Ask the Author: Somali K. Chakrabarti
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Somali K. Chakrabarti
I take a break to replenish my creative energies and come back recharged. Fresh ideas start cropping up in a rested mind.
Somali K. Chakrabarti
The ability to reach out to people through your writing, share your perspective through your poems, stories or plays has its own rewards It’s about creating something lasting that will stay beyond you.
Somali K. Chakrabarti
One needs patience and persistence in oodles to be a writer. Value to reader and the marketing aspect of a book has to be kept in mind while writing.
Somali K. Chakrabarti
Next in line is a novel that I am working on along with a colleague. I may also come up with a book on brand stories of popular brands - how they originated and expanded and how we as consumers relate to them.
Somali K. Chakrabarti
I believe that finding inspiration is a function of habit. Over a period of time the mind gets trained to seek its own inspiration. I consciously seek inspiration from things around me, from discussions with the people I meet, or by simply observing them, from the places I travel to, or from ideas that might have resided in my mind for some time.
Somali K. Chakrabarti
I started writing poetry on my blog mainly out of interest. The excellent response that I got from the readers, some of whom are themselves exceptional writers inspired me to compile the poems into an anthology and publish the book ‘Lei: A wreath for your soul.’
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