in my life...
The first time I spoke as an author... :)
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Hey there! Here I am, as promised! :)
So where do we really start, huh?
This week passed brimming me with anticipation and really out-of-this-world moments... :)
And like I said, it's the Autopsy posting which was unworldly - because it's about death.
But I will begin the account today with the happy moments. :)
May 27th, 2011 is one of the most memorable days I ever had in my life...
As planned, we all gathered for the Inaugural function of our college's Academic and Cultural Wing.
A Body to promote Art and Cultural activities.
It has been a long-time wish of the student body there.
And thus, 'Felicia 2011... Out-of-this-world Moments!' was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Guest, Sri: U.A. Khader, the Academy Award Winner.
I'm so lucky to have had my book released by him. :)
The book releasing ceremony was actually so so heavenly...
Sri: U.A. Khader released the book and it was received by the brilliant critic/translator Sri. Venkitachalam, who read and reviewed my book for the first time.
Later the speeches came, and the critic introduced the book to the audience that included students and teachers. I sat on the stage with the guests and was in a trance... as if I was sitting in a dream. The only thing at that time that made sure it was all real was the message that came constantly from a friend to my cell phone.
So, there I sat in a daze and watched the crowd in front of me, digesting the fact that some minutes later, I will be facing them. Speaking to them on the Mic, as a poet, the author of the book that was just released... It was a moment filled with anticipation...
The moment came which I had expected to be diffic
Hi Friends and Readers,
This is a post before I had planned actually. May be by the end of the week I may be too tired to say a Hi. So what's going on out there? :) I got my friend's laptop last night, so I am here, writing you a Hi. :)
This week is going to be hectic - it's always hectic when it's about me, isn't it? LOL.
I am one girl who doesn't know how to relax and I am sure it's going to take a toll on me sooner or later, I am afraid.
Okay, I will try to keep up my looks. I am not doing great in that department right now. Am glad photos are fixed and they don't change when we do. ;)
I had forgotten to mention that last Sunday, I watched the Sandra Bullock Movie 'The Proposal' and what, I Loved it! :) Sandra is a good sport in that movie, and please don't laugh at me when I say, there are some quite, touching parts in the movie. Yeah, I almost was in tears in some shots though there was a considerable amount laughs I had. :) If you like perfect romantic comedies (I do!), this one is a good bet. :) I also liked the cute grandma in it. :) LOL. And Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton in the movie) is absolutely cool! :) xoxoxo
Look at me, it's not like I talk about movies a lot here - is it? Sometimes I gotta do that, too. :)
So what I am up to this week:
On Thursday, a group of us, the first batch including me, will be taken to the Medical College for the Post-Mortem posting included in our Forensic Medicine and Toxicology subject. And a whole day of Autopsies. Poisoning cases can be damn stinking!
Eww... it's going to be friggin' awesome, isn't it?
I hope none of throws up.
Man is such a slight and helpless creature - all the arrogance can dissolve at the sight of an autopsy. All your grandeur and high-heads lasts only till your last breath... When the forensic pathologists a
Hello, there! :)
How have you guys been? It's past Mid-May already and is very hot here.
And drives me crazy sometimes.
And yes, I am writing, and writing on a plan. :)
Poetry burst out sometimes - rarely but I try to stick to rhymes so that it is really poetry.
I have exams coming in the first week of June and that means it's time for a little pause.
So I decided to finish the Part One in the Novel. I was running frantically through the Chapter 13 because it was a little difficult one, but I did it.
And yesterday, my pen was on fire. I wrote the Chapter 14 at one go last night and it has turned out to be okay, too. Now I am writing Chapter 15 with some patience. The Part one should end smoothly that it shouldn't make the Part 2 look like another book.
I am a bit nervous about writing the Part 2 - the flashback. But I guess when I am free, I will do it. The research and my buddy helping me with the setting are in good mode. It's me, the writer who gets delayed at times. But I hope to finish the book's first draft by the end of this year. I don't know how I am going to finish making the type-written draft. The whole thing would take months! Oh MY!!!
I don't know what I should be talking here - there's been a lot happening personally. I have got rid of the styes now and is feeling well. :)
On 27th, there's an event coming up at college - the Cultural Wing Inauguration. I titled the event as:
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Hello friends :)
Couldn't write last week due to enough work on the website itself. Where to start or what to talk about, I don't know. So this will be quite a random post. May be I'll share a few photos. :)Last Saturday, I got rid of the first stye - it drained and I felt so relieved and I also succeeded in suppressing an emerging one. And the week till then was totally a hellish one due to MANY reasons.
This Monday, I and some of my old friends from high school decided to meet for a drink and catch up. I was so looking forward to that one moment. And yes, I met four of my best friends ever - two girls and two boys. :) Laughing our heads out and teasing each other was one thing, but the happiness we felt were beyond any expression available. One of them is a mommy now and it was so lovely to see them all!
