Write-up in FG!

Latest article in FG - http://www.fridaygurgaon.com/news/3102-Present-Is-A-Gift.html

Always, remember 'Present is a Gift'. Live it for yourself. The write-up is around the same concept that losing your present is like losing the gift by God:)..............

Click the Link - Order My Second Book 'The Road to a Positive Life'

Visit my updated Amazon Author Profile to order my second book. You can view my all books here:

http://www.amazon.com/Archana-Kapoor-Nagpal/e/B008N6DT9C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

As per my previous post around my second book - 'The Road to a Positive Life' is released in almost 14 countries. Link to the previous post - http://doyouthinkyouareliving.blogspot.in/2013/03/my-second-book-road-to-positive-life.html

I am sharing the link for my readers to order the paperback format of my book by clicking the link under the respective countries arranged in an alphabetical order. You can view the shared document at the link below to order your copy. Also, you can click the tab on the left side of the main BLOG PAGE to view the shared file.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8VyF1usHDuTdC12cWx5QUtZQTg/edit?usp=sharing or

Here is the QR Code of my book to grab a copy of it -

My SECOND BOOK ' The Road to a Positive Life' - PUBLISHED!

Dear Readers -

The surprise is over as my second book - 'The Road to a Positive Life' is published internationally. Presently, you can grab the paperback format. The Kindle Edition will be soon available. It is a collection of true short stories. I thank my proofreaders and publisher for turning my few pieces of ideas around real reflections into a book, as you see in this picture. I have worked very hard for my second book, and it means a lot to see it published. A dream of 8 months come true. I plan a big party for my family. Thanks to the entire JustFiction FB group and all the 66 members who made me write this book. Their feedback and encouragement is really appreciated!

HOW TO BUY MY BOOK :

My Indian readers

You can grab the copy of my book in the paperback format using this link ( can order via Bookadda.com or Amazon.com) -

http://www.junglee.com/The-Road-Positive-Life-Collection/dp/3845449373/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1364310481&sr=8-2#offers

My readers outside India

You can check at Amazon.com (every country has a respective portal with Amazon like amazon.ca  (Canada) or amazon.uk (United Kingdom) or amazon.jp (Japan) where you will find my book - The Road to a Positive Life by Archana Kapoor Nagpal). I am giving two links for my international readers to make it easy for all of you.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Road-Positive-Life-Collection/dp/3845449373/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1364314846&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=archana+kapoor+nagpal

OR

https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/the-road-to-a-positive-life/isbn/978-3-8454-4937-1

PS: If you prefer a kindle version then it is on its way. I will upload the links for the Kindle Edition soon. 

Thanks for reading me so far. Please grab a copy and leave a review for me. Thanks to all those who have left honest feedback for my first book - '14 Pearls of Inspiration'.

Next few days, you will find links only around my second book. Feel free to share my book links with your friends on FB/Twitter. It is a self-help book, and a must read!

Regards,
AKN

Happy Holi ....:)

Holi is my favourite festival. I love colours - red, blue, pink, green, and it should be followed by roadside pani puri.....WOW!

Ok!

I created a wish for all of you. This picture will help you to understand the significance of colours. Just imagine if there would have been just two colours black and white, life would have been so boring. I am trying to convey a message by posting this picture here (created by me) that fill your life with colours. They really make a difference to your attitude and life. Do not forget to fill these colours in the lives of your loved ones. If you still do not believe me then see this colourless picture to acknowledge the world of colours!

Happy Holi to all my readers!....Just colour your world!

Holi Of Hope!

India is a land of festivals. Two days from now, we have festival of colours - HOLI.

I am sharing an article that makes this festival all the more special for me. March is the month of 'Women's Month' on my blog and after reading this article, I feel to post it on my blog -

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Holi-of-hope-for-Vrindavan-widows/articleshow/19179781.cms

There is no reason to defy someone of colours. Colours make us feel positive and happy about ourselves. I have a better reason to celebrate 'Holi' this year:)

Latest Write-up in Friday Gurgaon!

