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Is It Still Profitable to Write and Sell an eBook?
Writing an eBook used to sound like a gold rush—just type out your knowledge, hit "publish," and money would start trickling in. But in 2025, is it still worth it? Or is it one of those dreams that belonged to the early 2010s?
By Benjamin Lucasabout a year ago in Writers
Why OmniDrive USB 2 LF Is Still a Reliable Solution for PC Card Data Transfers
However, many industries—particularly in manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, and industrial automation—still rely on legacy systems that require PC Card interfaces. This is where the OmniDrive USB 2 LF continues to prove its value.
By Aarav Guptaabout a year ago in Writers
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure reveals details of Global Energy Efficiency Alliance
DUBAI, 16th April, 2025 (WAM) -- Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, revealed the details of the Global Energy Efficiency Alliance (GEEA), recently approved by the UAE Cabinet. GEEA aims to improve energy consumption across the board to double annual global energy efficiency rates by 2030, in line with the UAE's historic 'UAE Consensus' from the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28).
By SINOSTEEL STAINLESS STEEL PIPEabout a year ago in Writers
China's Steel Production and Exports in Q1
March: (a) In March 2025, China's crude steel production reached 92.84 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. (b) Pig iron production was 75.29 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%.
By SINOSTEEL STAINLESS STEEL PIPEabout a year ago in Writers
Key Features for On-Demand Car Wash App Development
Digital solutions for various industries, including auto care, have increased in response to the consumer's will for mobile-based facilities. The way automobile owners keep their vehicles clean without going into a physical facility, the on-demand car wash apps are being revolutionized. On-demand car wash apps are eager to engage in development to understand important elements for every business or entrepreneur to guarantee success.
By Manisha Sharmaabout a year ago in Writers
Understanding Data Strategy Consulting Services
In today's data-driven business landscape, organizations are inundated with vast amounts of information daily. Effectively harnessing this data is crucial for informed decision-making and maintaining a competitive edge. This is where Data Strategy Consulting Services come into play, guiding businesses to transform raw data into actionable insights.
By agira technologiesabout a year ago in Writers
The Silent Scream
I always smiled. People said I was the kind of person who lit up a room. And perhaps I did. But what no one ever saw was the dimness that followed me home, like a shadow that had lost its light. I wasn’t always like this. There was a time when my laughter was real and my days were full of color. But then — slowly, silently — something inside me began to change. It started with small things: forgetting to return calls, avoiding friends, skipping meals. I told myself I was just tired. That life was overwhelming, but manageable. I was wrong. There’s a kind of pain that doesn’t scream. It doesn’t tear at your skin or leave visible wounds. It sits quietly in your chest, like a cold stone that grows heavier with each breath. No one sees it. No one hears it. But it’s there — always there. That was my reality. A silent scream echoing inside my mind. I went through my days like a ghost. I woke up, I functioned, I smiled. I gave advice to others, laughed at their jokes, celebrated their joys. I was a master of pretense. No one suspected that each night, I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering if I was losing my mind. What hurt the most was the guilt. I had a roof over my head, food on my plate, people who loved me. What right did I have to feel this emptiness? This nothingness? I felt ungrateful, ashamed, weak. But depression — I would learn — doesn’t ask for permission. It creeps in when the door is left ajar, even slightly. And it builds a home in silence. One evening, I sat at my desk, a notebook open in front of me. I hadn’t written in years. The pen trembled in my hand. I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t know what I wanted to say. And then, without planning to, I wrote: > “I’m drowning. And no one can see the water.” I stared at the words. They didn’t look poetic. They looked like me. Raw. Unfiltered. For the first time in months, I felt something real. It wasn’t joy, but it was something — a flicker of honesty in the darkness. So I wrote again. And again. Each night, I emptied pieces of myself onto the page. I wrote about the fear, the numbness, the guilt. I wrote about the pressure to be okay. The pain of pretending. I wrote as if my life depended on it — and maybe, in some way, it did. Writing didn’t cure me. But it became a mirror. It showed me things I was too afraid to face in daylight. It reminded me that I was still here, still breathing, still capable of expression — even if it was only on paper. Slowly, I started to talk to others. Carefully. Cautiously. I told a close friend, then another. I saw a therapist. I learned words like “anxiety” and “clinical depression.” I learned that I wasn’t weak. I wasn’t ungrateful. I was human. There were setbacks. Days when I couldn’t get out of bed. Nights when I questioned every step forward. But the scream inside me? It grew quieter. Not because it vanished, but because I finally gave it a voice. One day, months later, a friend texted me: > “You always seem so put-together. How do you stay so strong?” I stared at the message for a long time. And then I smiled — not the practiced one, but a real, quiet smile. I replied: > “By falling apart. And slowly putting myself back together.” Reflections: This story isn’t just mine. It belongs to everyone who has ever felt lost in their own mind. Everyone who has battled demons invisible to the world. Everyone who has screamed in silence. Mental health isn’t a trend. It’s not a hashtag. It’s a reality. And the more we talk about it, the more we write about it, the less alone we become. So here’s to the ones who are still screaming silently. May you find your voice. May you write your way home.
