Day 91: "Bhavaaniyammayude Vishu"!

"Bhavaaniyammayude Vishu".

That's the title of my Malayalam short story that's been published in an online magazine, "Ithalukal" by an organization called MIS (Malayalees in Singapore). This is my first short story in Malayalam ever and I believe also the first time any short story of mine is getting published!

Needless to say, it's a beautiful feeling!

Here's the link (am on page 26!): http://www.sgmalayalees.com/fourth-edition/march-2012-issue.php

Days 49 - 52: Malayalam Short Story, IOK on TV, Yoga, Packing and 50!

18 - 21 February, 2013

Quite eventful four days! So eventful that I am gonna squeeze everything into one short post vs. separate entries. Here's the list:

1) Completed one short story in Malayalam for an online Mallu magazine from Singapore. It took me four days to complete it as I had to work it around the little one's schedule. But I have finally managed to complete it!
2) Two very good yoga classes. Also got a good on a new pose - the backward bend!
3) Got confirmation that my short film Inganeyum Oru Katha will be telecast on a TV channel in the US! It will be the first time that's happening to any of my films!
4)  I have begun packing for my upcoming India trip. I am gonna travel alone with the little one this time (and her first trip ever!) and I can't stop making lists of things to take, checking, re-checking, packing and being rather obsessed with the whole thing. The good news is that I have made quite some progress so far!
5) Last but not the least, I have completed 50 days of this new blog. That's always a reason to celebrate!

All's well! 

Day 19: Writer's Block Unblocked!

I had written here that one of the things on my long writing-to-be-done list for the year is a collection of short stories.

Today, I started working on the first of the stories.

And I completed a grand total of 1 page.

Yup, that's it.

By then the little one decided that I have better things to do.

But hey, I got at least one page done and I am reasonably happy with that! It meant that I have finally gotten over the writer's block that I have been dealing with for a few days now.

Great progress, really!

To celebrate (and also because it was Saturday and it would be sinful to spend the whole day at home), the hubby and I hit Clarke Quay where we treated ourselves to kebabs from Marrakesh and dessert from Haagen Dazs. Yum.

Looking forward to completing the rest of the pages now!  

Day 9: Short Story List!

Looks like maternity leave is a good time for brewing of ideas! Just yesterday I had written about how I struck an idea to make a half written feature film script far better.

And today I have a completely different idea!

Firstly, I have decided to shelve the above mentioned  script and get back to work on it later on. Reason being that I have just completed one full length script last month - a rather romantic musical, and I don't feel like working on another script just yet.

Instead, I have decided to get back to my plan that's remained just a plan with no action against it for ages. The plan to write a collection of short stories!

I think I have been wanting to do that since 2008 or so and I did get down to writing three stories then but that was that. I caught the film making bug after that and no more short story writing happened.

But now I want to do it. I feel like with a bit of better time management I will be able to squeeze it into my schedule that's currently focused on baby sitting and yoga.

To kickstart the process, I drew up a list of ideas for short stories that I will work on. And I have nine ideas listed down with a logline each!

Plan is to write about one in 1-2 weeks. Fingers crossed and super excited!