Blogger Interview # 14 : Rajlakshmi

1. Can you tell us a little about yourself and your blog?

I am Rajlakshmi, a blogger from Assam. I blog at
Destiny’s child(www.destinychildosheen.blogspot.com) and
Poetry wagon(www.thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com)

I have got three active blogs and most of the time I find myself shuttling between these three. Destiny’s Child is like a Live blog. A cut copy paste of my life. Although sometimes I venture into fiction writing, but I find the ‘mis’adventures in my life far more interesting than the fiction I come up with. {smiles}

Poetry Wagon is a collection of random verses and formed-poetry. My favourite form of poetry is shape poetry (calligrame). I absolutely adore this type [For more you can check here -http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2010/08/shape-poetry.html ]

2. Are you a full time blogger? How did you get into blogging and why?

Even though I am not a full time blogger, all my time and thoughts are spent in and around blogging  (a hopeless case of bloggessive disorder :P)

I have completed 2 plus years of blogging and if you ask me why and how I started, I can only say – Just like that. But unlike initial days, over a period of time, the passion to write and read has tripled.

3. If someone was interested in blogging, what would be a few things you would suggest?

Some basic things that needs to be kept in mind:

Be innovative with the topics
Double check grammar
Proof read the content
Don’t use SMS lingo if you are writing a fictional piece.
And never get disheartened if you are not receiving any comments. If your articles are good, you will definitely gain audience.

4. How do you build a community around a blog and social media?

I follow a huge number of blogs. There are times when I am not able to reply to the comments I receive, but I always make it point to read and comment on any update from other blogs.

5. What are your three favorite blogs to read? What makes those blogs special?

Since I read a lot of blogs, I cannot narrow down to three. Each writer has a unique style of writing that inspires and appeals me.

Sree, Sid, Vimmu for humour
Meghana , Kavita, Brian, Matt, Dustus for poetry
Nalini, Gautam for photography

6. Which one plugin would you suggest all bloggers to have?

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