In Print

I picked up “The Zahir” before leaving Tokyo airport in September. Paulo Coelho is a new author, the story line sounded adventurous and I had precious few options in the “English” or rather, foreign book section. I started reading it in Hawaii on vacation and finished it in the course of two days. Here is my experience.

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In “What happened to Anna K.?“, Irina Reyn gives us the life of Anna Karenina in a new light. Reyn’s writing and story-telling was simply riveting. This brilliant young author had me captivated and glued to her book from page one. Reyn’s writing style is remarkable for such a new novelist. Her spellbinding way of telling the story of Anna in modern day New York takes you through a much changed setting from Tolstoy’s Russia backdrop in late 19th century.

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It was nearly two years after I had received “On Writing Well” that I started to read it. William Zinsser is not just writing a book on writing well; he is in love with the art of writing and using the English language. This passion comes through clearly in every page and invites the reader to ride along.

I love William Zinsser’s writing style. He writes about the English language and yet it reads like poetry in several parts. While he is certainly not one with a small vocabulary and knowledge of the language, he writes ever so clearly. With his writing, less is really more and right delivery of the words on paper lies at the heart of all writing. [Read more…] about William Zinsser: “On Writing Well”

My passion and curiosity about Professional Blogging started accidentally enough with stumbling upon a fantastic personal development website by Steve Pavlina in 2006. I loved what Steve managed to do with his successful blogging and his myriad of personal improvements.  Most of all, I loved the idea of creating – creating content, creating readership, creating something worthwhile first, for the fulfillment of your own passions and second, for the greater benefit of others. [Read more…] about Darren Rowse & Chris Garrett: “ProBlogger”

Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, is an epic novel, and no review or praise of this book, including mine, will yield it justice or measure the genius of the author behind it. There have been countless reviews of Jane Austen’s writing style and epic novels.

What else can I say that has not been said already? Perhaps if we as human beings are as complex and unique as Austen’s characters, so is the imprint of her book on our hearts and souls, and so here is my imprint. [Read more…] about Jane Austen: “Pride and Prejudice”