With some people doing their best to destroy our shared world, who – and where – do you look to for hope? Nature nurtures those who nurture it in turn but turn against it and watch its fury unfurl
Year: 2025
#Excerpt – When the main characters of a #romance novel meet for the first time, sparks fly
When two people meet for the first time, it can be many things – fun, tedious, pleasant, awful, fascinating, boring – and it can be the start of a lifelong friendship or a century of feuding. It can also be love at first sight or hate at first glance, depending on how dramatic the set-up is [or how dramatic you are].
This post is a chance for you to learn of the chaos and commotion that attended the first meeting between Mohini and Aalok of my #Indie romance, ‘No Escape from Love.’
Short story collection – #romance, #intrigue, #fantasy, #loss, #acceptance
I’m quite thrilled to announce a new development – I’ve put all my published shorts into an omnibus so readers can access them all in one go. Here’s the cover An intro to the stories Stories of love, loss, acceptance, insanity, and intrigue. Meet Kavya, madly in love with her batch-mate from medical school, who… Continue reading
#ShortStory – Smoke & Shadows – Romantic Intrigue by @AuthorReet
This short story is inspired by a need to revisit a time when it was more than all right to sit in coffee shops without a mask on, and to meet with relatives and friends as though a deadly virus did not lurk in the shadows.
I had fun writing this from a male perspective and also enjoyed the challenge of exploring love, loss, acceptance, and intrigue in just a few words.
This heart’s a sponge
We don’t always have a choice about it, but whenever you can, choose to be in the company of those who uplift you. Your emotional well-being is worth fighting for. It is still February as I post this, but here’s wishing that every month is the month for love.
Book Review – Damian Tarnopolsky’s ‘Every Night I Dream I’m A Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m A Monster’
The Blurb From the tangled threads of a messed-up family to the timeless themes of consciousness, love, art, and death, Damian Tarnopolsky’s narrative journey takes readers through past, present, and future, with stories ranging from 1980s England to present-day Canada alongside visions of Renaissance France and worlds yet to come. Each tale stands alone and… Continue reading
The silence is loud
A nightmare without end seems to be unfolding all over the world. The eternal optimist in me is trying to find a glimmer of hope that things will work out in favor of humanity in the end, but there are moments of grave doubt. Sorry for the pessimistic view-point, but war is not a topic… Continue reading