Veena Gokhale, Author

A view from India on the recent armed attack on Capitol Hill and democracy: https://thewire.in//kristallnacht-arnold-schwarzenegger-tr

Writers, however much you try, you won't be able to create characters like Trump and Elon Musk! I defy you!Writers, however much you try, you won't be able to create characters like Trump and Elon Musk! I defy you!

Check out this interesting list. Are there books there that you'd like to read? What would be your top choices and why? https://www.cbc.ca//the-top-10-bestselling-canadian-books-

My cousin sent me this text that I had written in 2015; don't know if I even believe in these words anymore but here they are: THIS IS A MESSAGE TO ALL YOU WRITERS OUT THERE : published or unpublished, selling well or bombing, awarded or unawarded. Those who return to the manuscripts they have been woking on for years every weekend or as often as they can; those who are not dreamers but find themselves daydreaming about a publisher finding them by accident. You bloggers too, and self-published folks, I LOVE YOU ALL! Your words are precious, even if ignored, even if they are lying in the dark. You are courageous, ferociously so. Embrace your writing life in 2016; meet other writers, nourish your passion, stoke that flame making it rise higher and higher.

I am looking forward to doing a Xmas tree with books in 2021. Love books & have tons, so the way to go for me. Inspiration from a friend. And one can add pine cones and what not...