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Happy Birthday Enid Blyton plus my Favorites

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My favorite author forever is still Enid Blyton.Even now my idea of a comfort read is revising one of the Famous Fives and Five find outer mysteries.

Her birthday was on 11th of August and this wonderful author born 126 years ago ,continues to make children all over the world happy.Born on 11th August 1897.She died on 28th November 1968 leaving behind a legacy of selling more than 600 million copies of her book worldwide.

Her work one is of the most translated of children’s authors and is available in 90 languages.

My daughter, her friends discuss the Faraway tree and Find outer like they are next door neighbors. You can’t believe the fun I have picking out books for the young Enid Blyton fans .Her books are a necessary read if you want to encourage creative thinking,out of the box brain storming and give children the ability to dream.

The school stories of Malory towers helped me plan many school picnic meals.The wishing chair was the inspiration behind buying my own rocking chair .Every morning I sneak a peak at its feet to check whether it will sprout wings,because you never know right?

We all need a little bit if magic and a lot of laughter in our daily lives.Children also need their stories to be full of adventure,wisdom and hope .They may not be children of today ,they may be children from another continent another time ,but children will be children .

Many so called literary critics have various issues with her work and the extensive changes in the new editions of her book is unnecessary to say the least.

My daughter started reading during the pandemic and she is now rereading some of these series .It’s fun discussing the characters with her and I will forever be grateful to Enid Blyton for making my childhood full of picnic lunches by the stream ,birthday party in clouds and my love for trees and nature .

Famous five and Five Find Outers

My favorite Enid Blyton books :

Famous Five series

Secret seven series

Five Find outer series

The Enchanted Wood series

The Wishing Chair series

The Malory tower series

The St.Claires Series

The Naughtiest Girl series

The House at the Corner

Have you read Enid Blyton stories?

If you want to read poems by Enid Blyton.

If you want to know about Enid Blyton check out Enid Blyton by  Barbara Stoney.

Book Cover Reveal and the #Tiniature Memory

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The next mystery you will get to solve with me from the Krishna Mishra Mystery series is Gold in Goa.

I always wanted to do a book cover reveal but felt shy. I always wanted to write a cozy mystery but felt shy.Blogchatter’s Ready to Publish challenge in June helped me by giving me the nudge to get started with the important part about sharing my #wip.

Gold in Goa by Dr.Amrita Basu book cover

In my everyday life, I am not shy at all. But this creative stuff brings out my unknown shyness.

It’s weird I know . But that’s the way it is.

On another note, yesterday my daughter gave me a very interesting observation. After hearing one of my silly random jokes (which was backed by science) she giggled and said :

Daughter:Maa ,I know what’s missing in your podcast?
Absent minded Me (doom scrolling):”What ?

“Daughter:Maa your silly jokes which makes me laugh.You don’t Crack a single joke on your podcast .

Me(No more absent-minded):Hmm,but health is serious .

And “laughter is the best medicine” was the parting shot from someone I gave birth to! Incidentally, she is a fan of the Reader’s digest series of the same name.

Imagine that.

So going forward I will try to not let information weigh you down. I don’t know about jokes, because the balance of appropriate and inappropriate gets very hazy in today’s world. I have no intention of creating a ruckus. But I have the best intentions.

Sharing a few tweet microstories I once shared on Twitter. #Tiniature Stories was a contest by Gayatri Gadre

I started writing to share what I knew about health and wellness. But I ended up writing about many other things which I learned while writing about those “important things”.

Bottom line: We are multidimensional and I hope you will give me your feedback about this book cover and what is the story that comes to your mind when you look at it!

Writing this with the Ultimate Blog Challenge friends in a desperate attempt to stay afloat.

P.S.: My daughter just finished her periodic assessment tests yesterday and I can’t help feeling I deserve a medal.

Cozy Mysteries To Gift on Friendship Day

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Friendship is a mystery by itself.A relationship which sometimes defies logic.But life would be pretty boring without friends.The Universe has a way of bringing people in our lives who teach us something .These friendships may last a lifetime or a few years ,but the memories remain.

The International Friendship Day is on 30th July. But in India, it’s the first Sunday of August.

Whichever date you celebrate, it’s wonderful to have friends. That’s a sign the Universe loves you and wants you to be happy.

Today I am sharing the books which a Cozy mystery loving friend will enjoy.

1.Sara Rosett’s Mom Zone Series Staying Home is a killer.

