Resmi Jaimon : Freelance Writer, Kochi : Kerala : India ; Book Ghostwriter

Blog Launch: A Window for Books & Authors

2012-01-30T09:09:00.000+05:30

Begin 2012, and I announce the launch of my new blog : A Window for Books & Authors. A long awaited dream is thus beginning to take shape. A Window for Books & Authors intends to review books, interview authors, publishers and literary agents.

I have interviewed authors and reviewed books in the previous years. For those interviews / book reviews I hold copyright, I'd be republishing in the new blog.

Call for Authors, Publishers, Literary Agents

I also take this opportunity to invite authors, publishers and literary agents to contact me at bookandauthors@gmail.com to discuss further regarding publishing interviews in the new blog and also reviewing books.

Nine years and still in love with writing!

2012-01-13T09:14:00.002+05:30

Nine years ago, till January 13, 6:30 am, I didn't know if my then dream would come true. I had even lost hope of turning my dream into reality. And past 6:30 am, I was delighted to see the main story of Metro Plus, The Hindu (Thiruvanthapuram edition). My first story was published - The Neo-Homework (by Resmi Shaji)!

The day marked my career destiny.. and now, 9 years later, working part-time; I've worked for over 80 publications, in print and online, in India and abroad. (Counting the supplements of The Hindu, the series of Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul and other publications, the number would exceed 90 publications!) This year, I celebrate the success with my husband, my 6-month old daughter, parents and my brother!

Formal education in creative writing begins...

For nearly 8 years, I never felt the desire for a formal education in creative writing or journalism.. but somehow the passion for studying further hit me in Oct 2010. Personal life made me postpone my studies further. In Nov 2011, I enrolled for 'Diploma in creative writing in english' (IGNOU). Waiting for the enrollment procedure to be over and books to arrive. I've no idea how much the course will benefit me, but I simply love to learn. I hope to do more courses, in the coming years.. And the mystery continues- whether I'd study or my daughter - who love to read newspaper every morning along with my husband or I and love to tear papers to bits!!!

And this year, I hopelessly hope to finish my first non-fiction book! (a long-cherished dream, I'd to keep postponing for varied reasons).

The year, 2011

2011-12-31T23:04:00.002+05:30

2011 was a very special year for my husband and I. Our daughter joined us in July 2011 and since then, our personal life has changed much.

Talking of professional life, I have had a long break in the year 2011. The last article I worked was in February 2011. I have just returned to work and submitted a business story for a leading portal, three weeks back (the story is scheduled to be published next week). Meanwhile, also worked on a couple of personal articles related to pregnancy and motherhood.

Over the next few months, I would prefer to stick on to selected assignments. And I would probably be working only on 3-4 assignments per month.

On another note, I have applied for a writing course, about which I would mention as soon as the admission procedure is over.

The book ideas I have had and I started working, will probably see light in 2012.

As of today (December 31, 2011), the number of blog visitors have crossed 9000! Looking forward to cross the five-figure (10,000) during the first quarter of 2012, considering on an average, even when not updating the blog, more than 450 visitors visit the blog. Frequent posts attracts more than 700 visitors per month!

Let me sign off for now and bid goodbye to 2011, while wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous new year 2012. And a big thanks to all my readers, who reads my posts and keeps me inspired to maintain the blog!

Volvo Ocean Race - Kochi Stopover Blog

2011-11-09T13:22:00.003+05:30

Volvo Ocean Race - Kochi Stopover Blog is now open to all readers. For more than 1.5 years, it was available only to those who bought my report on volvo ocean race. You can view the blog at

http://kochi-volvo.blogspot.com/.

A Message for Prospective Clients

2011-11-01T20:19:00.003+05:30

It's time I put this note, a message for my prospective clients.

Yes, to Magazine Writing & Anthologies

I am yet to start working in full-swing and all that I can manage at the moment is magazine writing - ie; feature writing / interviews / travelogues. I can also handle such features for reputed portals / websites and personal stories for anthologies.

On a break from web content writing

Kindly note I am not accepting web content writing assignment at the moment, due to motherhood ( I need time to take care and play with my four-month old daughter!). I may take this up after sometime. When I do, I'll post a note here.

