About Neelima

Neelima has over a decade of experience in all things writing. She has written two books - a paranormal romance novella called Unsettled where she bridges the gap between fiction and poetry and A Complete Guide to Job Placement, a book for students who are moving out of the campus to the corporate world. Right now, a fantasy novel is in the works.

This university topper holds an M. Phil degree and is alumna at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Creative Writing Workshop. She has contributed literary articles, interviews, book reviews and poems to several publications. She started her career as a language editor at Macmillan India Ltd. She moved on to teaching students literature, Communicative English and General English at the graduate level. Her love of teaching continues. She is the founder of the creative writing workshop, the Young Author Program (YAP).

Currently she edits fiction and non-fiction and assists authors with the publishing process at Pothi.com. She lives in Bangalore with her family.

Read some of her work:

Poems at Veils, Haloes & Shackles, The Cider Press Review, the RIC Journal.
Work inspired by her boys and motherhood.
Reviews of Ram 2050, Native Believer, Geography of Tongues

About Young Author Program (YAP)

Neelima has conceptualized and designed the Young Author Program (YAP), a creative writing workshop designed to teach children in the age range of 8 -16 years to write their own stories. She mentors budding young writers and helps them implement fiction tools for effective characterization, world-building and plotting. The program is certified by Pothi.com, a self-publishing company based in Bangalore.

Testimonials

Thank you so much Neelima for giving her the opportunity and immense joy. Nothing beats the happiness of seeing your name in a book.

Rajani

A big shout to all the Children and Neelima Madam and YAP for such a brilliant outcome.

Monalisha

Yogita really enjoyed and learnt a lot from your session. In fact, she has started writing a lot more than before. She has been talking about becoming an author when she grows up.

Nikhila

Like every ambitious mother, I too thought this workshop would be good for my ten year old. I was a bit anxious and doubtful about being too pushy. The two-day workshop for young writers was something I thought would be interesting and useful for him. It was just beautiful when my son came out beaming from his first session! He was waiting to be a part of it the next day too!At the end of both the days, he told me that if he had missed it, it would have been a great loss. To inspire a ten year old boy to say this is no easy task. I am a happy mother today.

Asha

The Young Author Program was extremely helpful for my daughter, Ishmita, as it helped her improve her ability to think and write from different perspectives. It also helped her in describing each character and plot in detail. I also noticed that the workshop has made her contemplate each situation and write with in-depth analyses. Neelima has been very patient explaining each aspect in detail. Her passion for books has helped ignite the spirit of writing in my daughter.

Sumieja

The Young Author Program was a great workshop and my daughter gained a lot of valuable inputs through the whole two-day interaction! Would be happy to be part of the next one.

Keerthi

My daughter while enjoying the company in the YAP sessions found the sessions relaxing and inspiring setting the mood for creative thinking. She picked up techniques on story telling she was not aware of. We are excited to see her work in print soon.

Read some of her work:

Books

The Young Author Program (YAP) Anthologies

About Young Author Program (YAP)

Testimonials

Rajani

Monalisha

Nikhila

Asha

Sumieja

Keerthi

Sumathy

Contact Info

info@neelimavinod.com

Bangalore