The move from Medium.
New Chapter, New Platform: Why I'm Building The Erudite Bookworm #WritersJourney #NewWebsite
When platforms change, writers adapt. After years of navigating Medium's shifting online publishing landscape, I'm launching The Erudite Bookworm – a space where writing takes center stage.
Since 2018, I've weathered algorithm changes, battled content bots, and watched a once-vibrant writing community slowly fade. Medium transformed from a writer-friendly platform to a space where AI-generated content drowns out authentic voices. But my passion for writing? It never wavered.
This isn't just another website. It's a repository of stories, research, and insights accumulated over years of dedicated craft. Free subscriptions mean everyone can access the content. Whether you're a fellow writer or a curious reader, there's something here for you.
Writers don't just write. We persist. We create. We connect.
Welcome to The Erudite Bookworm.
-D.M. De Alwis
My Current Endeavours
Historical Fantasy | Literary Fiction set in South Asia
Where Do My Stories Come From?
Memory, past lives, what we call our gut or a hunch — are they built into our DNA?
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What was life like 10,000 years ago?
What was life like in the past? Humans weren’t just surviving—they had intricate societies and complex social landscapes. History contains stories of adaptation and resilience. The past is a mirror reflecting our complexities. Who were we? Who are we still?
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Making Sense Of Ancient History
I keep going down a rabbit hole. I am researching ‘just enough’ to create a setting for my novel set in 600 BCE Indian Subcontinent.
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Memoir
Writing at the Turn of the 21st Century
Nostalgic comparison of writing a novel in the pre-mobile era. I finished writing THE TAKING in the year 2000. I write about why my first novel does not reflect the calibre of my writing today. The long read.
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On Goal Completion and the Satisfaction that Should Come with it.
After 20+ years, I woke up to realize I was on the wrong path. Is it people pleasing or ADHD that drove me?
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Reprints from Medium Publications
Bootcamp
Perfectionism in the workplace
The Pareto principle is only 80% of the solution to avoiding burnout
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How Failure Feeds Success
Overcoming adversity and the lessons learned therein are the true mark of respect for product managers.
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Altruism in the workplace
Altruism is the response to empathy. Indirect to business goals, altruism creates the trust and communication bridges needed in teams for…
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Be Yourself
I am a Writer
Admitting my truth
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The Art of Failing Up
Disrupt yourself — push self-limiting beliefs through adversity.
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How we are victims by choice
We quietly give up our power through the act of acquiescence.
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Writing Life — is it achievable?
The jury is out.
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(That last one was not ported over and was written after the exodus in an attempt to draw readers to this site.)
Future Vision
How being a team player kills individuality
Sometimes its better to squirrel a project away until it is ripe
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One Table, One World
The benefit of homemade French bread
I married into the French culture over twelve years ago. The French population’s relationship to bread has no parallel. Bread is served at… The search for the perfect loaf of bread and final success in finding the right recipe and methodology to sustainable bake baguettes on a daily basis at home.
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Bibbikan
The little known story about Sri Lankan Coconut Date Cake
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Simple. Mushroom Soup
Never buy a can again. Make room for grey mush made from the easy to find button mushroom.
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Cooking with fire
Two cultures, one common element Eastern perspective of finding the same preserved culture of cooking in the West.
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That’s crêpe-tastic!
My romance with the humble crêpe. In Brittany, where crêpes are ever ready at grocery store, bakery, and restaurants, home made crêpes are treated as a special moment appreciated by all.
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Dhal vs. Cassoulet
A comparison of Eastern and Western cooking styles Cassoulet and lentils/dhal/parrippu. Comparison of ways of stewing a pulse. Sri Lanka and France
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Self-isolation: Beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Once upon a time most households relied on a cauldron bubbling over coals or a fire that slow cooked beans.
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The answer to a world turned upside down — Upside Down Cakes
First popularized in the 60s and 70s its high time for a resurgence of upside down cakes
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What’s a Brinjal?
Investigation into the humble purple vegetable a.k.a. eggplant, aubergine, brinjal and what we can do with it.
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Inside the Simulation
Ghost Pilot
A true ghost story from Dartmouth, Devon, UK
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The Unused Room
Haunted house — I spent 5 years in Ireland during which time I rented a variety of older houses. Given a sixth sense for creepy vibes…
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Rebirth and Remembering Past Lives
Do we carry echoes of our past lives into the present? From unexplained connections to vivid dreams, rebirth raises intriguing questions about karma, destiny, and our choices. Read more about the cycles of life and the search for meaning.
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Be Unique
How to Get Your Kids Off the Couch
Here are some tried, tested, and true ways to get your kids (ages 2 to 10) up and about.
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Ascent Publication
On Motherhood: Working full time with two kids
Part 2 of a 3 part series on motherhood as both a working and stay at home mom. I spent the first part of my life as a mother working. Now as a stay at home mom of 3, I reflect on what I did, how I did it, and what I would advise my past self.
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On Motherhood: Working full time with one kid
Part 1 of a 3 part series on motherhood as both a working and stay at home mom. I spent the first part of my life as a mother working. Now as a stay at home mom of 3, I reflect on what I did, how I did it, and what I would advise my past self.
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On the Edge of Obesity
What I learned after 25 years of diet, nutrition, and struggles maintaining weight. Low fat, keto, intermittent fasting, and clean eating over a 25 year period and the results: Weight maintenance and weight loss. Loss of weight post pregnancy.
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On Motherhood: From Unemployed Mom to Getting the Job
The struggle and success of finding and transitioning to work and financial independence after being a stay at home mom for several years. On the struggle to move from being a stay at home mom to rejoining the workforce.
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