Tag: Writing
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Introducing Hindi Hacking: A Practical Language Guide
After publishing The Advisory Board in 2019, I had been looking for my next book idea for the longest time. As I turned all of my attention and creativity of writing fiction to screenplays, finding an idea worthy of a book was extremely hard. About 6 months ago, I was having a conversation with a…
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I’m starting a new SEO-focussed niche blog
Over the last 3-4 years, through my experiments, one major learning is that I am not good at social media and I need to get better at it in order to continue to grow as an independent writer. Now, to solve this problem, there are 2 ways: Improve at social media. This is easier said…
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The need to show your work
I recently had a chance to read the book – Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon. To say that the book has been an eye-opener will be an understatement. Barely a hundred pages long, this was the book I needed at this time. I have been thinking about what to write consistently, now that I’ve finished the Level Up series. This…
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Too many “platforms”
About a month ago, I was in the middle of my annual website upgrade. I’ve been running this website on wordpress.com and I wanted to look for more flexible platforms. Specifically, I was looking for a place where I could also embed a newsletter sign-up form for easybuthard.substack.com The obvious choice was a self-hosted wordpress…
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Learnings from my experiments
What is this essay about? Since I was in college, I’ve continuously kept myself engaged with one or the other “side project.” So far, these have been writing-related projects primarily, but I hope to expand into other types too. Though the monetary income from these projects is almost nil, the learnings have been paramount. But…
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Cold contacts are the ultimate skill
Over the past couple of months, with my book, The Advisory Board being published, I’ve been heavily invested in ensuring that the book reaches the right people. For books, ‘word-of-mouth’ is the ultimate way to spread a word about the book. But until a book starts to spread itself, it is the author’s and publisher’s responsibility…
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Why did I choose to self publish my second book?
A detailed story of why I am self publishing my second book
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A weekly newsletter about ‘change’
For a long time now, I have been wondering about topics that I can write essays about on a periodic basis. As a fiction writer, I’ve been publishing short stories on a periodic basis. But I never wrote articles periodically. To me, writing fiction has always seemed easier than writing non-fiction. Of course, most of…
