WHAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA - A PHOTO SHOOT!

I have recently secured an inetrview with the KARMA MAGAZINE -- Calgary's South Asian Magazine and am looking for ward to my first magazine photo shoot ever -- tentatively in September. Anyhow -- another first for me. Very pleased!!!:D

SUN AND SALSA FESTIVAL

I will be attendind a signing event at the Sun and Salsa Festival. Booth 9. Come and enjoy the sun, salsa, live music, dance, and entertainers.
DATE: JULY 19/ SUNDAY
TIME: 11 am to 5 pm

SIGNING AT CHAPTERS SPECTRUM BY SUNRIDGE MALL

Date: July 17 - 5 pm to 9 pm
July 18 - 1 pm to 5 pm
Location: Chapters Spectrum by Sunridge Mall
Calgary North East
Hope to see you there!!!!

REFLECTIONS ON MY FIRST BOOK SIGNING IN CALGARY

Well, I thought the most you do at book signings was to sit behind a desk with a pen in your hand. Was I ever wrong!!! It was definitely a lot of work promoting myself with everyone that came into the store. Overall, however, the signing was a success and I was pleased with the numbers of sales. I am now looking forward to my future signings and feel good about the bit of experience I have behind me pitching my product to potential buyers and creating interest.

ELKFORD FOCUS June 2009 Issue

Click on the header of this blog to read an article published about me in Elkford Focus, profiling me as a writer (pg 11).

Jun 07, 2009
ELKFORD FOCUS June 2009 Issue. 11. Former Elkford Resident Launches Her Debut Novel If we assume that God exists, what path do you think will lead straight to Salvation? This is the question Rajni Mala Khelawan seeks to answer in her ...

BOOK SIGNING AT MARLBOROUGH MALL, CALGARY NE

Coles Bookstore in Marlborough Mall is holding a book signing event in the NE Calgary. Date: June 26 and June 27. Time: 11 am to 5pm. This is an open event. All are welcome. Come, browse through my book, and say hello!

UPDATES -- On My Developing Career As A Writer

Well - March 22, 2009, I woke up, absolutely terrified of having to public speak. It was after all, THE DAY when my first book was launched. There was no escaping it. First things first, however. The CBC Radio interview had to be recorded. I went to the studio shaking like a leaf and recorded my first interview. I listened to it on the radio. It was good. I liked it and others liked it too. This was encouraging. Back to the launch - about thirty people showed up, regardless of the bitter snow storm. I surprised myself again. I liked the public speaking, and reading the words I had written, inspite of my attack of anxiety twenty minutes before entering the scene of the launch location. The launch was a success. And, interestingly, I didn't seem to notice the big cameras of the NUTV in the corner filming the whole event. When the time came for the on camera interview, however, it was a different story. It took a bit to ignore the camera, close up. But after I managed to do just that, the interview flowed. Next came the Asian TV interview recorded in their studio. The bright lights were actually not noticeable when the interview commenced. I never watched my two television interviews when they aired. The third interview with OMNI NEWS aired nationally. Regardless of how painful it would be, I made a committment to watch it. It aired on Monday, May 18, 2009. I was pleased with the final result. It wasn't too bad at all. With my first initial interview when I was shaking like a leaf, I remember a friend calling me after the interview aired and saying, "Well, that's what life of an artist is all about!" I guess that's true. Creating the art is one aspect of being an artist; promoting it is the other aspect. There's no going around it. And I think that's not such a bad thing. Promoting my work has been an experience, a journey in itself. And it's an experience that I wouldn't want to trade or give up on.