January and February flew away into the sunset
super fast and March marched into our lives quickly. The last few months I have
been writing so much, that my brain has become scrambled. No wonder I am coming
up with these silly lines.
It’s time for another IWSG Post. IWSG (Insecure
Writers Support Group) is an online group of writers, posting on the first
Wednesday of every month. In our posts we talk about all our writing related
issues, worries, fears and doubts, and get support and help from other writers. Do check out the IWSG website.
IWSG is the brainchild of Alex J Cavanaugh, the author of several
amazon bestsellers: CassaStar, CassaStorm,
CassaFire and Dragon of the Stars. A warm-hearted human, Alex has several
clones helping him, no wonder he writes such amazing books so fast, catches up
with his thousands of followers by visiting their blogs and leaving his sweet
comments there and gets the time to play his guitar. Alex, help me out, I can do with
a couple of clones.
March 4 question - Other than the obvious holiday traditions, have
you ever included any personal or family traditions/customs in your stories?
In my last book Festival Stories Through
The Year (HarperCollins Children’s Books) I have used a whole lot of our family
traditions in certain festivals. India is so culturally diverse, that families
celebrate the same festivals differently. During my research I wasn’t getting
proper information on a particular festival, hence I used the customs my
grandmother followed, which are now being carried on by my mother. And luckily
for me as one of the characters in my book belonged to my community, it was
easy peasy to introduce my family customs. And the best thing is that character
has become a firm favourite with the readers.
What about you all? Have you all used your family
traditions and customs in your stories?
How lovely to have such rich and meaningful customs in not just your family and that you shared them in your book.
ReplyDeleteSo interesting, Rachna! And happy to hear you're so busy writing. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's great you were able to put your own traditions into that character. Now they will carry on.
ReplyDeleteI love that! And putting those traditions in a book like this is a great way to immortalize them. :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. They will live forever as long as you continue with the traditions. ;-)
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I can see how your family traditions could be a super asset for a book on festivals. Glad you're writing so much.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful that particular character is a favorite.
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool, both the customs and the three generations of women keeping them alive for future generations.
ReplyDeleteHow neat is that! Just think, now these traditions are immortalized through your writing! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome how you were able to put your own customs into your book.
ReplyDeleteIndia seems so rich in festivals. I think it's Holi, when colored powder is thrown around onto everyone and everything. I celebration of spring joy. I love that!
ReplyDeleteIt’s so wonderful that you were able to use your family traditions in your book! My family is too scattered to have any regular traditions.
ReplyDeleteIt’s so wonderful that you were able to use your family traditions in your book! My family is too scattered to have any regular traditions.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful that your family traditions seem to have had a positive influence in your life and this has made its way into your writing.
ReplyDeleteIf customs are celebrated differently and information is hard to come by using your own family traditions makes a great deal of sense.
ReplyDeleteSo good to be here after a long break! More power to you on this International Women's Day.
ReplyDeleteThat's great you were able to incorporate your grandmother's family traditions through your character.
ReplyDeleteThat’s amazing how different celebrations come out of the same festivals.
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Tara Tyler Talks
I haven't really used any of my family's traditions in a story yet. But I can think of a couple that I would like to use when I get back to writing for young people. (At present, I'm mostly writing adult mysteries and poetry.)
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