By Muhammad Ali about a year ago in Writers
How Lifestyle Choices Impact Fertility in Men and Women
Lifestyle factors play the most important role in issues related to reproductive health. The WHO report states that habits that include smoking, excessive alcohol drinking, and obesity have a grave impact on fertility. Second, exposure to environmental polluting agents and toxins might damage eggs and sperm, directly leading to fewer numbers and lower quality. Understanding how daily habits could affect fertility is essential knowledge for anyone planning to procreate. In this blog, we’ll break down the relationship between lifestyle and fertility, offering actionable tips to improve reproductive health and boost your chances of conception.
By dr nanditaabout a year ago in Writers
It is about finding the joy in little things
You know those moments that light you up like a forestfire, the circumstances, people, entities, stories, words or notions that trigger something in you. That makes you act differently, to approach your life differently, to stride a different walk or embrace a new mindset. These are often quite moments that we think are insignificant, but are in reality monumental transgressions of metamorphosis, where everything changes, but also nothing changes.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Writers
Echoes for the Departed
Detective Rehan Shah stood in the candlelit room, staring at the lifeless body of Professor Adil Murtaza. A respected academic, known for his work on memory and trauma. And now, the third victim in a series of killings that had the entire city gripped with fear. As with the others, there was no sign of forced entry. No defensive wounds. Just a body laid out with unsettling care — and a handwritten note. Rehan read it aloud: “You said some memories should stay buried. I guess this one didn’t.” Zara, his partner, stood beside him, arms crossed. “It’s like the killer isn’t talking to us. He’s talking to them. After they’re dead.” Rehan nodded. “He wants them to hear him... even if it’s too late.” Each of the three victims had one thing in common: they were influential in their own fields — a judge, a journalist, and now a professor. But beyond their careers, no connection was immediately clear. Each murder scene, however, included a note that hinted at a shared past. The judge’s said: “You ruled over truth, but silence was your verdict.” The journalist’s: “You printed lies, but forgot who bled for them.” Rehan pinned the notes to a corkboard in his office, staring at the words until the lines blurred. They weren’t just messages. They were accusations. Emotional, bitter, personal. It was as if the killer wasn’t seeking justice — he was seeking to be remembered. Zara dug deeper. She found a long-forgotten case from twelve years ago involving a young boy named Sameer Raza, who had accused a group of respected adults of abuse and manipulation at an elite boarding school. The case had been dismissed. The records were sealed. The boy had vanished. Forgotten. Rehan whispered the name aloud. “Sameer...” Could it be? Could Sameer be back? Before he could say more, a fourth murder rocked the city. This time, it was a defense attorney — one who had worked on the dismissed case. The note beside his body was longer: “You told them I was confused. You said I imagined it. But you knew. You all knew.” The pieces began to fit. The killer was Sameer — or someone close to him — targeting the people who had betrayed him, silenced him, discredited him. And each message was written as if speaking directly to the victims, reminding them of what they did. A final reckoning they couldn’t escape, even in death. Rehan and Zara went public with their theory, appealing to Sameer — if he was watching — to come forward. To talk. Instead, Rehan received a note. This time, not left at a crime scene, but hand-delivered to his desk. “You were at the academy once. You heard me. But you walked away.” His hands trembled. A memory, long buried, surfaced. He had met Sameer once, during a school visit. The boy had tried to speak to him. But Rehan, young and unsure, had brushed him off — assuming it was a student prank. He hadn’t remembered… until now. The next morning, Zara was gone. Her apartment door was unlocked. No signs of struggle. A note sat on her kitchen table: “She tried to help you forget. That’s enough betrayal for one life.” Rehan’s heart shattered. Not just from grief — but guilt. This wasn’t just a case anymore. It was a mirror. And he was part of the reflection. He returned to the academy — now abandoned. In the old library, he found Sameer waiting. Older now. Pale. Eyes heavy with years of pain. “You came,” Sameer said. “I should have come years ago,” Rehan replied quietly. Sameer held out one last note. Rehan took it with shaking fingers. “Forgiveness isn’t for the dead. It’s for the ones who failed to listen.” “I’m sorry,” Rehan whispered. Sameer nodded. “I believe you.” And then he was gone. He turned himself in that night. At the trial, Rehan testified. About the case. The silence. His own cowardice. He lost his badge but found something far more important — truth. Sameer was sentenced, but the world finally heard his story. The notes had done what they were meant to: not to taunt, not to terrify — but to speak for the child who had been ignored, abandoned, forgotten. And in the end, that voice — however late — was finally heard.
