{"id":9961,"date":"2017-05-08T06:06:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T11:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2017-05-08T06:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T11:06:13","slug":"winds-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/winds-in-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Winds in the East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the song from Mary Poppins?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Winds in the east, mist coming in, \/ Like somethin&#8217; is brewin&#8217; and bout to begin. \/ Can&#8217;t put me finger on what lies in store, \/ But I fear what&#8217;s to happen all happened before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Winds did come in from the east since my last post (which was more than a month back). In case, you are wondering what has been happening over at Poohsden, here is a quick catch-up post.<\/p>\n<h3>The Transition<\/h3>\n<p>Mid-April, after nearly 4-years as a work-from-home freelancer, I went back to being a work-at-office mom. The transition has been easier than I expected but along with it comes a bunch of stuff that I want to do but barely find the time. I miss having the time, to read, to write about my readings, my blog and such. Now that things seem to be settling down, I hope to write more often. A post on lessons learned while transitioning into a commuting, work-from-office mom is coming up soon.<\/p>\n<p>It also means that my dream of working in Downtown Houston has finally come true! Yay!<\/p>\n<h3>The Death<\/h3>\n<p>This was least expected &#8211; my laptop refused to wakeup one fine day. I don&#8217;t know how I feel about it. I was able to retrieve most of my photos and documents\u00a0but\u00a0lost the drafts of my novels which I worked during NaNoWriMo and tried editing at different points of time.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I am relieved that I lost the works. It gives me a blank slate to work with. I get a chance, to start over again and give voice to the story that waits to be shared.<\/p>\n<h3>Juke Box<\/h3>\n<p>My short story, Colours, inspired by a childhood friend is a part of Writer&#8217;s Melon&#8217;s Juke Box. The book is available for sale on <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.in\/1ahT6yb\">Amazon.In<\/a>. Go support a few\u00a0budding authors and buy the book. Talk about it and let me know what worked. I would love to get some feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The winds did bring quite some change and I am not complaining,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the song from Mary Poppins? 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