During normal office banter yesterday I happened to mention to one of my new coworker friends that I’m really happy. Yup. I’m just really happy in my life right now. And yet, as I observed to her, I don’t have two of the three things that I want more than anything. But I’m still really, really happy. She stared at me in amazement and said “ ( Read more... )

Part One - Wait, this isn’t India ( Read more... )

So my lovely friend Anjali from India told me the other day that she knows nothing about American history. Furthermore, she told me she thinks History is boring. Noooooo! Don't break my heart! I LOVE History! I majored in it TWICE in college. My theory is that people who think History is boring have had it taught to them wrong ( Read more... )

"How will you ever write your novel if you don't get rid of a few distractions ( Read more... )

I just read a really interesting article about how one of the reasons Bollywood keeps ripping off Hollywood movie plots is because there aren't enough writers in India ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up at the usual time that I wake up, just naturally you understand, about 6:20, and I was so comfortable, so cozy, that I wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep. Which I did. And in the ten or so minutes that I was "asleep" after that I think I actually dreamed about getting up and starting my day. Those are some of the ( Read more... )

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.... Actually it was pretty much just the best of times. I love being able to do a weekend update when I have fun things to talk about ( Read more... )

A little free time is a dangerous thing. In just a little free time I can get up to bundles of no good. For example, this weekend I had a little free time on Saturday night. What did I do? I began writing a new book. *smacks forehead* Gah! How could I do that? I know how addictive writing is. I know how it seems into my soul and my mind ( Read more... )

I just read a wonderful/horrible story online about Bollywood director Farrah Khan. She also writes the scripts for her movies. But she's super NOT tech savvy. She writes her scripts by hand, on paper, with a pen. Well, apparently her one and a half year old daughter ripped a handful of pages of her latest script (for a movie called Happy New ( Read more... )

Oh my gosh, the Kolkata Knight Riders actually won yesterday! I couldn't believe it. Obviously I can't go watching cricket at work, and even if I could I'm not willing to pay the kind of money that it costs to watch just one game, but I did keep peeking in on the score via Yahoo! Cricket. And it was looking bad all around from the beginning. ( Read more... )