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An Interview with Pritika Aggarwal - the Author of "Hamilton and the Little Fairy"

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As the year 2020 is drawing to a close, Chief Organizer of WRIPES is busy putting together the WRIPE-6 stories into an e-book with the hope of coming up with a paperback in mid 2021. In the background he is guest blogging for ouruniverseforkids.com and spakidzindia.in. Despite his busy schedule, he still never forgets to sit down for a friendly chat with his online friends whom he had met through his WRIPES. This time it is Pritika Aggarwal from Singapore. Q - Hey hey Pritika! How are you doing? Big hugs from Sri Lanka. All safe?  A - Hey hey, I’m doing great, thanks! Hope you’re safe, and are well too? Q - That’s great to hear Pritika! Situation here in Sri Lanka is not that good. Although we controlled it very well during May, June and  July, Covid is back again. The number of new patients has already surpassed the 2000 mark. Government is doing everything they can. We can see there is genuine commitment. But Covid can wait… what can I offer you dear? Tea? Coffee? A - Sure, a glas
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Publish your Dream Novel in Smashwords in Ten Easy Steps!

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I only just finished publishing an anthology called (WRIPE-6) If an Asteroid Falls in Smashwords and would like to show you how I did it in a very ten easy steps. Keep in mind, number one rule is simplicity! ( courtesy : Smashwords) STEP-1 Copy-paste your entire story into a notepad My story was in a Google document. I had to coordinate lots of collaborative editing online when I was putting together that anthology. Whatever is the source document just copy-paste the entire thing into a notepad. STEP-2 Copy-paste from notepad into a .doc file Save your notepad story. Re-open it. Highlight the entire story (Ctrl+A) and copy-paste it to a word document in your PC. Save it and close it. Then right click on the word document and click on 'Properties' in the pop-up menu. You will see 'Type of file' as 'Microsoft Office Word Document (.docx)' Open the document. Go to top left Windows File button and 'Save As' and select 'Word 97-2003 Document&
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
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An Interview with Samantha Ferreira - the Author of "Threaded" and "Gravity"

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WRIPE-6, the sixth Writing Project organized by Chinthaka Nanayakkara since 2017, has reached nearly forty mini e-books in English language. Like everyone else in the world, he is at home, often washing hands to get rid of corona but he has not yet given up talking to his best performers of the writing project. Online he connects with Samantha Ferreira, his Portuguese Coordinator from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil over a cup of tea, in a quiet evening … Q - Sam … oh how our lives changed! Hope you are safe at home, right?  It does! Always unexpectedly… I am, thank God. Hope you are too! Q -  I am good! But the situation over here in Colombo is quite normal. Compared to other countries we are in a stable situation. But, hey, let’s talk about you Sam! What would you like to have coffee? Tea? Some cookies? Right now, as I answer you this, my country has around 650k confirmed cases (302k of cured people and 35k of deaths). We’re in a bad situation, but we’ll get better… I’d love some iced tea wi
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An Interview With Tanushree Chowdhury - the Author of "For The Love of a Daughter"

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With only little more than 100 days left to go, and WRIPE - 6 english version rapidly going viral in the internet world, while its Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Hindi and Korean versions closely following behind, the Chief Organizer of the project this time meets one of his inseparable companions, the Senior Coordinator of WRIPE 5 and WRIPE - 6 / Hindi & Korean Translations, Ms. Tanushree Chowdhury from Kolkata, India. She is also a Brand Ambassador and a Keeper of Sweek.  Q - Hello, hello … Tanu! So so … long time no see! How are you? I hope I find you all well and okay? How is life my dear? (Pours steaming black coffee and offers her a cup followed by a large plate of cookies)  A - I'm great, Chinthaka. Thank you for asking and yes, I'm fit as a fiddle. The coffee and cookies look delicious though! Q -  Ha ha thanks! … So .. the famous Tanushree Chowdhury … a lot has changed after you came to Sweek, huh? Hey, now come to think of it … since when did you exactly start t
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An Interview with Sameera Anum - the Author of "Those Green Eyes"

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While WRIPE - 6 book count is steadily rising, the Chief Organizer of this remarkable writing project invites one of his earliest participants, Ms. Sameera Anum, to share her unique writing experience in WRIPE - 2 and WRIPE - 6. Q - Hi! Sameera! So nice to have a friendly chat this lovely evening! How are you doing? A - Hi! Am doing great Chinthaka! Thank you for having me on the interview. How do you do? Q - Great! I’m good! So how should I begin? First, what do your friends call you? Anum or just Sameera? A - My friends call me Sam. You can call me Sam too, Please. Q - Okay Sam! So … tell me how your writing life began! I guess you have a long history! Well... My writing life started when I jotted down my thoughts as poems in school ... Later I wrote poems just for my own entertainment, not really bringing it out to any platform. Then I happened to come across this unique writing platform called Sweek, when I was seriously considering how to develo
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