Deepti Menon episodes:

• February 09, 2025@deepsmenon_7 | Episode 6 - Writing for Young Minds/ The art of Storytelling and Creativity

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  "If, as a children's writer, you can sustain their interest and make them wonder about the story, you have won the battle. There are certain themes that children revel in. Personal growth and transformation. Optimistic tales of good cheer. Believe believing in yourself, making good clean choices. The age old theme of good triumphing over evil. Secrets. Children love secrets and friendships. Children also love to see young heroes solving mysteries and problems themselves without the aid of adults."

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• January 19, 2025@deepsmenon_7 | Juggling Genres: How to Find Inspiration across Fiction, Non- Fiction and Poetry

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  "I read everything. Each genre fulfills a different need I have. Each book teaches me something. So said Jesmyn Ward Hi friends. Here I am on my fifth episode juggling Genres how to find inspiration across fiction, nonfiction and Poetry I look at the unique challenges and rewards of working across multiple forms of writing with advice of transitioning between genres. A genre is a category of literature with a specific set of characteristics. It helps authors to describe the primary content and tone of their writing."

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• January 05, 2025@deepsmenon_7 | The Art of Anthology Writing: Finding Your Voice in a Collection of Stories

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  "There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you. Beatrix Potter hi friends. Here I am with episode four of my Writing Journey, the Art of Anthology Finding your voice in a collection of stories in today's world, where lifespans have increased but attention spans have drastically reduced, short story anthologies are all the rage."

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• December 22, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | The Power of Place (Setting) in Thrillers

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  "For example, my psychological thriller Shadow in the Mirror, had chapter titles like Summer Heat, A Touch of Ice in Autumn and Dark, Icy Winter. This was actually a device which I used to create a sense of interest in my readers and to give a hint of the events within the chapter. Likewise, my short stories also depend much on the setting. The bewitched hour of twilight, where twilight denotes the mood of the characters. Love in the shadows."

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• December 01, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | The Thrill of the Chase - Exploring Our love for Crime and Thrillersl

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  "What comes easy can also be easy for a million other writers as well. It is important for a thriller writer to maintain his or her own style of writing and also to maintain the pace of the story. It should be pacey and racy enough to hold the interest. How important are the setting and the characterization? How many strong characters should a novel have to balance the yin and the yang? How many twists are mandatory to all these questions? I can only quote from my own books."

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• November 26, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | Introduction to my Writing Journey - Why I Write

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  "Every man's story is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. This quote is by Hans Christian Andersen, one of the most prolific storytellers of all times. I am Deepti Menon and I would like to take you along my journey as a writer. Why do I write? Would you like the fact or the fiction? I dreamt to be a published writer. Fiction. The fact is that when I was 10, the green eyed monster took hold of me."

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• May 19, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | Happy 90th Birthday, Ruskin Bond!

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  "Not only in India but everywhere in the world as well. I wish you all the very, very best. May your 90th birthday be wonderful. May all the years to follow be even better than all the years that have gone before. And God bless. May you and your writings go on forever. My name is Deepthi Menon and I live in Trishur, Kerala where again you have many, many, many admirers. So once again many, many happy returns of the day."

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• January 13, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | #AuthorStory | I would like to thank...

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  "My family, my mother, my mother in love, my siblings, my nieces and nephews. Of course, all of them add on to this joy by just being there for me and just, by just appreciating my writing. And finally, I cannot leave out my friends, my online and my offline friends, my writer friends and my reader friends all wait for new books to come out so that they can pick it up and let me know what is happening."

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• January 13, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | #AuthorStory | My lessons for aspiring authors

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  "There are so many writers out there with such lovely ideas, and it is a good thing to have a writer circle, people who will tell you very, very frankly what they feel about your writing, what is good about it, what needs a little bit of change amendment. And I think if the criticism is positive, it is always good to take it, because sometimes you are so in love with your own work that you do not see the flaws or the pitfalls."

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• January 12, 2024@deepsmenon_7 | #AuthorStory | The moment that made it worth it

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  "You. The one moment that always makes me feel that it has all been worth it is when I write the end. Because it is a culmination of a lot of hard work, a lot of thought, a lot of sleepless nights, and a lot of imagination running riot. So those two words, the end, always make the moment worthwhile. The other moment that makes everything worthwhile is when your editor gets back to you and says, well done. I think this book has come out well."

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