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Free Book and Thank you KDP

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on December 10, 2020 4

2020 is coming to an end and if you have just found my blog, I want to share about a free book you can download, until the 13th of December( 12:00 PM Indian time).

It’s the book I wrote in April 2020, when India went into lockdown. With COVID-19 scaring the living daylights out of everyone, it was almost like I had to write all the things I didn’t want I didn’t dare before.

I started blogging in 2014 to share my professional knowledge and expertise about health, nutrition, wellness, and the not so smooth journey of earning money online. Making money online in India? Does that even happen? This was a mystery I needed to solve and that’s why most of the content on this blog is about health, wellness, and personal finance topics which have helped me now blogging and writing did help me earn money and that’s where my books on Kindle unlimited help so as a thank you, I try to share my books for free, whenever the Kindle select gives these promo opportunities.

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It’s the first in the Krishna Mishra Mystery series. You can download the book or gift it to someone. Here’s the Book link. Would love it if you let me know what you think of the series.

Readers choice award in Health Category by Tck Publishing for 2020 ;Book Fruits for life:Nutrition Secrets your Doctor won't tell by Dr.Amrita Basu — Readers choice award in Health Category by Tck Publishing for 2020 ;Book Fruits for life:Nutrition Secrets your Doctor won’t tell by Dr.Amrita Basu

On another note tckpublishing just published their 2020 book awards and my book Fruits for life: Nutrition Secrets Your Doctor Won’t Tell, won third place in the health category. Do check out the wonderful resources they have for writers.

Last year my book on Probiotics and Life won and I couldn’t be happier. I have always written nonfiction except for a few fiction pieces here and there. But in 2020 I realized a truth; you need to write down all the things you want to do and just do them one at a time.

I am happy to tell you I took a creative writing course, finished the first mystery book as an assignment, and then also published the second book in the series.

In 2020, Kindle Unlimited and the entire self-publishing industry motivated me to keep doing what I did. Because in the middle of all the crazy, it was a comforting constant. It helped keep me calm, writing, and publishing. The 3 books I have published in 2020 are the two from the Krishna Misra series and the nonfiction book on Childhood obesity. Plus all the writing on my blog keeps my writing muscles happy. It’s the digital home, anywhere everywhere.Writing motivates me and Amazon KDP is a big reason to smile ,for self published authors like me .

Now I would never have started writing books if not for the Blogchatter eBook Carnival. But if not for KDP select my books would never be sold. Having my books on the Prime Reader list several times helped boost my confidence. Now that I am learning the ifs and buts and beyond I will be sharing all about that in 2021. But if one super-rich e-commerce giant deserves a thank you, it’s Amazon.

Not only my online shopping, but earning money from selling my eBooks was a distant dream which I didn’t even know how to dream.

So, thank you Jeff Bezos for believing in books, the world’s largest book library, and making book publishing truly democratic. Because at the end of the day, books are our chance to learn and share. If you are not reading you are not learning.

Give my book a read these holidays and if you let me know in the comments below or on Twitter @misra_amrita . Writing this for the cornerstone content Challenge .The topic was content that motivates and I hope the post did it’s part.

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Little Book of Talent (Book summary):Unlocked

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on November 17, 2020 0

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

— ARISTOTLE

Talent or skill?

What comes first ?

Are talented people more successful or successful people more talented?

Can you polish your skill into a talent?

Does talent get rusty?

If you use it,does it get better or worse?

Should you share your talent or hide ?

Why do so many people suffer from burnout?

What’s the secret way to nurture skills and your innate talent?

You will get the answer to all this and more in the book The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle.

The blurb says it’s a 52 steps to a faster brain and smarter you.You can actually upskill to a level of great talent.It’s a book which is scientifically proven(according to the author) and field tested(there are examples).Will it work for you ?

Depends on how hard you work.As Daniel says ,you keep doing.

As Albert Einstein said, “One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.”

It’s a marathon not a sprint.So train right.

It’s a 72 page book with some of the most profound nuggets of wisdom you will find in a book of this size.

You can get it here .

Now let me share why I am passionate about this book .

Being a Doctor ,creative arts was not anywhere in my horizon until one fine day in 2014 October .

Then suddenly the gates opened and I experienced an almost Alice in Wonderlad type feeling,when I started earning as a freelance creative writer.

Then once again in 2020 when my podcast crossed 10k downloads ,I realized sticking with stuff helps.

Then today when I won the Kuku_fm #HappyDiwali contest ,I thought of sharing with you my favorite takeaways from the book.

Kuku_fm :I won first position in Diwali contest

Favorite nuggets from the little book of Talent

Nature and nurture are both important. But nurture can tilt the balance.Practice it till you perfect it.

Learn it right.Then repeat it until you can do it perfectly. Unlearning isn’t something our brain does very well.So getting it right is important.

Have note book.Create a roadmap.Write it down.

Don’t share it before you do it.

Take small steps.Repeat.Do it .Do some more.You have done more than most people.Taking the first step matters .

