Comments on: Every Author Bio is a Lie (Including This One)

By: Ritish Sharma

Ritish Sharma — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:46:23 +0000

In reply to aparnachillycupcakes. Hey, thank you for sharing this. I actually smiled reading it. I think we all should be proud of who we are, but still being honest and human about it. Really glad that point resonated with you. And I hope you have a great week ahead too

By: Ritish Sharma

Ritish Sharma — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:47:47 +0000

In reply to Dawn. Glad you enjoyed, Dawn.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:19:12 +0000

So funny and enlightening, Ritish

By: aparnachillycupcakes

aparnachillycupcakes — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:12:23 +0000

Ritish … I have never been able to wrap my head around these bio..s They actually depict a picture that the author wants to depict about himself rather than the real- one People use fancy words … for what? At the end of the day it’s tiring to live upto those synonyms and there comes the backlash of it as everything is short lived then ..! Was a good point that u made here! Have a happy week ahead !

By: Curt Mekemson

Curt Mekemson — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:02:49 +0000

In reply to Ritish Sharma. Almost guaranteed, Ritish. Grin. I’ll be blogging the tales as I put them together into a book format. The first story involve me being kicked out of the First Grade... For a year!

By: Ritish Sharma

Ritish Sharma — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:09:18 +0000

In reply to Curt Mekemson. No apology needed, Curt, your trip sounds like a story in itself! I can already tell Uh-Oh will be one wild ride.

By: Curt Mekemson

Curt Mekemson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:04:08 +0000

In reply to Ritish Sharma. Thanks, Ritish, And my apology for getting back to you so late. Peggy and I have been lost leaf-peeping the back roads of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The book will be chock full of such tales. You will even learn what it’s like to wake up at 4 AM with a bear standing on top of you. Grin.

By: Ritish Sharma

Ritish Sharma — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:42:30 +0000

In reply to Curt Mekemson. Curt, this might be the most entertaining comment I’ve read all week This paragraph alone deserves its own book. And honestly, Uh-Oh sounds like the perfect title. It sums up both the chaos and the humor of being human. I’d definitely read that one.

By: Curt Mekemson

Curt Mekemson — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:43:36 +0000

Makes one think and laugh at the same time, Ritish. well done. I’m working on a bio now for a book I am tentatively naming Uh-Oh, or possibly Ut-Oh since that’s how I said it as a kid. It relates a lot to the “Oh shit!” moments in my life. At 82, there have been lots in my life. My intro is also a bio to catch such moments. Nothing about cats and cozy house in the one though. Going. But it is focused, Here’s a paragraph from it: I know what it’s like to be stalked by a grizzly bear in Alaska, charged by a herd of elk in New Mexico, and attacked by army ants in Africa. Once, a rattlesnake tried to bite me on the naked butt. I hadn’t seen it slither into a cat-hole I had dug for bathroom duty in the woods and almost pooped on him. Fortunately for both of us, he had rattled his displeasure as my rear loomed above him.

By: Ritish Sharma

Ritish Sharma — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:19:22 +0000

In reply to WearingTwoGowns. Oh that's a good story :-) it perfectly sums up how bios have become part of the “performance” of being a writer. I love that you’ve seen it up close.