2.Darjeeling Diamonds :Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 4

3.Chicken Culprit: A heart-warming and humorous cozy mystery set in Colorado small mountain town. (A Backyard Farming Mystery Book 1).

4.Murder at the Manor by Catherine Coles

5. The Postman Always Dies Twice by Zara Keane

6.Death takes a Break by Vikki Walton 7

7.Mystic Pieces Ada Bell

8.Crossed by Death Ace Brokens

9.A Ghost of A Chance by Cherie Claire

10.Mind Your Own Murder by Patti Larsen

Check out some popular Cozy mysteries you can gift in the images below .

Cozy Mysteries to Gift

The best part about Kindle ebooks is how seamlessly they appear in my Kindle app.I go back and buy the paperbacks ,if it’s book I would like my daughter to read one day.

Cozy Mysteries to Gift

As my husband says,it’s fun to feel good after a mystery is solved rather than feel sad ,empty or just disappointed. That’s also a good way to find friends.Those who makes you feel happy,balanced, accepted,welcome and not causing doldrums or plain bad influence are the keepers.The company you keep not only says a lot about you,but also influences your mindset and social health.Be around good people and it’s easier to be good.

Cozy Mysteries on Kindle You can Gift

Every friend is like relationship gold. They make life fun, enriching, worth fighting for.If family makes up for our genes, Epigenetics is contributed generously by the company we keep.

Why I like writing Cozy Mystery

Having good friends means you not only have someone to laugh with but someone who will be there during the storms. Good weather friends are not worth much.

Now you my dear reader are my virtual friends. Your support means a lot to me. That’s the reason I always like sharing my book on Kindle Unlimited.

All my blogger friends on the Ultimate Blog Challenge and Blogchatter who support and share my work are a blessing.I have met a few of them virtually and even fewer in real life,but interestingly I meet their blogs regularly. The internet has helped me make friends all over the world, sharing a special bond.

Friends help us become better. Friends make us stronger. Friends are the Chocolate frosting on vanilla cupcakes of life. Are you keeping in touch with your friends? Let me know about a friend who likes reading in the comments and below.

My list of Cozy mystery books as gifts !

More Posts to Read

3 Types of Friends

Unforgettable Friend

Greatest Challenge People Face Today!Plus a gift

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What are the Greatest challenge people face today?This one’s complicated and is a topic Blogchatter asked us to write about.

Last two years have helped me realize how blessed we are .But even in that gratefulness I realized we are suffering from a new set of challenges.

Behind the scenes of the series

But before that serious stuff check out my book the Darjeeling Diamonds:Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 4.Its free for a limited period and forever free to read on Kindle Unlimited.

Greatest Challenge People Face Today!

Existential crisis:GREATEST CHALLENGE people face today

Making people remember that cutting trees means shutting of oxygen supply .This is a topic I can rant on forever. I started writing when I started to garden.So not only do I owe plants for the oxygen I breathe in,but also the words that pour out.That’s the greatest Challenge.

But thete are a few other challenges I want to mention here .

The challenge of keeping mind and body healthy .It’s tough when you are tied to a phone or some sort of smart device.I can’t seem to like body worn device.It’s like an invasion of privacy to a whole new level.Its even tougher when you eat things out of packets whose ingredient lists needs serious chemistry knowledge to decipher.Rising non-communicable diseases are a direct indicator of this challenge.

The challenge of staying connected with people who matter.Its more of a challenge because we are overwhelmed by the digital chatter.Its easy to hop onto a call via video with anyone anywhere in the world.But sometimes in all that extra busy-bee behavior we stop connecting with people who are close to our heart.That needs to change, if we want the human race to survive.

The challenge of teaching kids the value of education. Everyone appears to be teaching a 5 step course to “getting rich in 21 days ” type thing.Hard work,strategy,sincerity and creating value is not cool enough.Learning happens lifelong .Having fun with it and working on self improvement takes us far.

Everyone is in a hurry to go somewhere.But one they reach it ,it’s another new chase.Finding contentment doesn’t need to be difficult. But it will need introspection and being honest with your own self.

I am writing this for the #BlogchatterBloghop ,what kind of challenge do you think needs urgent intervention?

Behind the scenes of writing a series: Darjeeling Diamonds

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I started writing in 2014, but it was only in 2020 during the lockdown of pandemic that I started writing stories. I have always been a big fan of mysteries, so that was the genre I wanted to write about.