Contact Information

Whatever reason you are contacting me for, kindly make sure you contact me only via email : resmi.writer@gmail.com and do not call the mobile number given in the advertisement (on the top of this blog) (ie; of Rat Vanisher). Unfortunately, a number of people are calling my father, in the mobile no. provided in the advertisement. The number is strictly for contacting my father, especially for buying the rat repellent and not for writing purposes.

Published Clips: Tech Boss wins Snake Boat Race

2011-07-23T23:02:00.003+05:30

(Originally published in Techgoss at http://www.techgoss.com/Story/398S11-Tech-boss-wins-Snake-Boat-Race.aspx. Available as reprint, contact for pricing and other details. (Copyright @ Resmi Jaimon)

While the men and women who head India’s IT-ITES are often in the news for bagging big deals and the wins after the implementation of tech projects, few have the same success in the sporting field as well. Quadra Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd Chairman Joseph Philip recently captained the team which won India’s most popular boating event – the Snake Boat race at Alleppey, Kerala

Joseph Philip, whose company Quadra Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd is based in Bangalore & Cochin, always had a passion for boating. The Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race at Alleppey in Kerala is an annual competition. Each Chundan Vallam (snake boat) is up to 100 feet long and the race is held to commemorate the first visit of Prime Minister of India, Pandit Nehru, to Kerala in 1952.

Joseph Philip, 56, is a mechanical engineer from NIT Calicut and also holds a Master in Business Administration from CUSAT, Cochin.

Techgoss (TG): When and how did you get interested in boat racing? How did you learn the sport?
Joseph Philip (JP): I belong to Kumarakom (the infamous region of Kerala backwaters) and the boat race was a part of me right from my childhood and school days. In our village, during those days, inter school boat races were the main sports in the school. Other sports were not known or important there.

TG: What commitment in terms of time, effort and money was involved in winning this race?
JP: The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is the most prestigious such race, and all the Snake Boats participating clubs plan right after every race for the next year. It took one month of physical effort from our club’s organizers for the procurement and fine tuning of our Snake boat, selection of the rowers etc. We practiced thrice every day, covering similar distance of Alleppey race at our village back waters. The boat race was on August 14th and prior to that, we practiced for twenty days. All rowers were selected from the local fisher folks and every practice day, they are given food and money. Usually, the Captain of the team takes care of the expenses.

TG: Give us some details about your team including how many people were there in your team. Did the team have techies?
JP: The entire team is built in and around the Kumarakom Village. Most of them are fisher folks who catch from the Vembanad Lake. The rowers consisted of about ninety five including five Amaram and Seven Thalam. This sport may be the only one in the world with over ninety participants in a competing team. In addition to this, we needed to have substitutes of about fifteen and another team of fifteen for planning, administration and support. There were no techies other than me in this team.

TG: Apart from the 58th Nehru Trophy Snake boat race, have you been honored earlier in such races? In which other snake boat race events have you participated so far?
JP: As a Captain, this was the first year I participated in the Snake Boat race. This year, we participated in Champakulam, Kottayam and Kumarakom boat races other than the Nehru Trophy.

TG: What are the challenges you faced during a mega event like Nehru 58th Nehru Trophy Snake boat race?
JP: This year the competition was of a very high standard and most of the participants were practicing for a larger number of days and very seriously. The Quilon Jesus Boat Club were competing for their third victory. They practiced for over three months, including high altitude training at Munnar/Thekkady for few days. We had to beat them in the heats to participate in the final of the Nehru Trophy. In the final too, all the four Snake boats had a difference of only three seconds. There was less than fifteen feet difference between the first and the fourth place. With such stiff competition this year, winning the trophy was a great feeling.

TG: How do you find time for such sporting events in the middle of your busy schedule?
JP: My Company is currently managed by a team of professionals. I am not involved in the day to day management.

TG: Are you involved only in snake boat racing events or have interest and participate in other sports as well?
JP: I am also keen in yachting and participate on week ends.

TG: Are you participating in any sporting event in the near future?
JP: I am planning to participate in some ocean going yachting activities in the near future.

