Ratika Deshpande

Money, meaning, memory, and legacies

Letters and notebooks as mnemonic devices

Spreading the word is part of the job

If money wasn’t an issue, would I still be writing?

Time, stretched out

Some notes to return to a creative routine

Scattered Readings

वो दुष्ट चांद

पत्ते की अभिलाषा

I miss home

#Inktober Day 17 – Ornate

#Inktober Day 16 – Blunder

#Inktober 14 and 15 – Trunk and Ragged

Writing rules

#Inktober Day 13 – Drink

#Inktober Day 12 – Shredded

#Inktober Day 11 – Sting

#Inktober Day 10 – Sweep

#Inktober Day 9 – Heavy

#Inktober Day 8 – Reckless

#Inktober Day 7 – Starfish

#Inktober Day 6 – Pierce

#Inktober Day 5 – Deer

#Inktober Day 4 – Murky

#Inktober Day 3 – Crown

#Inktober Day 2 – Weave

#Inktober Day 1 – Mustache

The grief of leaving home

The will of the paper

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

A list to rescue you from writer’s block

Journal girls and resisting AI with pen and paper

The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain