Resmi Jaimon : Freelance Writer, Kochi - Kerala, Mumbai

I’ve heard some aspiring writers try to catch editor’s attention by sending ‘Letters to the Editor.’ But, I never attempted writing a letter to the editor till I read about the handwritten letters recently in The Hindu. ‘Writing letters’ (handwritten) is a topic close to my heart and I was involved in writing letters for over a decade. I began writing letters when I was 11. Thanks to my mother, who encouraged me to write letters and have penpals. In 1970’s, she had hundreds of penpals. Though I could never break her record, I had around 75 penpals. I used to take hours and sometimes, weeks to complete a letter. Writing letters of 4-5 pages were common and the longest must have been 12 or 14 pages long (long sheets of paper). Topics discussed varied from trends, my life at home and college and rarely, on attempting to teach a friend, ‘Malayalam.’ I no longer writer handwritten letters, but occasionally I read the old letters, of my penfriends. I still maintain contact with 15 or so ...

As an author or publisher, would you like to see your books reviewed in my blog - http://indian-chronicle.blogspot.com (and include a link to the post from http://resmi-jaimon.blogspot.com) or want to review your book for promotion purpose or for possible publication in a youth tabloid (I contribute book reviews every month, starting from July for this tabloid)? I also offer to post links to the review from my social networking sites and groups.  If you are an author or publisher, send me an email at r esmi.writer@gmail.com , with the book details. I may also publish select author interviews in my blog. In other words, I can help you promote your books!

From now, you can find an exclusive page in this blog, on my ghostwriting services. I can help you write a book or an ebook on varied subjects. The details are given in the link on the sidebar - right top corner or you can view it at http://resmi-jaimon.blogspot.com/p/ghostwriting.html . If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

I offer bulk content services for web and blog content. Find the details at http://resmi-jaimon.blogspot.com/p/services-web-blog-content.html or contact me for further discussion.

My story "Dreams in Print" ( http://spotlight.femina.in/full-story/dreams-in-print ) is selected as one of the best stories in Femina online. Have made it to the final three in this category. ( http://best.femina.in/best-of-spotlight )

I've created a page in facebook, to promote my services and share my success stories and writing related thoughts. Join me in facebook! Indian Chronicle You can also join my facebook page to follow Indian Chronicle Blog.

The number of publications in which my articles/features/interviews have been published, touched 71 yesterday. Early this month, I started writing for a matrimonial blog, as a ghostwriter. The 71st publication is Techgoss. You can read the interview I had with Ms.Debarati Halder, Managing Director, Centre for Cyber Victim Counseling ’ (CCVC), for Techgoss at http://www.techgoss.com/Story/365S11-Online-NGO-helps-Cyber-victims.aspx . In July 2010, the much-awaited and long pending feature is appearing in a career magazine. And that'll hit  the 72th publication! Awaiting the century mark.

Do you own a small or medium sized or large sized business? Or are you the proud owner of home business? As long as you have a business and a product or service to promote, you may need a blog. This article tells you why your businesses should have a blog. You can buy this article to know the basics or you can purchase this article to publish in your blog, magazine, newspaper, website, portal or to teach someone about the basics of business blog. I'll mail you the article, once I receive the payment. If you are buying to publish, send me an email to discuss rates and copyright. Otherwise, buy the article now for $2.50 !

I'm launching a 26-page report with photographs, titled 'V olvo Ocean Race, Kochi Stopover - India's Pride. ' The blog I maintained for the occasion, http://kochi-volvo.blogspot.com (the only blog (unofficial) for Kochi stopover), continued to give hits post the event. And it was the blog, even without promotion, got the maximum number of hits, among the three blogs I own. From now, the blog will be accessible only for those who buy my report.  For $4.50, you will have access to both the report as well as the blog. Buy the report now and save $1. Introductory offer: I'm offering the report at a discounted price - that's for $3.50. Offer closes on June 30, 2010.

With my announcement "Story in Chicken Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul," on March 30, this blog has crossed the 100th mark. Welcome to the 101 th blog post. When the blog hit 100 blog posts, the total number of visitors touched 4868. (My website crossed 5000 mark sometime back) And now http://resmi-jaimon.blogspot.com/ ranks higher in Indirank (indiblogger.in). Since March, the blog ranks 80, which is said to be one of the best ranks. :) Paid Advertisment in blog Starting now, I also plan to make some changes including posting paid advertisements in this blog. If you want to promote your magazine, website, portal, blog, book or others through this blog, email me at resmi.writer@gmail.com . To know more changes, keep signing in.

