Arun Shankar
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Arun Shankar
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Opening up about my writing, sharing it, and being part of a writing community... the stuff of my nightmares. This is me trying to go from "leave me alone to write" to "hi, how are you."
3 manuscripts, nothing published. Yet. #amquerying
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From my lit fic MS, The Violet Heel. Claire views an old photograph...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ruby is desperate to leave her home; she craves escape, a new life.
Excerpt from my MS: The Violet Heel
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September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Claire reflects on the letters her father wrote to her—letters full of banal recollections and fragmented statements, that had very little substance.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Claire resolves to escape the tortures of the ‘Farmhouse’ by sending out a coded S.O.S to her half-sister, Ruby.

Excerpt from my Lit Fic manuscript, The Violet Heel. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
September 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Claire's deception has been discovered by her brother, Gerald. He is furious and confronts her at her apartment.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That's awesome! Calls for a celebration indeed. Very happy for you, and it's a big big deal. My women's fiction MS is lounging in agent inboxes... fingers crossed!
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ruby embarrasses her boyfriend Lucas in front of his church. The consequences for Ruby will be terrible. The sense of abandonment will trigger a past she's been running away from. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thank you! Your message brought a smile to my face. Writing is such a lonely endeavour... but in some aspects it doesn't have to be. It is quite liberating to say: this is so hard; I don't know what to do next! :)
September 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ruby had hoped her boyfriend in another country would be her ticket out of her old life and into a different, better future. All she wants is freedom, at any cost.
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Perhaps one day I will share it with them :)
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thanks... I'm glad you liked it, and stopped by. Really, every little bit of support and encouragement matters so much!
August 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you, Hope. This is very encouraging. And god knows, we writers need a lot of that.
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you!
Yes it does, and to be honest I have often wondered if it was too much. But that's how I wanted to write it, and so I did. Have to stay true. :)
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Claire reminisces about her father's faith, especially how it transformed after her mother passed away.
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August 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Cynical
Sarcastic
The image is of this bitter man, sitting with a drink, angry at the world.
August 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Claire reminisces about the time when she and Xavier decided to get married. The ordinariness of it, the matter-of-fact way it happened. #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
August 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Claire recounts what she's heard about the affair between her father and Agnes, when they were in their twenties.
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August 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Thank you! I so enjoyed writing this.
August 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As the fire rages, Claire uses the distraction to escape the 'Farmhouse'.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Taking advantage of the fire, Claire escapes from the 'Farmhouse' #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity
August 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It's a strange thing... the way a name appears on the screen (or paper), with the lines, curves... it subtly influences my approach to them. I write differently when the name is Harry and when it is say, Paul.
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM