"Tweeting my book cover without context." Yes, let me drop everything and buy a book I know nothing about.

Social Media Trends That #WritersofX should Stay Away From: Joining every X open pitch event but never engaging outside of them. It’s called social media, not "Post-and-Run Like a Bandit" media.

Social Media Trends That #WritersofX should Stay Away From: Tagging 30 random people to promote my book! Congratulations, you’ve just won the award for most muted account.

#IndieAuthors & #WritersOfX TikTok sells books. Twitter/X builds authority. Use both. TikTok = viral sales. Twitter = credibility. Don’t mix them up. #SellMoreBooks #AuthorBranding #BookSales #BookLaunch #GrowthHacking #MarketingTips #Storytelling

Social Media Trends That #WritersofX should Stay Away From: Automated DMs that say: "Thanks for following! Check out my book!" Nothing builds a relationship like immediately asking for money.

I've said this before and I will say this again: #writerslift engagemetnts are basically conga lines of desperation. Everyone follows, no one interacts, and we all pretend we’re networking instead of wasting time.

#writersofx Here’s how I used a TEDx speech as a credibility bomb to 5X my book sales, land podcast invites, and build long-term authority—without a massive audience or ad spend. How a TEDx Talk 5X’d My Book Sales anti-broke-writer.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-tedx-t…

“The winner has plenty of strong examples of impressive projects and measurable impacts.” A big well done to sandhata on winning the DevOps Vendor of the Year Award! #DevOpsExcellenceAwards

Not very long ago, I sold 2800 copies of my book within the launch week. Here’s how I did it. No fluff, just the raw tactics that work. balakarthiga.substack.com/p/how-i-used-s…

Hi #WritingCommunity, I'M HOME ALONE WITH NO ONE TO SCREAM TO—SO HERE I AM. 😭❤️ I JUST GOT THE GOLDEN EMAIL!!! After 10 years of dreaming and 4 months of back-and-forth calls, feedback loops, and endless edits, I’M OFFICIALLY AN AGENTED AUTHOR!!! And not just with

Philosophy used to shake the world. Now it’s just self-help for rich guys. Socrates challenged power. Nietzsche wanted you to burn your illusions. Today? Stoicism is a life hack, and billionaires quote Marcus Aurelius to justify their grind. Philosophy wasn’t meant to make you

AI art is cancer on creativity. This isn’t just about Ghibli. AI-generated art is a full-blown crisis for every creative industry.

Mirabai ghosted royalty. Kabir ratio’d both temples and mosques. No filters. No fluff. Just fire. If you're writing to be liked, you’re playing small. Write like you're trying to burn a lie. Full post here. (It might offend your algorithm). open.substack.com/pub/balakarthi…

Every time I open this app it's the same three moods: "The world is ending" "Here's why you're poor and it's your fault" "My enemy of the week is trending, let's scream" I miss when people just lied about their morning coffee and posted blurry sunset pics. I mean, twitter

The other day, I deleted a thread I spent an hour writing. It was smart. Trendy. Optimized for clicks. But it didn’t feel true. Just... loud. Then I remembered something Lao Tzu said: “Those who know do not speak.” Maybe the best writing doesn’t shout. Maybe it waits. Listens.

If Violet Sorrengail can survive the Riders Quadrant, I can survive my Monday inbox.

I hope you feel pretty, your coffee tastes great and something good happens to you today 💚

This is exactly the kind of tweet that goes viral for being confidently untrue. I speak Tamil, English, and Hindi to everyone (from autodrivers to real estate agents) and guess what? They all respond just fine. My in-laws only know Hindi and feel more at home in Bengaluru than

Very Unpopular Opinion: LinkedIn should be closed every night at 8 PM, like a library.

If your employer can’t afford 100k for H1B, maybe the problem isn’t Trump.