Mistakes are the magic crumbs which will always teach you.

Start.

Get better

Keep moving.

Thats the formula which helps those who are successful. So what are you waiting for?

Get started now!

Favorite quote from the book

By music-education pioneer Shinichi Suzuki, “Practice on the days that you eat.”

25 Things writing gives you- Bird by Bird

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on September 12, 2020 4

I am more of a reader than a writer. At least I was till 2014. Even now, I tend to read much more than I write. But some books after being read, insist I write about them. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is one such. I was putting off writing a review about it, simply because whatever I write I felt would be too little.

Then I realized I am missing the forest for the trees. It’s important I share why I love this book so much. Like Big magic, Big Magic gives you the license to accept your writing. Accept it, work on it, own it, embrace it, whatever you do, write it.

25 Things Writing Gives You

Today for the create #cornerstonecontentchallenge I am creating content that gives the tools needed to change.

Even a year back, I wrote mostly nonfiction, with a few contest entries for fiction. Then Corona 2020 happened, and the Wuhan virus pandemic caused all plans to go haywire.

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What is a person to do than write stories.? The kind of Writing which is so difficult for me that I forget my current challenges in the real world?

Oh, before I go on. My book What happened at Gour ( A Krishna Mishra Mystery book 2) is free today for download.

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That’s why Anne Lamott’s words about Writing is so beautiful.

25 Things Writing gives you( 22is Extraspecial)-from Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

The book is divided into sections like writing, writing frame of mind, how to find inspiration, about getting published, and more.

If you haven’t read the book, grab it now. But if you cant buy it for any reason,I will tell you why it’s such an inspiring read.

Becoming a writer is becoming conscious about your own self, your life, your existence, and your reason to be. If you write with insight caring about the truth, you shine a light that glitters even in darkness.
Writing gives you empathy and empowers your soul.
Writing gives you the courage to be unliked for your choices.
Writing gives you the ability to show vulnerability. The truth may not be popular. But it is always powerful.
Writing teaches you devotion.
Writing gives you commitment.
Writing shows your dedication to the craft.
Writing gives you a direction.
Writing is a way of finding wisdom and truth.
Writing is spiritually invigorating.
It is intellectually enlightening.
Writing is most often a challenge.
Writing is also a delight,
Writers find a focus for life.
Writers go through the agony of self-doubt.
Written words will stimulate and nourish your soul.
Being a writer gives you a sense of liberation.
When you write, you become a better reader. You appreciate it more deeply. You realize how difficult it is.
Writing gives intense pleasure.
Writing gives you a gift of a place in the writing world.
Writing takes you forward.
Your Writing will be someone’s Lighthouse.
Writing gives you a shot at getting inside your own head calmly and finding out the golden nuggets.
Writing helps you fight the sense of isolation.
It will deepen and widen your sense of life.

Sometimes in life, you do things which you never planned. I am a planner, and my entire career was the result of a lot of hard work. While I love being a doctor, my writing life gives me a different kind of joy. Writing has a lot of benefits. But the act itself is empowering because you find your voice. But for that to work, you have to write.

As Anne Lamott says,

the only way to see if Writing gives you all of this is to do what you did as a kid—shut them out and get on with finding out about life.

Are you writing?Share in the comments below how you find inspiration for writing.

Krishna Mishra: Revealing the Story behind the Story

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on September 2, 2020 6

I was busy in August, following Krishna Mishra as he went traveling in the Gour Amras resort. Yes, he traveled in COVID times, without a care in the world. Wait, before you get worried, Krishna Mishra is the detective in my Mystery series, and my fiction world banned COVID!

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The Krishna Mishra mystery started in March 2020. Almost at the same time as my travel plans fell flat. The first was published in April 2020 and book 2 was just released on August 31st.

While I wrote this second book I discovered something…

Writing fiction is like playing in the sand. You can build anything you want and let your imagination be wild.

All the voices which never seem to stop saying stuff to you work together to let your hands write down their words. They practically line up in a queue to tell their version of the story.

What Happened at Gour
(Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 2)

Now Krishna Mishra got his name in part because I am a big fan of Lord Krishna and his super quotes. Mishra is another way of writing my surname after marriage. But it’s also because it came in my dream????. Yes, it did and I liked how it sounded.

So there was Krishna Mishra standing in my dream talking about appearing in my books.I did tell him I like reading and watching mysteries rather than write them.But he wouldn’t listen.

But who exactly is Krishna Mishra?

Krishna Mishra is an ex-Army intelligence officer and has MBBS under his belt. Then he specialized in Forensics medicine and enrolled in the army. Nowadays, he has his own detective agency. He is around six feet, lean muscled, mostly clean-shaven and likes traveling. He was a recluse before he met his wife and trust doesn’t come easy. He prefers mangoes the way they are, rather than shakes and in desserts.

His wife Ria is his best friend, assistant, boss, and famous in her own rights. A movie star turned journalist, she was petite and gorgeous. They love solving devious crimes and gorging on delicious food. Both don’t happen at the same time in most cases!