TG: What advice do you have for those who wish to participate in snake boat race events?
JP: Snake Boat race is one of the rare water sports events where over ninety persons synchronously row giving their best efforts to bring out the best results. This is the real team spirit and managing a winning team is really wonderful.

Published Clips: Salman Khan’s online academy a hit

2011-07-16T22:55:00.002+05:30

(Originally published at http://www.techgoss.com/Story/392S12-Salman-Khan-s-online-academy-a-hit.aspx on 28/7/2010) Available as reprint, contact for details. (Copyright @ Resmi Jaimon)

USA-based Salman Khan graduated from Harvard Business School and has had successful stints as a Technical Architect at Scient and as a Senior Product Manager at software giant Oracle. He has also held key roles in the VC sector. Salman is also an internet phenomenon having launched the online Khan Academy which is a not for profit online NGO that provides free education.

The Khan Academy describes its mission as ‘providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. Salman has personally created more than 1600 free educational videos which are sometimes seen on YouTube as many as 70,000 times a day.

Salman Khan has walked away from a lucrative six figure income to spend his time helping to educate the world.

Techgoss (TG): Share with us your educational and professional background.
Salman Khan (SK): I have done my B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; B.S. Mathematics from MIT; M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT and I did my MBA from Harvard Business School.

I have worked in product management at Oracle Corporation and have been involved in venture capital and engineering at MVC Capital. I was the senior analyst at Wohl Capital Management (hedge fund) for five years.

TG: Tell us about your NGO - Khan Academy.
SK: The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. It is most known for a collection of 1600+ videos I created, which have been viewed over 17 million times (70,000 times a day). It is now the most used open education resource on the Internet. The mission is nothing short of creating a free, world-class virtual school for anyone in the world, which is now being built as an open source project (videos, self-paced exercises/assessment, and peer-to-peer instruction).

TG: You are an MBA from Harvard. How did you get the idea to post such educational videos on YouTube? Did you always have an inclination to do this kind of public service even when you were in college?
SK: My uncle's family visited me in Boston after my wedding in the summer of 2004. At some point during the trip, my Aunt told me that her daughter (my cousin) was having trouble with "unit conversion" which was not allowing her to be placed in the more advanced math track for seventh grade. Nadia was clearly a very bright girl, so I made a deal with her. I'd remotely tutor her for an hour after work as long as she was willing to do any extra work I gave her.

I began remotely tutoring Nadia in August of 2004. She was in New Orleans--where I also grew up-- so we used a telephone to talk and Yahoo Doodle as a shared notepad. Nadia ended up catching up and getting ahead of her class so I started tutoring her brothers, Arman and Ali, as well. Eventually, word got around and I was remotely tutoring and handful of cousins and family friends. Scheduling around my work, their soccer practice, and the different time zones became a little ridiculous, so I started to make YouTube videos for them to watch in their own time, at their own pace.

It didn't take long to see that other students (including adult learners) were hungry for videos like these so I kept going!

Even before I made the videos, I started writing simple Javascript problem generators so that my cousins would never run out of practice problems. I wanted to know when and how they were doing the problems, so I added a database to track usage. 70 modules and 10,000 lines of code later (much of which has made the software adaptive), it has morphed into the adaptive math program on our site.

I had always wanted to do something in education. I had thought in college that in would involve software primarily (software does and will play a big role). I didn't think back then that I could distribute my instruction so easily to so many people.

TG: By all accounts, you have a huge viewer ship. How much is it exactly?
SK: Over 17 million views to-date. 70,000 views per day. 200,000 unique users per month (growing 10% per month)

TG: What are the challenges you faced in the initial days and those you face today?
SK: Some people thought I was a bit crazy to spend my entire free time making YouTube videos. Now the main challenge is managing things so that I don’t get distracted away from making content.

TG: What do you think are the reasons that make your video lessons so popular?
SK: There are some obvious distinctions. With over 1100 videos, it is easily the most exhaustive collection of instruction on the Internet allowing learners to know that they can fill in almost any of their "gaps" with the content on this site. The content is made in digestible 10-20 minute chunks especially purposed for viewing on the computer as opposed to being a longer video of a conventional "physical" lecture. The conversational style of the videos is the tonal antithesis of what people traditionally associate with math and science instruction. The less obvious distinctions are, however, what make the site hard to reproduce.

