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1. Word of Success

a) "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation." - Pearl S. Buck

b) "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. Editor's Note

The theme for the month of Feb 2019 - Short Stories - is "Arranged Marriage - life after 5 years".

Your contributions can be submitted in the SUBMISSION FORM to all categories from 15th to 25th of each month. Only the theme based stories will be considered for Short Stories. More details are on the notice board.

We have 6 new writers who joined IWW recently, and they are - Sudha Chandrasekaran, Amruta Siva, Anantha Rusum, Ashna Yasmin, Divya Nangia and Vani Kabir. There were more stories and poems from new writers, but I could not accept them for not following our simple rules.

3. New items published at IWW in January 2019.

Short Stories - Theme - Love marriage - life after 5 years.

a) The Favourable Time, b) The Third Wheel, c) Life Begins at Fifty!, and d) A Match Not Made in Heaven

These stories can be read on the main page. IWW Short Stories

Poems

(a) Minded thoughts, (b) A Little Daydreamer, and (c) Who am I

These poems can be read on the main Poems page. IWW Poems

Book Review

a) How I Survive Vizmom, b) Tigers for Dinner, c) A Murder is Announced, d) Knock Knock…I am Your Anaesthesiologist, and e) Surviving Stress

These can be read on the main Book Review page. IWW Book Reviews

Travelogues
a) An Adventurous Trip to Thandikudi, b) Dharohar Folk dance performance Udaipur,c) An Exciting Trip to Romantic Paris, and d) Jaipur - the Pink Splendour

These can be read on the main Travelogues page. IWW Travelogues

Author interview
Vani Kabir.
This can be read on the main Author Interview page. Author Interview ======================================================

4. IWW Youtube Channel
I am delighted to let you know that (if you have already not seen it) we have started our Youtube channel. I know I should have done it long ago. Better late than never!

Please check it out and support us by liking it and commenting it, whenever possible. Please also remember to subscribe to it. It is another way of bringing more viewers to our site. I put so much of my time and effort to promote IWW and hope to get your cooperation also.
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5. Literature News
a) The Sahitya Akademi on Tuesday recommended four distinguished Indian writers as its fellows: Jayant Mahapatra, Padma Sachdev, Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari and Nagen Saikia. https://www.newkerala.com/news/read/95406/sahitya-akademi-announces-four-eminent-writers-as-fellows.html

b) Master storyteller Ruskin Bond, a connoisseur of the literary genre of mystery, on Saturday said writing can only be timeless if the character resonates well with the readers and the style is simple.... https://www.newkerala.com/news/read/94383/a-book-lasts-very-long-if-it-has-a-strong-central-character-ruskin-bond.html

6. Contests (Copy these links, paste each one of them on your browser and check for details.)

https://thewritingdistrict.com/pages/the-writing-district-contesthttps://blog.sweek.com/sweek-flash-fiction-competition-2018/https://writingquarter.com.au/competition/

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7. Charity work.
Take a moment to check out Bosco

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7. Check out these books

a) A CHRISTMAS IN SCOTLAND - A travel memoir

b) CHERISHED

c) THE SECOND CHOICE

d) BEFORE THE SUNSET

e) VANISHED GIRL

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