Somewhere deep inside me I have lost hope. But when I write my poems or articles, they turn into a piece of inspiration. All these weeks, I feel bad the way I am treated, and I ask myself - I want to meet God....:).....definitely not in Bangalore....lol:)

My poem in Friday Gurgaon for my readers. 

http://www.fridaygurgaon.com/news/3085-I-Wanna-Meet-God.html

I am done with my third book also that will be my kindle book project. I am just left with the cover page. Thanks to my editor for helping me with the editing process of this book also.

I am planning to launch my third book after the marketing of my second book which is published by JustFiction and will soon be available for sale. I have completed the book and ebook project, and I am just waiting for the links to be shared with me. Let us see how things go from here.

Countdown Begins............My Second Book!

After my first book - '14 Pearls of Inspiration', I started writing my second book since August 2012. I took more than 8 months to write this book alongwith my editor, who helped me a lot in editing my work.

I felt like a pregnant woman all these months, where every chapter of my second book was like a month for me. I have given my time, mood swings, sorrows and happiness to my writing this book in the last 8 months. It was more difficult than writing my first book as I really studied before turning a real life incident into a semi-fictional story. I wanted to maintain the freshness of content but hide the real characters. I respect anonymity of people around me.

There was a chapter about polio affected child, and I read everything about their lives. So, this book was like a journey of my learning and growth as a writer. I took time to write it - as I wanted to do justice with each story and my readers.

I will not disclose the name of my book and any further details. I just got an e-mail that I am on track so keep reading my blog to find out about my next book. 

12 Facets of a Crystal was an anthology of 12 authors so I cannot claim it as my second book but lot of good memories with that international project. From contest entry to judging the contest, from contents to foreword, I am quite emotional about '12 Facets of a Crystal' as well.

But yes, if I am asked which is my favourite one - then you have to wait for the answer when I launch my second book soon................

Thanks for reading me so far......

Cheers:)

Iyengar Yoga............

Hmmm....

I started my day with Iyengar Yoga. After Hath Yoga, I have joined a month's training for Iyengar Yoga for my medical condition. My teacher calls me a plastic stick. A stick as I am thin for him and plastic as I can be moulded into different shapes. He believes that I am very flexible but I guess - it is all because of practice.

I practice yoga twice a day now. As a woman, I also go through hormonal imbalances but yoga keeps me calm and focused on things that need my attention. I can write better after meditation and sun salutations. I guess - every year we indeed I go through a stage of transformation and yoga is the only solution for me. When nothing works for me, yoga and meditation with Guruji helps me a lot. 

It helps me when my BP drops to 90/50 and it is quite often. I think exercise helps you to be fit but what you feed your mind is the main ingredient of your health. I have abide to feed my mind just one thing - 'happiness' and to stay happy in all the advserse situations. Happiness is the only medicine for our all problems. Just take a deep breath and give yourself a big smile. Like all women, I also had the problem of OCD (Obessive Compuslive Disorder) but now I have learned to really 'take it easy'. 

Women's Month on my blog - Get your regular routine health check-ups done and stay happy. Live for yourself, it makes a lot of difference. Read more about Iyengar Yoga. I am practicing it and I believe in it. At the end of the day, it is all about your beliefs!

Rest - keep doing deep breathing exercises - they work better than your depression pills:)

For My Readers :)

I am still a part of these two contests. Please read and vote for my entry if you did not read the published posts.

Contest 1 -

Here you 'To Vote'. Go to the link and on your right of the screen, you will see the ratings. Your votes can help me to go up in the list:)

http://www.poetrycraze.com/vote.php?startpoetry=33416

Contest 2 -

'No Need To Vote'. Just read my contest entry and if you feel like, you can leave a comment. Thanks to all those who have left comments for me.

http://www.lascauxflash.com/2013/03/30-ps-love-you.html

Happy Weekend!

Alienation to Meditation!

