Tag: #healing

• Robbie’s Inspiration – Book review: Coming Home by Smitha Vishwanath

  

  Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: What Amazon says Twenty-six-year-old, Shanaya, finds her idea of home and family ripped apart when she loses her mother. Her effort to drown herself in her job proves to be financially rewarding and her work is recognized by the organisation. But, even this is not enough to fill the…

  Smitha V

  May 24, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookreview, #debutnovel, #family, #healing, #India, #indianculture, #inspiraiton, #loss, #love, #marriage, #tradition

• Book Review: Sorrowful Soul by Harmony Kent

  

  I pre-ordered Harmony Kent’s book in November 2022. The image of a Calla Lilly, in the lightest shade of olive green on the cover against a greyish-white background, attracted me to it. But with life getting in the way, I forgot all about the book after it was released. It was Sally Cronin’s post that…

  Smitha V

  May 18, 2023

  Book Review, Poetry

  #bookreview, #dealingwithloss, #death, #harmonykent, #healing, #journeytohealing, #life, #loss, #poetry

• ‘Coming Home’ is now available on Kindle

  

  I’m very happy to announce that ‘Coming Home’ my debut novel is now available on Kindle in most countries and no longer restricted to India. I thank Colleen Chesebro of Unicorn Cats Publishing for preparing the Kindle version, bearing with my ignorance and patiently guiding me through the process to make it available to readers…

  Smitha V

  April 9, 2023

  Book Review, Creative Writing

  #bookreaders, #bookrelease, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #death, #debutnovel, #familysaga, #findinglove, #healing, #inspiration, #life, #loss, #newbook, #reading

• Nominated as Author of the Month for January and February by SpillWords Press

  

  Some Sundays are more beautiful than others. I woke up today, wondering what I should write about and feeling exhausted after sitting endlessly at my desk for two days, editing my debut novel. On waking up, I did what I do every day- stretch for my phone, check Whatsapp, Facebook, WordPress, and email and then…

  Smitha V

  February 26, 2023

  Poetry

  #authorofthemonth, #healing, #life, #longing, #loss, #love, #nominated, #parent, #poetry, #spillwordspress

• My father’s home

  

  I wrote this tanka prose on the 26th of November. The tanka prose is based on my visit in September to the place where my father bought his first house. The house was in a most sought-after locale and I remember, dad, being very proud of it. I was around nine at the time and…

  Smitha V

  December 1, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #childhood, #dealingwithpain, #healing, #home, #japanesepoetry, #life, #loss, #memories, #nostalgia, #parents, #tankaprose, #truth