the creative life
money matters, and happy mother's day!
a short note on one thing that truly matters to me and another thing that had me all twisted up inside for a long time ...
the creative life
Reassessing my near-term plans in my author career
books you may love
my new e-bookstore, and sharing a promo running throughout May
the creative life
There's always more to be done. We can either respond with overwhelm or with a focus on the process.
Three years of writing and indie publishing, and I can say that this third year has been vastly different than the first two in many ways but also very similar in many other ways!
What does it really mean to be human in this era of life hacks?
... what I had been seeking in that non-stop flow of images and videos and boxes of text on the screen was a salve for my loneliness.
The Piano Man is no Pied Piper for he makes no demands, but he too seeks something no mortal can give him.
Have you ever wondered how the months came to have a rather unequal distribution of days?
In the beginning, there was a dream. Then came the dreamer. And when they met, 'Tales for Dreamers' came into being.
Hello! I'm Anitha Krishnan, speculative fiction author and award-winning poet, navigating the exhilarating ups and enervating downs of the creative life. Sign up for updates on new book releases alongside heartfelt musings on writing, reading and living the creative life. Arrives in your inbox on the last Sunday of the month.
A birthday, a new book, a new online store, and a place and time to meet up! Then contemplating wisdom itself ...
The dragon does not wish to fly. She doesn't say so but we know who's to blame for her affliction.
Come attend the Toronto Indie Author Conference on 4-5 May!
Take an easy guess! 😉
An individual simply cannot, and need not even aspire to, create and produce on par with a larger team or organization. That way lies madness and burnout, at the very least.
seeking safety in the wrong places
March has been a wild month! In more ways than one. First, it was the weather. There were a couple of balmy days mid-month, so much so that the ski hills up north had to cease operations for a couple of days. Then it went and snowed a week later
March was a month of reading amazing murder mysteries.
Everyone knows it's impossible to spot an underwater God. But nobody knows why.
Two fantasy short stories featured in promotions this week
personal growth by shedding old habits that no longer serve me
When did getting to the end become more important than relishing the process?