I just started working on my second book's manuscript. It is approved by my publisher and I have to still clear the technical verification process. After 14 Pearls Of Inspiration, I devoted all 9 months to my second book though the '12 Facets of a Crystal' got published before my book.

It will be a hectic night for me but I have worked very hard for this book of mine. I have been writing this book for the last 9 months, and it is the time to deliver best in the hands of my readers.

Though I started my day with a note to spend just time with myself and in alienation; I guess this is a task to kick start my thought. We all live our life around one element that drives us. It could be love, trust, sex, lust, respect or honesty. There is one element made for each one of us. For me, it was always honesty. If this element is not in your life, you feel to be lost. You lose your directions. Unfortunately, my life had lost it. I wonder at things around me. Then I lose my patience. I thought - I will alienate myself from the world around me. Just 'I, ME n MYSELF'. But yes I cannot stop writing as it keeps me alive. Alienation does not hurt me. It gives me confidence to live with a stable calm mind. I do not want to live with wrong things. I prefer to live alone with my work and few good things or people in life.

At times you try 100 times and you fail 100 times...(:......Anyways, I am also working on the Kindle project - my first kindle book and I hope I will launch it very soon!

I wait to see my second book live!

.epub....mobi....kindle!!

I have been studying around Kindle for the last one week. I am enjoying it. I have learned so many new things around .mobi files or .pub files. The softwares used to convert one type of file to another. Saving images in different formats. I make files to do testing at my end. I have read some of the finest articles around Kindle. If everything goes well, I will share my first published work for all my readers.

I am not a techie. But after reading so much I feel confident of myself. I sleep late around 1 AM but the moment I hit the sack, I feel a sense of fulfillment:). While walking on the treadmill or swimming in the pool, my mind keeps thinking - if I change the code, how will the file appear to the reader. 

When '14 Pearls of Inspiration' was released, my aunt asked me - do you have the kindle edition of your book. My answer was 'yes' but honestly I knew nothing about Kindle. But that was a question for me to understand I need to improve my skills and knowledge. 

Every day I tell my husband about my learning and share my skills with my best friend Ajitabh. They also feel happy about my growth and so do I:)...

I do not want to stop my learning indeed set new challenges for myself. What about you?

My Contest Entry - Flash Fiction Contest

Dear Readers -

As a writer, it is a happy moment when you appear for contests and you learn new things. I participated in a contest where a picture was provided as a prompt. The contestants have to make a story out of their imagination from the prompt.

Here is the link to my story and you can see the prompt next to it (on the right side of your screens).

http://www.lascauxflash.com/2013/03/30-ps-love-you.html

There is NO VOTING this time. Just read and cheer for my entry. If you like it please leave a comment for me.

Thanks to all!

Happy Women's Day !!

To my all women readers around the globe - A Very Happy Women's Day.

My poemfor all the women is published in Friday Gurgaon, and I have completed my three months contract with them for better things in life. I am happy that I completed my tenure on a very special day, for all the women - 'Women's Day'.

Here is the link - http://www.fridaygurgaon.com/news/3019-The-Women-In-Your-Life.html

My small message for all the women - Just Be Yourself. It comes from an Indian woman who stays in a male dominated society. Just Be Yourself means to live fullest to your expectations and desires. Do not let your goodness or strengths fade away by unfortunate incidents or miseries of life.

I really talk very loud :). When I talk, people think I am mad at someone. But I had to shout being a woman among men and bidding for my projects during my sales job - a decade ago. Now, I have become like that, and people do critcize my voice, but I still do not mind. I know my journey and it is my life. I still wear my glasses and flaunt them as a gift of God. I believe - 'I AM JUST MYSELF'.

I see women straightening their hair, wearing too much makeup. I am no exception. But do not let your inner beauty die as that is what matters at the end of the day. 

I am proud to be a woman like many of you!

Cheers!

Readers - Vote For Me !

I have participated in a poetry contest. It is not about to win but I really want all of you to read this poem and increase my hits as well.

