Preeti Shenoy's blog.

Come dance with me Said the Candle to the flame I so badly want to, but I can’t And I am playing no game.
Why not, the candle wanted to know Everybody should be able to dance if they wanted to. Ah my friend, if only life was so simple There are rules to be followed, through and through.
All you need is a bit of a will A little imagination and lot of desire I will make your wishes come true, And you will fly, you will soar higher.
So the flame stepped out Gingerly at first, not used to the candle But oh he was such a gentleman Her fears he knew how to handle.
She slowly let go As he led her gently on And as she learnt to trust She found her fears were slowly gone.

And so they danced, a  dance of wild abandon, Even the moonlight  seemed to fade The whole night, ablaze with passion They were inseparable and the flame now unafraid.
© 2012 Preeti Shenoy

For more poems click here. Some poems have already appeared in print. Kindly do not reproduce without permission. _________________________…

Youth Diaries published an interview with me which I really enjoyed doing. It was fun! They asked me such nice questions!

Sunaina who interviewed me said  on her FB "A writer, a poet, an artist, a mother of two kids-she is an epitome of beauty with brains!! :-)
And I am so glad that I got to interview her!! :-D"


How sweet is that?! :)


Here is the link to the Interview:
http://youthdiaries.in/an-interview-with-preeti-shenoy/


And I am disabling comments on this post--so it saves you the trouble of commenting on two posts.


Do leave your comments there :)
Would love (as always) to hear what you have to say :)

______________________________________________________________________

Pssst:

If you like my writing, you might enjoy my books :) Grab themhere. or if you are an Amazon Fan, you can grab them here
 And you can interact with me on myFB page. I almost always reply :)

Hi there,
Its a long time since I did a 'Fun meme'. I have been doing such a lot of 'serious' writing these days (have already started working on my fourth book!) that I wanted to just do something on my blog which was fun.

So here is a meme from Sunday Stealing which appealed to me..I am doing only one part of it (It was in three parts).

1) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? Sadly yes  but only if I was extremely hurt. I do want to let go. Holding a grudge is like harboring poison in your soul. It's truly horrible to hold a grudge.

2) What is your astrological sign?
Saggitarius
3) Do you save money for anything? What? Used to save when I was a student. I don't consciously 'save' anymore. Thank Lord.

4) What's the last thing you purchased? Some superb DK books for my children from Pageturner Bangalore. (They have a good collection for kids)

5) Have you ever had a relationship that you realized was lust not love? O…

The other day a friend and I were talking.
She said "All I want is to be happy." 
"And what would make you really happy?" I asked.
She thought for two minutes and then discovered she really did not know!
"Shopping? Watching a movie? Partying? What is it?" I persisted. Ever since I have turned into a full time author, the motivation behind people's inclination  to do (or not do) certain things intrigue me more than ever before.

 She said that all of it was important, but the happiness those things gave her were only temporary. "But happiness indeed is a temporary emotion," I said, the quasi-philosophical streak in me, making its guest appearance, sensing an opportune moment. We concluded that we can be content even if we cannot be happy all the time. And a positive attitude really adds spark to life.

 Later, when I thought about it, I felt that people by nature are either pooh-bears, Eeyores or Tiggers :) If you do not know who they are, …

It was a few months ago that I discovered the art of paper quilling. I read up a lot about it on the Internet and  I have written a post about it and also posted some pictures of cards that I madehere. and some more that I madehere.
Of course, one gets better with practice. I find  paper-quilling an excellent way to de-stress. When I sit down to quill, I forget everything!
What you need for paper quilling is just some quilling paper, glue, a quilling stick (not essential--you can just start off by rolling it around a tooth pick too) and loads of patience. It is extremely  addictive, once you get the hang of it.
 I can sit for hours, creating new designs. Here are some cards I made  over the last two days. (and I am quite pleased with them) .They are all my own designs.


I used foam sheets (you can buy them in a shop which sells craft supplies) for the Pig's face as well as for the grass and the butterfly. I think it has combined well with the paper quilling on the body.




I q…