On my personal blog, I've always maintained that the closer any possible thing (creature, phenomenon, experience, what-have-you) comes to reminding me of home, the greater my degree of affection for it. Big surprise that I made myself stumble across Likha, a blog on everything I love - creative writing, art, and learning. I never thought that my interests could ever be summed up in three words. But here they are. Literally translated, Likha is the Hindi word that means "to write," or "written". Quite a pleasant surprise for me to discover that in Filipino it means "to create". It essentially amounts to the same, doesn't it? Maintained by Chicago based artist Zarina Docken, Likha is a doorway to the very pleasant musings of a creative writer trapped in the trying-to-get-published world. She also employs her blog to showcase and sell her visual art. Her content is well developed and the blog is well linked and aesthetically pleasing. In fact, with a faded newsprint background, it's one of the most unique layouts I've seen so far. All it lacks right now is a Permalink option, incase someone wanted to dip into her archives.
Falling not too far from the creative writing tree is Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, a blog run by Sarah Weinman, contributing editor of January Magazine. Considering she's also the mystery critic of the Baltimore Sun, her writing has an obvious bent towards crime fiction. Not necessarily my favourite form of writing, but it's nice to dip into a different genre for a change. Confessions boasts a highly detailed blogroll, linked to many authors of crime fiction. The layout is typical of TypePad blogs, with everything that a user could want with only a click away. Both blogs are definitely worth a visit and then some.
Posted by NehaBawa at September 7, 2004 6:47 PM