This poem is approved and put up in the contest. I am climbing stairs since last two days and I really want more and more readers to read this poem of mine. It is very close to my heart. I might not win but your hits will help me in spreading a word against 'Female Feticide'. In case, I win then I will be very very very happy :)

Here is the link to my contest entry, you can vote for me. Please do vote for me...:)...!! -

http://www.poetrycraze.com/vote.php?offset=42

All you need to do is submit a rating in the right side of the window and click 'submit vote'. Just a minute's job!

This is a vote appeal...right now I am on third number...keep voting for me. Share this with your friends as well. Thanks to all who read the poem and voted for me!

Story of Anamika.....

Her story is a mystery. She is still in coma after a month's time in one of the hospitals in Bangalore. She was found in semi-clad state among beer bottles and condoms. It is a mystery of her misery that nobody knows till she responds to the treatment.

An appeal to everyone - we are not vegetables.....Before you wish us - 'Women's Day', believe in the power of words. At times, we are physically raped and many times, we are emotionally raped.

To know more about her story, please click the link below.............

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Mystery-shrouds-woman-in-coma/articleshow/18805627.cms

Jokes - Just thought to blog:)

Few jokes for just fun - I am being so sweet to my male readers in 'Women's Day week celebration'. I am posting few jokes for them:)

WHY DO COUPLES FIGHT

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, 'What's on TV?'
I said, 'Dust.'
And then the fight started.

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 100 in about 3 seconds.'
I bought her a weighing scale.
And then the fight started.

When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive.
So, I took her to a petrol pump
And then the fight started.

My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and my wife kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked my wife, 'Do you know him?'
'Yes,' she sighed, 'He's my old boyfriend.
I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years
ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since.'
'My God!' I said to my wife, 'who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?'
And then the fight started.

My wife is standing & looking in the bedroom mirror.
She is not happy with what she sees and says to me,
'I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.'
I replied, 'Your eyesight's damn near perfect.'
And then the fight started.

I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Kingfisher for 500 rs.
Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for 300 rs.
I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream..
And then the fight started..

I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary?"
It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation.
"Somewhere I've not been in a long time. So I took her to the kitchen. Then the fight started

My Poem - Women's Day!

A poem, I wrote for EVERY MAN to dedicate to two best women in his life. You can share this link with your mothers and wives. It is to acknowledge the contribution of every MOTHER and every HOUSEWIFE who make your life a paradise.

Here is the link - http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/journey-of-a-woman/

Respect women - as you do not know how hard is a journey to be a woman!

Cheers!

How to Buy my Books?

Here we go -

My Amazon page is updated with the link to my both the books. My readers can order my books using the link below:

http://www.amazon.com/Archana-Kapoor-Nagpal/e/B008N6DT9C

My readers in India can order the same books using junglee (Amazon Portal for India) or can search for my books using the following online shopping portals.

www.bookadda.com

www.landmarkonthenet.com

www.flipkart.com

All you to need to search is 'Archana Kapoor Nagpal' or you can search with name of my books as-

1. 14 Pearls of Inspiration - This is my first book
2. 12 Facets of a Crystal - An Anthology with 11 other authors

So hunt for me and grab my books:)

It is a proud moment for any woman to do something out of the box. I tell my people - I will live even after I will die. A writer dies but his/her writings are IMMORTAL!

My latest write-up in FG!

I am writing for Friday Gurgaon for the last three months. I am just an article away from completing my contract, and then things will be quite bright as I believe - it's all in the mind. I always thought, I will have an easy life but it just spinned so hard for me. 

Life is an unxpected journey with no destination for some people:)

First day of March, and I am celebrating this month to acknowledge women and her skills as a mother, a daughter, a sister ,et al.

I start this month with a link to one of my latest published poem in Friday Gurgaon. 

http://www.fridaygurgaon.com/news/2982-I-Will-Not-Give-Up.html

Happy Weekend!