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Bala Krishna

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Where did it all start?! I remember drawing inspiration from J R R Tolkien's Lord of the rings and naming my first story "Lord of Files". I never developed the story but my zeal sure did. Life has sure come a long way(Wait! What have I done, except for a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, hmm...), experiences made their way, opened certain new windows and with that, I am now working on my first novel "The Still River" loosely based on a story I heard from a farmer
Writing in itself is weird. I get deviated from the main course and do some other stuff when the right inspirations tuck in! One of them is a novella, "The Nepali Indian"(Working Title) and several other short stories.

Some of the published Short Stories:

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For those who are new to this space, TBR stands for ‘To Be Read’ books.

For the last five years or so, I set a book reading goal and only managed to reach half of the target. In 2020, I challenged myself to read 20 books but ended up completing only five. The subsequent years followed a similar pattern.

However, last year, I decided to approach things differently. I committed to reading just 12 book

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Sep 03, 2017 01:22PM

Peaceful greetings, Bala! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Have a great new week and month ahead. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!

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