Author Swati Sarangi of
http://wordstoworld.wordpress.com
interviewed by Sharmishtha Basu (
http://agnishatdalezine.wordpress.com)
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: Tell us something about yourself Swati.
Swati Sarangi: I’m currently pursuing Masters Degree in Electrical
Engineering. So, basically I’m a post graduate student by profession and
a writer by passion. I’m someone who has an intense obsession with
words, numbers and colours. Being quite reticent in nature, I feel very
expressive when I pen down my thoughts. I’m so much passionate about
writing that I never miss a single page of my diary! I can be contacted
through- swatisarangi@gmail.com and/or facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/swati.sarangi.165
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: You are quite an accomplished writer,
your works have been accepted by many publishing houses, tell us the
secret, if you don’t mind!
Swati Sarangi: Thanks for the praise! My
journey to the field of writing has just begun, I feel. I feel that I’m
just a beginner. It always feels so great when my works are accepted.
The secret to my writing is my positive outlook towards the world around
me. This in turn offers me a gift of observing things present in my
vicinity and binding them through words.
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: Where do you see yourself as a writer ten years from now? Will you try stories too?
Swati Sarangi: Future is the most unpredictable concept. So, it’s
difficult for me to predict it at this point of time. I write out of my
passion, there’s nothing more profound than passion for something. I
will continue to write as long as this passion is alive. Yes, I will
experiment with stories too.
Sharmishtha basu@ Agnishatdal: Will you tell us a little about your blogs, their contents and urls?
Swati Sarangi: I have maintained two blogs with my sister, Sweta-
creative-constellation.blogspot.com and
wordstoworld.wordpress.com
. The first one is nearly 3 and a half years old whereas the later one
has been created recently which has been dedicated to short forms of
writing like Haiku and flash fiction. My sister also contributes to
these blogs.
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: Tell us about your
published works, and the urls from where we can buy them, do add the
covers if you can please.
Swati Sarangi: Here is the list of some of my published works-
Poem: Metamorphosis in THE STAGE –
http://www.amazon.in/Stage-Various/dp/9384411280/ref=sr_1_1…
Article: Observation- December Issue of Writer’s Ezine
https://pothi.com/…/various-writers-ezine-december-2016-iss…
Poem: Being a girl- Shade of life-2
Poems: A Prayer, Beyond the boundaries of impossibilities - Addiqtd Book of poetry
amazon.com/AddiQtd-Book-Poetry-Swati-Sarangi-…/…/B00TBPEUNS…
Issues of Agnishatdal-
(Poush )December Issue
Agrahayan Issue
Poem- Choices
Kartik Issue
Diwali Special: Poem- It’s Diwali here
Ashwin Issue
Article- Binding the household
Bhadra issue
Poem- A Prayer
College Magazine – Technoquest, IGIT , Sarang
Tecnoquest 2k12
Poem: Devils of life
Technoquest 2k13
Technoquest 2k14
Poem: The view, Identity
Different websites and pages-
Blue grass page of FB
Poems- It’s Diwali here , Illuminating through darkness
www.learningandcreativity.com
Article: Every man’s man – Shaktiman-
http://learningandcreativity.com/shaktimaan-every-mans-man/
Poem: A prayer -
https://learningandcreativity.com/prayer/
Bonobology.com
What I learned about relationship lessons from my parents
http://www.bonobology.com/…/301-relationship-lessons-from-p…
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: Do you have something to suggest us, the
wannabe successful authors, especially those who are employed or are
heading for a career in the dreary real world?
Swati Sarangi: My
suggestion for wanna-be-authors would be to just follow their passion
relentlessly, rest everything will follow eventually.
Sharmishtha Basu@ Agnishatdal: Any suggestion for Agnishatdal?
Swati Sarangi: Agnishatdal is an amazing platform for debut writers. It
is an agglomeration of all forms of art – writing, digital
art,photography. It would be better if the presentation (such as font
size, color) is made little bit more oriented and uniform. For
popularity of this Ezine, more focus should be given on its
advertisement.
Sharmishtha Basu@Indie Adda: Do you have anything
to say, suggest Indie Authors? As a successful author who has made
publishers accept her works?
Swati Sarangi: To Indie Authors, I just
want to suggest to keep following their passion. Writing is like a
divine gift which should be nurtured effortlessly. Keep writing!
