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You may or may not know the line made famous by Virginia Woolf while giving an address on the topic of women writers. She said, a century ago words that still hold true for so many writers (male and female) today: "All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved." In my case it hasn’t…See More

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"Join me and RachelintheOC on @Spreecast 10am PST/9pm Doha time Tues, 4/10 to discuss all things #selfpub #indie #author"

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Marie Kinneer commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"It's a mystery how something compelling is born in our heads and we have no choice but to write it. I have told my writing group (Clarkesville, GA Writing Society) that my characters interact in my head for months before I put the first word to…"

Mar 28

Tina L. Hook commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"Love this. I'm trying to do a better job of following my joy in my writing. Hopefully, my second novel will write itself faster since I won't be wasting any time figuring this out. Enchanted by Starlight"

Mar 27

Emlyn Chand commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"Hi everyone. Thanks for all the lovely comments. Clearly, I need to do a better job keeping up and engaging (oops). Cynthia, Rachel, Debdatta, Lauren - I love you all! Thank you for the unyeilding support in pretty much everything I do…"

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Rachel Thompson commented on the blog post 'Finding My Voice (part one of Unlocking Your Uniqueness)'

"Hillary, you clearly have wonderful feedback from your readers so you've struck a chord with them. That's awesome! Blogging and social media are terrific free market research tools to find out exactly what it is that readers do connect…"

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Rachel Thompson commented on the blog post 'Finding My Voice (part one of Unlocking Your Uniqueness)'

"Hi Avigail -- that's where you need to stop questioning. There is no 'they' that will tell you what the wrong thing is. To a certain extent, you do have to accept that will offend somebody, at some point, somewhere, sometime. Not…"

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Caroline Bock commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"Very interesting -- especially about your characters becoming your teachers. When I was writing I had my characters "speaking" to me -- my debut YA novel, LIE, has 10 distinct first person points of view. I think if I had…"

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Lauren Clark commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"Always enjoy hearing from the Indie Expert!"

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Hillary Waterman commented on the blog post 'Finding My Voice (part one of Unlocking Your Uniqueness)'

"Thank you. I write fiction and non, and my readers seem to like my "voice" and find it authentic and relatable, but I have not been able to bring myself to blog because I worry I don't even have a voice, or that I don't know what…"

Mar 22

Delin Colón commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"I love your passion for research - and I share it. Terrific interview! Delin Colón author of "Rasputin and the Jews: A Reversal of History""

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Patricia Florio commented on the blog post 'Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand'

"Very interesting observation on how we write the things that we write. My first book published at the end of the summer last year was based on my childhood. But more than that, it was also an observation of how paybacks are a…"

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Who I am:: http://twitter.com/mohadoha
www.mohanalakshmi.com
mohanalakshmi.livejournal.com

Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:: www.mohanalakshmi.com

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: Qatari Voices
Mommy But Still Me
Saving Peace
So You Want to Sell a Million Copies
Coloured

Media outlets that I currently write for:: Woman Today (Qatar)
Variety Arabia (Dubai, UAE)

My writing is:: Fiction, Memoir, Lit Crit, Theory

Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:: Books and articles

Services I offer to other writers:: Editoral and creative consultant

I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:: Doha Writers' Workshop

I found out about She Writes from:: the internet

Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar's Blog

A Desk of Your Own

Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:37am 0 Comments 0 Likes

You may or may not know the line made famous by Virginia Woolf while giving an address on the topic of women writers. She said, a century ago words that still hold true for so many writers (male and female) today:

"All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved."…

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Unleashing Your Indie with Emlyn Chand

Posted on March 20, 2012 at 11:06am 11 Comments 7 Likes

When Emlyn's not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm Novel Publicity. Emlyn enjoys connecting with readers and juggles all of the social media…

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Unlocking Your Uniqueness with Ann Benjamin

Posted on March 19, 2012 at 1:30pm 4 Comments 5 Likes

Ann Benjamin//annbebnjamin.wordpress.com//@ABenjaminAuthor

What inspired you to write your first book?

Everyone has a unique path towards their first book and I’ve always written (my Mom has a picture of me, age 6, with my spiral notebook…

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Finding My Voice (part one of Unlocking Your Uniqueness)

Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:30am 18 Comments 8 Likes

By Rachel Thompson

As a nonfiction writer, I find having a theme usually comes second to finding my voice. You may hear this phrase often but what does it mean exactly?

Each of us has our own process. I learned mine after turning my blog into my first book and then…

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Join a free video chat today on self publishing!

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:58am 0 Comments 1 Like

Today I will be hosting a virtual event through a new platform called Shindig. I will be talking about the various publishing options available to writers and hosting an interactive Q&A around self-publishing e-books.

It's a large-scale video chat that lets you give live video presentations, share pictures, and music with a room full of people. You can either write in a question or raise your hand to be called on plus video chat with anyone at the event.

If…

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At 11:07am on August 31, 2011, Sarah Pinneo said…: Congratulations! Nicely done.

At 10:54am on August 31, 2011, Meg Waite Clayton said…: Big congrats,Mohanalakshmi!

At 8:26am on August 31, 2011, Natalie Boyd said…: Congrats on the New Novelists contest!

At 12:08pm on August 30, 2011, Amber Medina West said…: Congratulations!

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