By Muhammad Ali about a year ago in Writers
The Village Without Yesterday
Deep in the folds of misty mountains, where roads turned to dirt and time seemed to slow, there lay a village called Nimara. The village was a curious place — not for its landscape, which was green and beautiful, nor for its people, who were kind and simple — but for something far stranger: no one in Nimara remembered yesterday. Every dawn, when the sun rose over the hills and its light kissed the rooftops, the villagers awoke with no memory of who they were, what they did, or where they had come from. All they knew was the present — their names written on stones outside their homes, their roles carved on wooden boards, and a strange inner calm that convinced them this was normal. Every day was a new life. Old Jaanu, the village blacksmith, would awaken each morning, read his name on the metal plate nailed to his door, glance at the hammer in his hands, and nod. “Ah yes,” he’d murmur to himself, “I am Jaanu. I make things.” And off he’d go to his forge. Mira, the baker, would wake with the smell of dough clinging to her fingers. “I must love bread,” she’d say, looking at the loaves lined up in her oven. She’d smile and begin anew, selling warm buns to people who didn’t remember buying them the day before. Each evening, as the sun dipped behind the mountains, a fog would roll in, thick and silent. The villagers would feel sleep calling them. Some tried to stay awake, frightened by the feeling of their memories slipping, but it was no use. The fog took everything. Then morning came, and the cycle repeated. Children did not grow up remembering their childhood. Lovers forgot their love. Parents didn’t know their own children. And yet, the village thrived. Until one day, a traveler arrived. He was a dusty man with a notebook and a confused expression. His name was Aarav, and he had heard rumors of Nimara during his long, aimless wanderings. People in nearby towns spoke of it in hushed tones — “The village of forgetfulness,” they called it, “where time stands still.” Curious and lost in his own search for meaning, Aarav came to Nimara. He was greeted with warm smiles and confusion. “You’re new,” said Mira, handing him a loaf of bread. “At least, I think you are. Maybe I’ve met you before?” “No, I’ve never been here,” Aarav said. “You’ll forget that by tomorrow,” she replied with a shrug. Aarav stayed the night in an empty hut. But he didn’t sleep. He wrote furiously in his notebook, trying to record what he saw, what people told him, and what he felt. When the fog rolled in, his eyes grew heavy, but he forced himself to stay awake, repeating his name, his past, his purpose. He awoke to sunlight and silence. Rushing to his notebook, he sighed in relief — it was still there. His memories were intact. The villagers, however, greeted him like a stranger once more. For days, Aarav observed. He tried to ask questions: “Do you know why this happens? Have you tried to stop it?” But no one had answers. They lived in the now, content, unaware of the tragedy of forgetting. One morning, he found a small girl, no older than seven, sitting beneath a tree and crying. “What’s wrong?” Aarav asked gently. “I don’t know,” she sniffled. “I just… I feel sad. Like I lost something. Someone.” Aarav looked at her and realized that somewhere, beneath the surface, memory left behind traces — feelings, instincts, longing. The village wasn’t free. It was trapped. That night, Aarav climbed to the top of a hill that overlooked Nimara. He lit a fire, opened his notebook, and began to read aloud every memory he had recorded — names, stories, laughter, tears. As the fog crept up the hill, he yelled into the night, “Remember who you are! Remember something! Fight it!” Then the fog took him, too. Morning came. The fire had burned out. The notebook lay beside the ashes. Down in the village, something felt different. Mira paused as she kneaded dough. “Aarav,” she whispered. “Where did I hear that name?” Jaanu looked at a hammer and felt a surge of emotion he couldn’t place. The little girl ran to the tree and found the notebook. She opened it and saw her name — Lina — with a drawing of her beneath it. Something warm bloomed in her chest. And so, bit by bit, day by day, the village began to change. Memories crept back like the sun after a long winter. Names were no longer just letters on a stone. Faces carried meaning. Love grew roots. No one knew how it began — only that once, a traveler came, refused to forget, and left behind the gift of remembrance. Nimara, the village without yesterday, slowly found its way back to tomorrow.
By Muhammad Ali about a year ago in Writers
