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#IWSG: The Circle Reforged

February 1, 2022Nalin 10 Comments

On the first Wednesday of every month, members of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (open to anyone and full of great resources and information for writers) post their answers to a monthly prompt on their blogs. Authors benefit from getting… Continue Reading →

Updates critique circle, iwsg, workshop, writer group, writers circle, writing

Distribution on Amazon Reactivated

December 25, 2021Nalin 2 Comments

About four years ago, I pulled my novel Red Soil Through Our Fingers from distribution on Amazon. My reasons at the time are outlined in a blog post wrote at the time. While I believe the reasons I had for… Continue Reading →

My Stories, Updates amazon, boycott, community, indie author, kdp, kindle, publishing, social media

I made a newsletter

May 4, 2021Nalin 1 Comment

“Hmmm,” says Homer to Bart in a classic episode of The Simpsons. “Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.” I think that episode aired when I was in middle school. We would quote… Continue Reading →

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Getting Unstuck

April 28, 2021Nalin 1 Comment

This week I’m celebrating a return to writing. I’ve been thinking about various ideas for quite some time now. But the truth is I haven’t really tried to (and made progress on) any fiction in almost two years. I’ve been… Continue Reading →

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Writing Studio!

January 30, 2019Nalin Leave a Comment

I’ve been accepted to an advanced fiction studio at The Muse Writing Center down in Norfolk! While I’ve attended many one-off writing classes and workshops, this will be the first time I will be a part of an ongoing fiction… Continue Reading →

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My Digital Communications

November 18, 2018Nalin 2 Comments

I posted this to my Facebook account earlier, and am cross-posting here. Hello friends! There continues to be some (understandable) confusion about my ongoing transition in digital communication, which has lately resulted in some missed communications and misunderstandings. *** I… Continue Reading →

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Summer Writing Plans

June 27, 2016Nalin Leave a Comment

The school year is finally over. I hadn’t written a word of real prose in months. Though I’ve had time to write in the literal sense, it feels as though I can never find time to write. Maybe that’s an… Continue Reading →

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I’ll be at Arisia 2015!

December 28, 2014Nalin Leave a Comment

I’m excited and honored to be appearing on four panels at this year’s Arisia 2015 science fiction convention, coming up this January 16-19. I plan to be there for every day of the con, and I’ll post a list of… Continue Reading →

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July 31, 2014Nalin 3 Comments

Ok, so on the last day of Camp NaNoWriMo, my word count is pretty sad. (I’m currently at 26385). BUT! I plead giddiness, as for the past week or two most of my free time thought bandwidth has been taken… Continue Reading →

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Summer Writing Plans

June 30, 2014Nalin Leave a Comment

I’m back from a very refreshing week in Vermont and Maine, the latter with other writers (and a lot of fried clams and beer on the beach). Compared to the day to day survival stance that first-year teaching forces on… Continue Reading →

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