I teach the way that I wish I were taught. The lectures are coming from me, an actual human being who is fascinated by the world around him. The concepts are conveyed, as I understand them, not as they are written in a textbook developed by an educational bureaucracy. Viewers know that it is the labor of love of one somewhat quirky and determined man who has a passion for learning and teaching. I don't think any corporate or governmental effort--regardless of how much money is thrown at the problem--can reproduce this.

A lot of my own educational experience was spent frustrated with how information was conveyed in textbooks and lectures. There would be connections in the subject matter that standard curricula would ignore despite the fact that they make the content easier to understand, enjoy, and RETAIN. I felt like fascinating and INTUITIVE concepts were almost intentionally being butchered into pages and pages of sleep-inducing text and monotonic, scripted lectures. I saw otherwise intelligent peers memorizing steps and formulas for the next exam without any sense of the intuition or big picture, only to forget everything within a matter of weeks. These videos are my expression of how the concepts should have been expressed in the first place, all while not compromising rigor or comprehensiveness.

TG: We would like to hear the secret behind making the venture successful and how you managed single handedly.
SK: I was happy with building something useful for friends and family. It was pretty clear that other people derived a lot of benefit from them. My joy came from as many people being empowered by the videos as possible so I didn't care about money. All I cared about was making the best possible videos.

TG: In June, arguably the world's geekiest website Slashdot wrote about your education program drive. Before that you have been profiled by CNN, PBS and other American media. Has life changed much now that media has started recognizing the wonderful work done by your not for profit NGO? What is it like to be such a success on the Internet?
SK: It is getting a little harder to have as much time as I would like to make videos or write software. Trying my best!

TG: Do you ever see a day when you can pursue all your passions full time?
SK: I went full-time in September 2009

TG: Tell us about the recognitions you have received so far (like 2009 Tech Award in Education) and how such recognition help you as a person and in going ahead with your project.
SK: Things like that let people know that the resource exists and allow for more people to benefit.

TG: Your mother is from India. What are your Indian connections? Do you get opportunities to visit the sub continent?
SK: I have visited twice. Once for work and once for a wedding. I watch more Bollywood movies than most people would suspect.

TG: Based on your current success, what do you dream of doing in future?
SK: Start physical Khan Academies that use the virtual content as its core.

Miscellaneous

2011-07-16T22:28:00.000+05:30

I had saved four posts, till August for automatic (scheduled) blog posts; but due to some error the first post scheduled on July 7th wasn't published. I was away for 10 days and noticed the error today.

I also would like to share the news of the birth of my daughter. She arrived on July 7th. I will be undertaking only selected assignment in the coming months, till I get adjusted to my new role of motherhood. As for blog posts, I would try to concentrate mostly on published clips to keep this blog lively.

New Section: Published Clips

2011-06-29T22:48:00.006+05:30

From next week, read selected published stories in this blog (scheduling stories to be published automatically). I'll be away from work for a while and meanwhile, hope my blog visitors will find these posts interesting and informative.

Double Success: Chicken Soup for the College Soul - Indian College Students

2011-06-13T23:35:00.001+05:30

In August 2010, I mentioned about selling stories to Chicken Soup for the Soul - Indian College Students. The book was published in April 2011 and today, we received our copies. A special moment of happiness, as in this title both my husband, Jaimon and I share a story each, titled 'A Project Journey from Scratch' and 'An Inspired Ride' respectively.

A Project Journey from Scratch is about my husband and his friend's hands-on-experience of his final year B.Tech project at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. An Inspired Ride is about how I learnt to ride Enfield bullet and took it as a challenge to ride the heavy bike, when I was 17.

This is the first time, my husband shared a story and feels good as we both share stories for the same title.

I hope you will enjoy both the stories.

