The Dream Pedlar

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tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: a captain's dilemma near the seashore

How can a new voyage begin, if the old one does not come to an end?

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the creative life

goal-setting for 2024: manifestation of a vision or detachment from outcomes?

In a world entranced by the promise of manifestation, how do we set goals to move towards what truly matters to us?

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monthly missives

November Notes: Monthly Missives from The Dream Pedlar

Sharing words of wisdom and beautiful quotes with you in this newsletter for November, which has been a month of many joys and celebrations ...

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tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: do you know your own name?

What is your name? Is it a name you like?

Featured

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lessons learnt from three years of being an author-entrepreneur

Three years of writing and indie publishing, and I can say that this third year has been vastly different than the first two in many ways but also very similar in many other ways!

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being human in an increasingly algorithmic world

What does it really mean to be human in this era of life hacks?

seven friends sitting together facing away from the camera and looking at the ocean and distant hills

the most important thing I learnt by quitting social media

... what I had been seeking in that non-stop flow of images and videos and boxes of text on the screen was a salve for my loneliness.

tales for dreamers: the piano man

tales for dreamers: the piano man

The Piano Man is no Pied Piper for he makes no demands, but he too seeks something no mortal can give him.

tales for dreamers: all in a year's work

tales for dreamers: all in a year's work

Have you ever wondered how the months came to have a rather unequal distribution of days?

tales for dreamers: hello, dreamer ...

tales for dreamers: hello, dreamer ...

In the beginning, there was a dream. Then came the dreamer. And when they met, 'Tales for Dreamers' came into being.

Monthly Missives from The Dream Pedlar

Hello! I'm Anitha Krishnan, speculative fiction author and award-winning poet, navigating the exhilarating ups and enervating downs of the creative life. Sign up for updates on new book releases alongside heartfelt musings on writing, reading and living the creative life. Arrives in your inbox on the last Sunday of the month.