TaleHunt

The monster disguised as a writer’s block

There you are, in the middle of a thick jungle. The wilderness weighs on the paths before you like a blanket. You walk, cautious but steady, focussing right on the landing ahead.

Let’s chat with Gemma the ‘Teenblogger’

Gemma is writing under her pen name ‘Teenblogger’ and she is 14 years old. She has wanted to become someone people would aspire to ever since she was five. She started a blog because she wanted to know if people enjoyed reading her writing as much as she…

Free writing- The gateway to new ideas

Have you slept with your blanket over your head?

It’s warm at first, comforting. You feel safe and happy. But after a point of time it stinks. You breathe the same air over and over, making the inside of your blanket as hot as a…

A word after a word after a word is power

In the year 1909, Okhil Chandra Sen alighted from a long distance train at Ahmedpur station to excrete (‘make dung’ in his words). The guard, not knowing this, gave the green signal, leaving an enraged Sen behind as the train rolled out.

7 novels inspired by random occurrences

You may sift through your mind for a spark, toil into the early hours of the morning, just for inspiration to write. But sometimes, inspiration hides in the things you don’t notice. Like the high heels you wore last night, or the newspaper boats sailing in the…

Mobile phone, did you let us rot? — Junk in a drawer

“Hello Mr. Walkman, years since we met, how are you?” the Digicam asked as a walkman was deposited next to him.

“I’m alright, a little tired you know,” Mr Walkman wheezed out.

Agatha Christie, an inspiration

A little Belgian man with a waxed moustache sat on his couch and became one of the greatest detectives of all time. Hercule Poirot, with his grey cells and his love for everything tidy, is a character that everyone knows. And his creator is the best-selling novelist in…

Ink stories

Our brain is whirring all the time