Author Interview : Nikesh Rathi ; Book - Somewhere@Nowhere

2011-03-10T17:08:00.000+05:30

I read Somewhere@nowhere last month - a different kind of a book, especially if you like simple language and travel experience in the form of a story. Personally, I liked the travel narration part.

Nikesh Rathi's (author, Somewhere@Nowhere) interview appeared online in late February. Since then, it remains as one of the most read stories in the portal. Check out for yourself!

http://www.techgoss.com/Story/464S12-How-Somewhere-@-Nowhere-was-written.aspx

Book Review: Life Is What You Make IT by Preeti Shenoy

2011-03-07T21:23:00.000+05:30

The first book review, I wrote for Femina.in was published this evening. I have reviewed Preeti Shenoy's novel, "Life is what you make it it.' Review is published at http://buzz.femina.in/books/life-is-what-you-make-it.

PS: I'm currently reading another novel, and the novel's review will also appear in Femina.in.

Do you/have you worked in IT industry? Have a tech news lead?

2011-02-21T16:42:00.001+05:30

I am looking to hear from IT professionals or those in BPO/Telecom sectors, who has a story to share about themselves or have news leads related to IT industry.

It could be about an IT personnel who recently wrote a book, directed a movie, moved out of the IT industry to be a photographer or start a unique portal or service, about a unique IT conference, an IT professional who won an award, or any other, that has some connection with the IT industry. The person needn't be working in the IT sector even now - they could have worked in the industry, probably 4-5 years back too.

You can also send story leads / news leads of what's going on at your office / work premises - something interesting.

Most importantly, if you are sharing inside information, you can even remain anonymous.

Email me at resmi.writer@gmail.com.

Inviting authors to send book for review

2011-02-20T09:58:00.000+05:30

I finished reading Raksha Bharadia's 'All and nothing' sometime back and was about to post the review, when I forced to put it on hold as a couple of editors have shown interest in the review. If they don't publish the review, I would be posting the review in the blog or else will post links to the published review.

Today and tomorrow, I would be reading Preeti Shenoy's recently published "Life is what you make it."

Thanks to both of them, for sending a copy of their book to review.

Inviting authors : Send your book for review

I invite authors to send me book for review, which would be posted either in the blog or else pitch and sell book review / interview for suitable publications. For further details, reach me at resmi.writer@gmail.com.

Coming Soon: Book Review: All and Nothing by Raksha Bharadia

2011-02-13T20:51:00.000+05:30

Visit back soon to read review of Raksha Bharadia's novel, "All and Nothing."

8 years of freelance writing

2011-02-03T23:19:00.001+05:30

On January 13, 2011, completed eight years of freelance writing career. The 8th year completion also marked published clips in 77 publications.

Inviting Assignments

After another short break, I am back to writing and inviting assignments including magazine articles, ebooks, books, web content writing, ghostwriting, report writing, social media marketing and others. Reach me via email for further discussion.

Personal and Professional 2010

2010-12-31T20:45:00.000+05:30

As we bid goodbye to 2010, I wish all my blog readers, well-wishers and others, a very happy and prosperous New year 2011.

The year 2010 was with lots of ups and downs. On the personal front, I lost both my mother-in-law and father-in-law in early 2010. It was a very hectic year of my husband too with his project on the peak and spending majority of his time at work.

I took a long break between February and April, following my in-law’s passing away as it was tough even to concentrate on writing. I haven’t yet taken stock of the number of new publications I wrote for in 2010. Roughly, I would estimate it to be 8 or 10, with the latest being published in a travel trade journal in December 2010. At the same time, I lost my regular market of two years – Delhi Press’s LiveIT as they bid goodbye to the publication in December 2010. I sold seven stories six or seven stories for various titles of Chicken Soup for the Soul and for the first time, my husband and I wrote stories for a single title – College Soul, that’s yet to hit the stands. It was an exciting time to see my husband write his first story and later, I wrote a story about us for the Chicken Soup for the Indian Couple’s Soul too.