But my mysteries needed to be free of gore, with a feel-good end to them. That’s when I realized my writing was more like a cozy mystery series than a thriller. Is that a good thing or bad? I have no idea, but it’s what I end up writing. At least now.

Girl with diamonds in a background of Hills.Darjeeling Diamonds :Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 4
Darjeeling Diamonds:Krishna Mishra Mystery Book 4

It gets difficult to judge your own writing and categories are a big thing when it’s time to list on Amazon right?

I was still not sure about the exact categories. But after 3 books in the series,I am sure it’s somewhere between cozy mystery and treasure hunting. A murder may or may not happen but I absolutely love finding treasures at the end of my stories.

While writing nonfiction gives me a feeling of satisfaction(of doing my best to help someone), fiction is different. It’s a chance to make someone relaxed, and entertained, forget the drama in their life and get set, solving crimes in fiction, even if we can’t solve all the real-world problems.

In my Krishna Mishra series, Krishna and his wife Ria travel a lot. They like traveling to places close to nature. They also love good food and spending time with each other, friends, and family. Krishna loves gardening and reading. He is an ex-army doctor and now works as a private investigator and moonlight as a treasure hunter. Ria his wife is a blogger, vlogger, podcaster, and more his muse than a sidekick.

Darjeeling Diamonds Book Blurb :Krishna Mishra Mystery Book
Darjeeling Diamonds Book Blurb :Krishna Mishra Mystery Book

Together they are unraveling an ancient map that they discovered while solving the first mystery in the series.Krishna Mishra and the Mysterious Movie Star.

More about the behind-the-scenes tomorrow. Get the Darjeeling Diamonds and let me know if you like it.

Writing this for the Ultimate Blog Challenge.

10 Things Writers Worry About Plus Book Giveaway !

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Have you ever felt like you stopped doing something ,just when luck would be changing?Or maybe you ecsaped getting hurt, because of a spur of the moment decision?It’s not stories which are difficult to write .

It’s the editing and final push you need to get the book out in the world.Sometimes I wonder how people like Rabindranath Tagore,Satyajit Ray ,Enid Blyton,Agatha Christie were so prolific ,interesting and lucid.How did they edit their work?How did they get the stories out in the world?Books and authors even when there are memoirs and autobiographies like this one seldom tell the full tales of tears and tribulations.

Everyone says the third book is the most difficult and this was the third in the Krishna Mishra series .But for me the fourth book is creating trouble .Its almost done and I am waiting for work on the cover and blurb.Hopefully I will be able to get it out within a week,

What are the 10 Things Writers Worry About?

This is July, and July for me, has always been about books . You can check out my Audiobook here, and today I have a gift for you. My third ebook in the Krishna Mishra series is up for grabs for a limited time. Just click the link, and it’s free for you . Gift it to a friend or share it with those who like a good mystery. Your support means a lot to me.

Krishna Mishra & The Rani’s Rubies: Krishna Mishra Mystery (A KRISHNA MISHRA STORY Book 3)

Book Blurb

Hunt for the Royal Ruby

Krishna Mishra has a passion for solving crimes. Behind his boyish good looks lies a deductive genius—his reputation for identifying thieves, fraudsters, and murderers.

A lunch invitation turns into a hunt for a Royal Ruby. Krishna finds himself investigating an ingenious theft. The Rani’s Ruby disappears, leaving behind a perfect replica, an intriguing crime. The truth lies under the shadows of human nature until Krishna arrives on the scene.

This is Book 3 in the Krishna Mishra series, and Krishna doesn’t disappoint. 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.

For my Readers on Amazon.in
For my Readers on Amazon.com

So what are the 10 things Writers Worry About?

  1. What to write?
  2. Will it be right ?
  3. How to write it?On paper,phone or laptop?
  4. Will anyone read it?
  5. Should I let anyone read it ?
  6. How much money can I make from this ?
  7. Will I make any money from it?
  8. What if I don’t make any money from it?Should I stop writing?
  9. Will it help anyone?
  10. What if I don’t write it and someone else gets the idea and it’s a big hit like the HP series or thr Ring trilogy?

It’s perfectly okay if you never worry about any of these and have your own pet worries to worry about .That’s the best part about having a Creative brain .You can worry creatively .Seriously why have the same worry ?It needs to be dealt with or discarded or maybe lend it to someone who really needs one?

10 Things Writers Worry About

Writing this with the Ultimate Blog Challenge gang ,who helps me fight the “should I even write block” regularly.

So dear writer,keep writing .It’s a gift and we are blessed.

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