Writer Spotlight: Shweta .

by Shweta .  | Writer Spotlight

I don multiple hats - writer, teacher, coach, mother and homemaker. But writing is where my heart lies. So at the beginning of my career I took a copyediting role at a publishing house rather than a well-paid HR executive job at a multinational. Just so I could start on my writing career.

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I have come a long way since and have written text books, poetry, blogs, whitepapers and ebooks, for clients and mostly ghostwriting. Starting 2018, I decided it was time to change it and started learning about self-publishing. To cut a long story short, I have one short story collection and two non-fiction self-care books up on Amazon.

What makes me unique
I juggle multiple roles and responsibilities but I still manage to get a lot done. It's no chest thumping, but a fact. I live in a family of five - my husband, two kids and father-in-law besides me. My parents stay mere 3km away, and I am their primary caregiver. And past two years have been really difficult as a caregiver. But I still managed to publish 2 books, while managing a freelancing career, a tween & a teen, chronically ill parents, and my own chronic health conditions. I am passionate about time management since I worked full time, and that's what sees me through. And I keep advocating its principles to whoever needs help.
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Shweta has 17 years of writing experience in ghostwriting Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Blogs/Articles, Social Media and is also proficient in Editing, Proofreading and Publishing.

How and why I became a writer
I have been writing poetry since my school days, and in college I started writing fiction. When I started looking for a job after college, I got a copyediting offer from Thomson Press and HR executive offer from Adobe. I chose the former, and here I am, telling you how I became a writer!!

Past work experience and what I’m working on now
I have developed K-12 Computer Science textbooks and tutorials.

My work has appeared in Huffington Post.

I specialize in IT and Education domains, writing blogs, ebooks and whitepapers for B2B SaaS and Software development companies.

Where potential clients can find me online
LinkedIn  |  Twitter  |  Facebook

Writing advice for those reading
The only thing you need to succeed is write every single day. Even if it's 10 minutes or 200 words a day. Create a routine and stick to it. Even if you write 200 words a day, you would have written 6000 words at the end of the month. Equivalent to 2-3 blog posts or a short ebook. That's also 72000 words at the end of a year. A novella or non-fiction book you can self-publish or start pitching to publishers or literary agents.

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