Being with our old friends makes us realize how much we have changed over the years. And I think I heard that I had changed for good. :D
But then again, this week seems to be becoming bad now, though I am determined to hold it together with my will. Another stye on the way and my eye is inflamed. Why the left eye again and again?!! I went to the eye clinic this evening and got the doc look at my eye. And had to crack a few bucks there. :(
Now, I have decided to relieve you people from Stye - stories. No more of it. But let me also tell you it's very notorious! :-/
So here's a clump of roses that bloomed in our garden at home. It was lovely to see them together and I captured it in my cam as soon as I went home.
Here' it fr
Hello, friends, and dear ones!
I do not want to start this or any post by telling what a bad week I had, but when the week was mostly about having fights with your loved one, and being frequently disappointed, feeling left out and uncared and trying to patch up and forgive and forget, I would rather not lie to you.
I would rather begin by saying "The past week was kinda horrendous".
Pardon me, buddies, if I have been kind of lazy and not really looking at you, I have been too preoccupied, trying to calm myself for the sake of my heart.
And when everything started to get right, I got a swollen eye. It doesn't feel great to feel that our eye is something unwanted on our faces - Yes, that's right, it's sticking out and standing out. :-/
Last week was alloted for medical camps and surveys at a town some half an hour away from our college. The camp is an annual program by the NSS (National Service Scheme) and a week-long.
I couldn't participate most of it due to errands to do, but I managed one day. And that day, on return, we stopped by the famous Kappad Beach. The place where Vasco Da Gama's Ship anchored... The first Step of the Western World to India.
The beach is beautiful, the sand a kind of yellow, a very impressive bright colour.
The sea and the rocks had their own stories to tell and the sky was bright.
We went on a nice afternoon.
So here, I have some snaps. I have posted them on Facebook in my album. I didn't take my camera, so I had to be satisfied with my small phone's camera. But I guess, the lens was clear enough. Check them out, I will post a few here, and the rest can be seen in my photo gallery in my official website.
Hello friends,
There's no need for an apology, but I am making one anyway for a late post. One to myself, may be. It doesn't matter though I accept that it wasn't my fault. In lesser bragging words, the internet connection had been lousy. And the power had been playing. :-/ I almost tied the Internet to a tortoise, because truly, it moved faster than my connection. Today, I got back to college. Intentions are not meant to be shared publicly. Sorry.
Anyway, I am using my best friend's mini-lap and working on some changes. It might as well be a change to myself. I am talking about what I am doing to my website. Yay! I am rebuilding it into something more professional! :) It's time to keep the distinction between a blog, a blog redirected to a personal domain and a professional-looking website. Thanks to my big brother o'er there! :)
So what I have been up to these past three days will be revealed to you at www.sanarose.com.Okay, I stopped boasting, but I guess I am in love with what I am doing. :)
By the way, let me update you with what I have been doing other than rebuilding the website and going mad when the power went off frequently interrupting and hence stopping me from completing the work.I have been carrying around the next book to read. Kristin Hannah's The Things We Do For Love. Seems like it's a poignant story and what, I love her! :)But I haven't read much these days. The matter with me is, if I plan on doing something and it doesn't work out, I end up doing nothing. I don't even try to do something else to compensate the time and work load. And this part of me, just like my website, definitely need some changes!
How much of my time, my lifetime, my work time will I waste like this, if I don't try to change?
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Hello there,
Let me begin with some nice sharing.
I was lazing around blogs and checking out new blogs next to mine and found some really nice ones indeed. But the plain thing is, these writers write for the love of writing. It is clear in their writings.
Two blogs caught my heart today, which is not easy.
While Serenity speaks about the effect music has on our mind, in the author's view whose escape was always Music, Wonderspools expressed an altogether new thought that got me thinking. :)
Which story is sewed to your heart?
Which story you read or heard when you were young has always remained as a part of you? Lindsey believes that for every one of us, there would be a story that played a role in making us the persons we are now.
There could be, as a matter of fact. To her it is Robin Hood.
Come to think of it - a story - a fairytale or fable or whatever that influences your life. There would be a lot now, when you are old enough to perceive many things. What I had to share with her was:
"As for my story... I read a damn too lot... and still think that the books that influenced me, that bonded me to reading and writing in English forever is the most basic one.
Welcome, friends and poets, to a new group
I started in Facebook for the sake of Poetry!
This isn't just a group, but also a cause.
Now let's face it.
POETRY DON'T SELL,
say publishers when we submit our poetry books,
to share what we know, what we feel...
But sadly, the first form of literature that was ever there is now facing extinction because:
*True poetry is not recognized and promoted.
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geeeeeeeek!!!!man!Im so proud that I've got a friend who can produce beautiful words..and hence beautiful thoughts!!!Really yaar..this single blog of yours is as beautiful as any lovely novel!!I..I..don't have any words to say..but that i'll remember this blog as something i've read n enjoyed WITH MY HEART..And lemme not forget to say that i liked(1000+) your fiance's decision to read your novel to ur kids..u c that..he didn't ignore or reject ur wish..but made it more beautiful..May God blee u both to create magical moments together..Oh yeah..n don't forget to include me in ur prayers..:))))))
with luv n prayers
hes