I planned to make a solid ground in book writing in late 2010 but for various reasons, have put back that on hold for the time being. Instead, I would be concentrating on other works, about which I’ll post in the coming days. I haven’t made a definite plan as yet and after all, I haven’t spent my last 8 years with proper plan or working full-time. I have been in the scene of writing on and off, taking breaks whenever personal commitments demanded and yet I have been able to get a good hold in the world of freelance writing. Thanks to all my editors who gave me sufficient space whenever I needed one. Without their support, I would not have come this far.

2010 was the year when my brother, Roop Shaji and I worked together for multiple projects during October and he got his first break in writing in October (for a website) and had two articles published in LiveIT (December 2010). We also worked on content writing projects. In the previous years, his photographs have appeared in national magazines, an international magazine published from U.S and websites.

As for this blog, it was the best year so far. Surprisingly, the number of visitors went up from around 30-50 a month to 400-800 per month. Since April, over 400 people have visited / read my blog every month. I also got my first income from this blog in 2010.

Let me log off for now. Will reach you all soon in the next year and I hope 2011 will be a memorable year for you and your family, as it would be for mine too.

After a break..

2010-12-03T21:37:00.000+05:30

I had an unexpected break - especially from posting on my blogs and using my social networking accounts from the last week of October till November end. Towards the end of October, I received a call from my ISP informing, I had 4.5 GB of data transfer for the month of October and I was to pay them above Rs.3,000. I couldn't believe - because I hadn't downloaded so much of data. Since past few months I was paying extra amount. However, I was careful as always and limited to maximum 1 GB of extra usage. The technical team arrived in my place but they couldn't fault with my computer too. I formatted the entire hard disk, and again, I could see the problem - there was extra download happening. The technical team was able to identify from the location from where even 25 MB of files were downloaded in 5 minutes, when I left the PC unused. And at times, 167 MB of files were downloaded in 60-90 minutes. Interestingly, it was from a popular mobile service provider's original website!

After another 2-3 days, the technical team visited again and surprisingly, the download stopped on its own. Later, the head of the technical team confessed their server had such issue few years earlier, but this time, they couldn't spot if it was a problem with my computer or their's. So, finally, after a long discussion, they offered to give me a 50% discount on the bill. Also, I decided to change my scheme and from now, I hope to spent more time blogging too. I may also decide to open new niche blogs.

Special Offer: 20-30% discount till October 28, 2010!

2010-10-25T09:53:00.000+05:30

We are offering 20-30% discount on our writing services, depending on the volume of work, the topic and research required. We are offering discount for the following projects:

Book Ghostwriting

Ebook Ghostwriting

Blogging

Business Writing - Corporate web content, Brochures, Newsletters, Press releases, Sales letters etc.

Also, we provide services such as article ghostwriting for busy professionals and CEO's and people from all walks of life, keen to see their articles published in magazines, newspapers etc.

For further details, contact us at resmi.writer@gmail.com.

Hurry. This offer closes on October 28, 2010.

Quoted in Deccan Herald (Sunday Herald)

2010-10-24T21:53:00.002+05:30

I was quoted in the story, "The joy of many selves," published in Sunday Herald (Deccan Herald), Bangalore; dated October 24, 2010.

WriterGhostwriter: Announcing New Blog

2010-10-18T14:38:00.000+05:30

We launched a new blog : http://writerghostwriter.wordpress.com for our writing services. The new blog will have articles related to writing and photography and give insight on why should one hire a writer for various purposes. You will also find more about our writing ventures. As we progress, we may add more sections. The blog will have articles related to writing, publishing, ghostwriting, blogging, social media marketing and others.
Both my brother, Roop Shaji and I will write articles for the new blog.

Book Review: The Complete Guide to Successful Event Planning by Shannon Kilkenny

2010-10-13T19:16:00.012+05:30

Conducting a successful event is vital for any business or any individual party. If you are an event planner, good planning will ultimately lead to the growth of your business. Shannon Kilenny's book 'The Complete Guide to Successful Event,' is written in simple and easy to understand language and you can learn the tricks of the trade, of planning and conducting a successful event, reading the book.

Since most of the tips come from Shannon's experiences at work and those of her colleague's, you can expect expert opinion on how to plan, manage and increase the success of hosting events. This book is suitable for anyone who wants to host an event on his/her own or is looking for an event-planning career.

