1. Can you tell us a little about yourself ,
your blog(s)/website(s),and your aspirations and your hobbies?
I am the author of illicitchrysalism.wordpress.in and go by Ritika. I
am from Ahmedabad and currently am slogging towards my 12th board
exams. I shall hopefully pursue Honours in English, next year. Oh well, at the
risk of sounding conceited I wish to author a book; nothing fancy though, just
a collection of short relatable pieces of writing.
2. How you first got involved in with blogging/writing,
are you an imaginative person?
Always known to be a wordsmith, blogging had always been a milestone I
wished to mark. But I never really had the patience to sit through the entire
‘buiding your base’ process. Well all that until now when I actually set my
heart to doing it. And here I am.
3. What do you find most challenging about
blogging/writing about your topic?
The
most challenging part of writing like I do that I have come across is to not be
repetitive. Usually most my works are short romantic fiction, but I manage to
throw in a few motivational pieces.
4. Tell me about some of the people you have
met while working on your blog?
There
are quite a few people who manage to find my blog in this intense world of
writing. Let me just say that they have been very loyal readers and I am
immensely thankful to them for keeping up with me.
5. How would (someone) describe your
blogging/writing style?
The
best that I had heard someone say was that it was ‘Magical Realism’. But then
it actually is that way. It is very basic human emotions weaved into words to
make them look beautiful. And most importantly, this is my usp. I can safely
say that all my readers follow me because they can relate to what I write and
enjoy the way that I do.
6. What do you do when you are not working on
your blog?
Let me
just say that I am a very bad mother to my blog. When I’m not studying is when
I actually write.
7 .Where do you see
yourself blogging/writing wise in the next 6 months, and 5 years down the road?
In the very near future
I want to have a sound background with my works published on good writing
websites. And five years down the line, I definitely want to have authored a
book.
7. What networking do you do that you feel
helps your blogging/writing business?
I keep
posting excerpts from my articles on my account on Instagram. Also my author
pages on Teenink and WritersAsylum have a link to my blog. I also pay attention
and reply to each comment on my blog.
8. How do you keep coming up with
material/content for your blog? Many people struggle with coming up with
different articles/posts and they only have one blog.
I am
very observant. There are usually some
moments when I am watching a movie or listening to some music when random lines
strike me. I jot down every single one of them and when the idea matures to a
certain extent, I sit down to put it on paper.
9. What’s your strategy with your blog in
general?
Nothing
specific, per se.
10. Any specific tips you have for newbie
bloggers who want to make it in the blogosphere?
It
will be difficult at first to gain a secure reader base, but keeping writing
and you are sure to get noticed one day. It is a very rewarding experience.
11. What would you prioritize? Content? SEO?
Traffic? Readers?
Most
definitely, readers and content.
12. What’s the best thing a blogger can give to
his readers?
An
insight to his own life. Readers are hungry for something which tells them that
they are not the only one in their mess.
13. A lot of people are interested in
blogging/writing for the money earning potential. What are some tips for people
interesting in making money from blogging/writing? What are some realistic
expectations in regards to what can be made?
I
haven’t taken any steps towards monetizing my writing. I am not the correct
person to be giving my advice on this subject.
14. What motivates you most in life?
Appreciation
and Acknowledgement.
15. What has been your strategy for creating
visibility to yourself and your blog?
Relevant
tags on my posts.
17 What was the most
challenging moment in your blog content development process and why?
Constructing and
channelizing my thoughts into one cohesive piece of writing.
18. Everyone has a
favorite/least favorite post. Name yours and why?
It’s like asking me
to choose between my children, I can’t.
19. Name some of the
bloggers whom you look up to and why?
None.
20. What is the story
behind the name of the blog?
Honestly, they are
two beautiful words in perfect sounding harmony.
21. Your connection
with any Blogger Network like Indi blogger or Writeupcafe or any other and the
experience?
I am published on
WritersAsylum and Teenink.
22. Which genre do
you feel gets the raw deal?
There is such a
varied audience out there that it is actually impossible to corner one specific
genre.
23. Which one plug-in
would you suggest all bloggers to have?
24. Five adjectives
that describe you.
Intelligent, sassy,
eloquent, opinionated and funny.
25. What book would
you say has made the biggest impact good or bad on you?
It definitely has to
be A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner and And The Mountains Echoed by
Khaled Hosseini. He is a genius.
26. Do you get easily
provoked by positive/negative comments??
I used to but I have
hardened myself.
27. Do you plan to
write a book, as every bloggers dream it is?
DEFINITELY.
28. Are you a
judgmental person, do you prefer to take sides instead of standing neutral?
Not judgmental, but
definitely opinionated. I am a debater and have learnt to analyze before taking
any stand.
29. Your
collaboration with other bloggers, are you much into social networking, tell us
everything about it?
I haven’t had the
chance to collaborate with other bloggers. However my Instagram has a lot of my
works.
30. What genre
attracts you the most and which genre you avoid?
I am not very choosy
with what I read. However I tend to gravitate towards fiction.
31. Your Views on
Contests and increasing plagiarism?
As a result of one
such contest, one of my articles had been plagiarized and I was not too
pleased.
32. Words for me and
my blogs Desire v/s Destiny and Blogger Interviews and my Website www.MyMagicJobs.com
33. On winning the
Award/s , Are they Really necessary.
I have been nominated
for many awards on WordPress, but have very humbly decided to not accept any of
them.
34. So what’s Next in
your list?
Pursuing my
undergraduate degree, and in the meanwhile working on my book.
35.Words for your
readers and why they should follow you?
I shall engage your
imagination like none other.
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