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I Have Nothing to Tell, Nothing to Sell—Just to Be
Letting go of the noise, embracing the self. The drive is over. I have lost interest form the Internet of things. Like a child abandoned a toy after dissecting every bits and pieces. This is the new comfort zone. Uninterestedness. I don’t feel like making up to present myself in front of the people online.…
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Academic authors ‘shocked’ after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI
Academic Authors Express Concern Over Unnotified AI Deal and Lack of Compensation This story identified a major and contentious development in academic publishing: Taylor & Francis, one of the largest publishers, providing Microsoft with access to its research content for use by their AI tools – but without any consultation or compensation to authors. The…
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How to implement what you learn effortlessly?
INFORMATION IS THE HOTTEST COMMODITY IN THE MARKET Navigating with your true voice and core message I read five books a week. What I am reading depends on what I am up to. As I have taken this task of writing on Medium, I have been reading about writing a lot recently. I took on a challenge…
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Medium 101
THEY SAY 100 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER My thoughts on writing 100 articles on Medium I wrote 100 articles on the medium and this is 101st. I have around 100 readers on the platform. I am happy with the way it is going. Seasoned writers on Medium say that 100 is the magic number, in terms of…
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Kill the Niche to be a successful creator
CREATE WITH PASSION Discard all the hindrances in your writing Niche is a bondage. A Hindrance to the flow of what you want to write in the present moment. The content creation premise is conditioned to think in terms of niche, but it does not seem to be a need of an audience. It is a form…
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The more uncomfortable you are, the better
ORIGINALITY AND CREATION The path and practice of self-discovery through writing When you create, you push the boundaries of what is known to the world and what is unknown. Sometimes, I find myself in a difficult situation. Where you don’t have a reference for what you are doing and Learnings from what has been done before. If…
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Beyond Aspirations: The Unpredictable Path of Spiritual Writing
AUTOTELIC Exploring the Unplanned Path of Creativity and Embracing the Empty Nature of Mind I never signed up to publish almost every day. It happened. I write every day, and it is an eccentric need of those words to find an audience. The inherent nature of any information is to flow and spread. These writings are…
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How to write and reach the masses without diluting your message?
AUTHENTICITY MATTERS Ways to find an audience for your voice Authenticity is a decision not to sacrifice the message I write from the sense of belonging in myself. No matter where I am, or what I am doing, I belong to myself. It is also true that I belong to this world. Hence the jeopardy of…
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Crafting Your Creative Niche: Navigating the Path from Unheard to Unmissable
DON’T SOUND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE Will you write what fits the conventional notions or honour your own voice? Many writers and artists who are starting out feel that their voice is unheard. This is largely because their work is not seen yet. Their efforts as an illustrator or a blogger are not getting the exposure that it…
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My six-year-old nephew solved a major problem in my life
WHAT’S BETTER THAN iPAD? This $2 toy changed my life completely I write. A lot. And to write you need ideas. I do have an idea bank and a notebook where I jot down stuff. But that is mostly prose and poems. It goes to the collection of books I am compiling about sacred poetry. Anyways,…