The book begins with deciding on the kind of people who would participate in your event, the importance of choosing the right event site, charting expenses, planning the event in a green environment, selecting the speakers, to arranging food and sending thank you notes, post the event. The tips provided can be used for business, educational or social events.

Shannon Kilkenny gives sufficient case studies to explain how and where you can conduct events, find the flaws and suggest solution to make the event a great success. Budget creation is an important aspect and with proper planning, you can come up with cost-effective solutions. She has given money saving tips, wherever possible.

She tells you the ambiance and the room set up is vital, so as it to serve the food for your guests. The Internet being today's route to success for any successful business, Shannon Kilkenny tells you how you can market and promote your event through the Internet. Also, it is essential to have Internet access during business events. Further, the book will give details on how you should go about providing security for your high-profile guests. Even if you are new to event planning, this step-by-step guide will help you to carry out your responsibilities as an event planner with ease. If you are a professional too, you are certain to find tips on how you can conduct an event in a better manner.

Shannon Kilkenny, in her book, also gives comprehensive checklist ideas for event planning. The resources section is filled with useful information related to event planning.

The CD, is packed with useful information, that gives additional information and support for planning an event. The CD sample agreement forms for speakers, questions for planning session, which will enable you to focus on your event planning from the start, tips on where you can find jobs as an event planner and more.

Published by Indra Publishing House (Indian edition), the book, a valuable asset to conduct a perfect event is priced at Rs.395/- (This price is applicable for sale only in the Indian Subcontinent).If you buy from Flipkart, get a discount. Buy Successful Event Planning from Flipkart.com

The foreign edition is priced at Rs.1942! Buy The Complete Guide To Successful Event Planning [With CDROM] from Flipkart.com

So, you save a lot, if you are an Indian and buy the product from India.

Two Book Reviews, to be posted next week

2010-10-06T11:54:00.000+05:30

Reading "The Complete Guide to Successful Event Planning (by Shannon Kilkenny)." Book Review will be posted next week.

I finished reading Parul A Mittal's "Heartdreams and Breaks," sometime in July. If interested in her interview or book review, send me a mail.

Visit my blog next week, to read both book reviews.

PS: Want me to review your book? Send me a brief via mail for further discussion.

Set to be an author & Inviting book ghostwriting gigs

2010-10-06T00:09:00.000+05:30

I have never been so serious before - planning my career. I have always wanted to write my own book, but for multiple reasons, it never took off. Finally, I am making my first move to be an author. I have started working on my autobiography (inspirational). And this week, I will create the final outline for a self-help book, research and write the sample chapters and send it to an Indian publisher.

Meanwhile, I am inviting people from all walks of life, including CEOs, celebrities, IT personnel, chefs, or ordinary people with a story to tell, to contact me to ghost write your story. You can either take the entire credits and I will maintain confidentiality or we can work as co-authors. I am comfortable with topics such as self-help, health, parenting, hobbies, wedding, marriage, business, technology, Internet marketing, traveling, real estate and interiors, food and cuisine, and others (except politics). I can handle both autobiography and non-fiction. I also like to handle inspirational series like Chicken Soup for the Soul. I have contributed stories for multiple Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul series, coffee-table books, books, writing anthologies and so on.

If you are serious about your projects and dream of having a book in your name, contact me via email. I usually respond to every mail, within 24 hours.

"How I found my husband through the guidance of Guru" in the book 'Boundless Grace'

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The book, "Boundless Grace" (volume One) published my experience on how I was able to find a bridegroom through the guidance of NavaJyothi Sree Karunakara Guru, the founder of Santhigiri Ashram under the section 'Experiences related to family life.'

Boundless Grace (Volume One), published by Santhigiri Publications is a compilation of spiritual experiences of devotees of Santhigiri Ashram.

The book is divided into four sections with a total of 47 stories under the following sections:

Spiritual Visions and Experiences

Experiences Related to Family Life

Karmic and Spiritual Healing

Gurupooja & Pithrushuddhi - Cleansing of Ancestral Errors

For more information, or to buy the book contact http://www.santhigiriashram.com.