My Friend Alexa: Rant post 3 - Writing is a profession too

Creative endeavours require as much hard work and support as any other profession; the return on investment is much slower and lesser. But that didn't deter me from diving into this new world after taking a 180-degree turn from my previous profession.

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Sonia Chatterjee

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An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), Sonia Chatterjee holds two post-graduate degrees in the fields of Chemistry and Management. She's currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing from Writer's Village University. With eight years of experience in the Banking sector as Branch Head, she took a sabbatical from the corporate world to start her blog soniasmusings.com. Her blog was featured in the list of Top Indian Blogs consecutively in 2019 and 2020. Deal of Death, her debut novella, has been awarded in the 'Top 100 debut novels' by Literatureslight and it has fetched Sonia Literoma Rising Star Award 2019 for the Best Debut Author (Fiction). She is also the recipient of The Spirit Mania award for Influential Women 2k20, Nex8 2020 Litfest Author award, and Literoma Nari Samman 2020 award. Her articles have been published on various digital platforms such as Women's Web, Youth Ki Awaaz, Tuck's Magazine, and Period magazine. She was invited as a speaker at the Breaking Barriers, Kolkata 2018 event by Women's Web and as an author of thriller novels at the Women Writer's Fest, Kolkata, 2020.

My Friend Alexa: Rant post 3 - Writing is a profession too

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