I've had one more success with Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul series. My story "Dear Diary.." is appearing in Chicken Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul, to be published soon.

Volvo Ocean Race , 2008-2009, Kochi (Kerala, India) stopover's ( first Asian stopover ) pictures and an ebook on Volvo Ocean Race - report and pictures., to be available shortly via this blog http://resmi-jaimon.blogspot.com , http://indian-chronicle.blogspot.com and http://kochi-volvo.blogspot.com . I had maintained an unofficial blog for the Kochi stopover event at http://kochi-volvo.blogspot.com .

Fort Kochi , is known as a natural harbor and place of historical importance. A stroll along the beach and watching the fishermen working with the Chinese fishing net as well as the ships entering the Kochi from the Arabian Sea is a sight to behold. Chinese fishing net - The Chinese fishing net was erected by Chinese traders at the area between 1350 and 1450 AD. It is made of teak and bamboo poles. St. Francis Church - Vasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church at Fort Kochi in 1524. Later, his remains were removed and taken to Portugal. Santa Cruz Basilica - Originally built by the Portuguese in 1558, it was later demolished and in its place, a new building appeared in 1887. Vasco House - One of the oldest Portuguese houses in Fort Kochi, Vasco House is believed to have been the residence of Vasco D Gama. Vasco House, now functions as a home stay. Dutch Cemetery - Consecrated in 1724, the Dutch Cemetery holds the tombstones of Europeans. Image Availability Around ...

About Marine Drive, Kochi, Kerala MarineDrive in Kochi, Kerala (India) is a popular hangout area of the locals as well as tourists. Marine Drive is also a popular shopping center as well as boasts of some of the costliest apartments in the city. It is the best place to watch sunset, enter the boat jetties to go boating in Vembanad Lake. The Rainbow bridge in the Marine Drive walkway draws crowds and it's a picturesque to view Vembanad Lake, Bolgatty Palace, Willingdon Island and the view of ships entering and leaving the sea mouth. Picture Availability: Marine Drive pictures are available for blogs, websites and magazines / newspapers / calendars / books and other print purposes. More Marine Drive photographs available, apart from those listed here. Also, I am available to take photographs of Marine Drive on assignment / commissioned basis. Post-Payment: Once you make the payment, I shall send you the high-resolution picture - depending on your purpose- that's if it is to be u...

Going online today - Buy Images section. You can buy images for your blogs, websites, or for print purpose - including publishing in magazines, calendars, newspapers, books and others.

Buy Career article "Equal Encounters": How do you develop and sustain a healthy relationship at work, with your senior (boss) and junior colleagues (subordinates)? The feature provides tips and cites two examples apart from a sidebar. Total word count: 1522. This article was published in 2003 in an Indian magazine that no longer exists. For more details, including pricing and rights, contact me at resmi.writer@gmail.com with magazine / website details.

Launching a new section - for selling my works. I'll post brief of articles, reports, ebooks, photographs etc. You can either buy articles / features directly via paypal and/or by contacting me via email. Reports and ebooks will be available for direct download ie; once you pay via paypal.

Cover Image of Anchor Cochin Yesterday, I attended the launch of coffee-table book "Anchor Cochin," at Taj Malabar, Willingdon Island, Kochi. My article and photographs titled "The Chinese Connection" appears in the book published by Cochin Port Trust in connection with Volvo Ocean Race. And I share byline with known-personalities and noted journalists & authors. Read more about the launch at http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Port+Trust+released+Anchor+Cochin&artid=778WCkHYqSo=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=X7s7i|xOZ5Y=&SEO=

Updated my website : http://www.resmijaimon.com 's homepage after one year!

I remember this day (January 13th) every year - it was on this day, seven years back - in 2003, my first article was published in The Hindu's Metro Plus (Thiruvananthapuram edition) as the main story. Since then, I have written for 66 publications and will touch 67th mark in February 2010. In 2009, I devoted more time for my other interests. In writing, the long-awaited Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul was published. The anthology has one of my stories - "Grade's Don't Define You." I also sold another personal story to Chicken Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul. I worked on multiple corporate and web content writing projects apart from my regular writing assignments. And more than before, I rejected several of the offered assignments either because they wanted to work for very low rates or the topics weren't of interest to me. For now, I am trying to win assignments from a couple of national publications. And hope I can find time to fulfill my much-...