Now after all this build up I must tell you about my book.

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What Happened at Gour(A Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 2)

This is book 2 of the Krishna Mishra Mystery series and I enjoyed solving the crime while writing the book. The book is free on #Kindleunlimited so do give it a read.

A quick Blurb, if you haven’t read the first book.

Can the man solve the mystery that never was?

What about an attempted murder that’s dressed up like an accident?

Rohit Sinha, Krishna’s school friend was found unconscious in a twenty feet deep garden pit. His wife, Meenakshi, comes to Krishna for help. Was it an accident or an attempt on his life? Krishna enters the lion’s den, but can he play the game to win?

What happens when Krishna Mishra, who is used to cracking mysteries, finds himself stuck, not once but twice? What happens when its Ria who is in danger?

To find a killer, will he become bait ?

Krishna Mishra follows the trail of a crime that never was uncovering lies, clues, and a mystery buried so deep that history will be rewritten.

Abot writing fiction, nonfiction and the beautiful crazy mess that life is!

Writing fiction and nonfiction are two different buckets to fill. I enjoy doing both. But I do it alternately. It’s like my brain gets a rest from the deep-dive research mode of nonfiction and takes flights of fantasy when I write fiction.

Writing nonfiction helps me spread the word about a topic. Then when I finish writing a mystery my brain is happy to relax reading a medical textbook. There’s comfort in the familiar.

I like the ability to have control over what my character will cook and eat. Writing about the food they enjoy is superfun.

But is writing fiction easy? Its make-believe after all.No, it’s not. It’s like the tooth which id wobbly and pains till it falls and then you have this empty feeling inside. Till another story comes and sits there.

I love the ability to travel with my characters. It’s like having Goopi Bagha’s magic slippers or port keys or floo powder or a little bit of everything.

There are lots of reasons why I should probably not write fiction. Branding is one of them. But one good reason for me to do it-I enjoy this. I also thought of having a pen name. But the legal stuff behind that made my head reel.I decided to just write under my won name and see what happens.

The world needs fun,laughter,good food and mysteries .That’s why I wrote fiction in 2020.

Did you like Krishna Mishra? What does the cover tell you? Let me know in the comments now.

Listen to the blurb and first part of the Book 1in the Krishna Mishra series

Childhood Obesity and Adult life :Powerful Secrets No One Told you

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 4, 2020 0

No hiding behind smokes and mirrors now.Obesity is a health danger in multiple ways .In COVID times ,it’s more so.Co-morbidities are risky for all of us.

Check yours and your kids BMI here.

Download a fitness tracker here.

In these times seeing higher number of morbidly obese people in the ICU with COVID19 complications, has made this an urgent matter.

England has taken a stand with the new obesity strategy.They banned the advertising of fast foods in the prime time television.The time period which has most kids watching TV.

That’s a a start.They also plan to stop the two for the price of one offers.

This is all good.Because several research has shown significant increase in fast food serving size over the years.It has shown that an increase in use of processed , calorie dense, nutrient poor fast food is behind rise in diabetes ,heart disease ,obesity even in childhood.

Fast food is fast to eat but is slow to leave your body.

Obesity starts early.Then it creeps up .Then the next kilo adds up and the next.

With every passing decade with a sedentary lifestyle you end up adding kilos to your body.

That needs action if you want it to stop.

The small steps you can take to change the way you eat and move is what my new book is about.

Childhood Obesity and Adult life :Powerful truths No One Told You.

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Will Writing a Blog help in Wellness? Plus Audiobook announcement

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on July 8, 2020 6

Wellness is a complicated topic, more so in the present. Does writing help in wellness? Does making videos help? How about your Instafeed or Twitter or Facebook?

Writing does help in more ways than you can guess.So much so that I started writing in 2014 and haven’t stopped. It’s because of my Blog that writing gets easier every day. The other thing, called social media, is just that. To be social. To find other lovely blogs and bloggers sharing stories from all over the world. I also don’t like working on borrowed land.

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Writing is therapeutic cathartic, self-pep talk, mind detox, coffee for the soul all that, and more. I never thought I would get a rush from writing. But I do. I never thought I would tap away at the laptop, feeling the clouds lift from my head, when the world was in lockdown. That happens.

Now when I am participating in the July version of Ultimate Blog challenge, I want to Restart right. I remember many of my blogger friends were there in April too. Reading how people were coping everywhere in the world puts things in perspective.

One book I wrote was about How to Walk, write, and garden for the Healthy Life you want. One review mentioned about my book being a tad autobiographical.

That got me thinking. Autobiography is not something I plan to write. That book was not supposed to be that. It was creative nonfiction about how writing, walking, and gardening can be three friendly tools to help you on your wellness journey.

Have you read my book ?

If not check this out here .

I am planning to make an Audiobook from it and will be sharing the chapters one at a time exclusively on the Blog from tomorrow.

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