9 playlists to listen to while writing.
Unless you have just landed here (if you have then by all means, welcome!), you know how important music is to me. In a previous post, I have compared writing […]
Being a writer is continually digging for gold.
When I was 9, I had lived in Casablanca for two years. The Hassan II Mosque was being revamped and I had started a collection of tiny zellige tiles that […]
How writing saved my life.
When I was a young teenager, we started building a house in the suburbs of Casablanca. It wasn’t exactly ‘we’ because I never considered myself a part of it but […]
The Mirror of Erised – what would your characters see?
I recently re-watched the old Harry Potter movies and while my inner child was beaming with joy, the writer in me was also given a little food for thought. I think […]
Unfinished sentences: writing prompt
I’ve had this book for longer than I care to admit, and it is only recently that I’ve tried my hand at some of the prompts. The book is pretty good, […]
Unfettered
Soon after finding out I’ve been accepted to an MFA in creative writing, I now get to share my most recent story, Unfettered, which just got accepted by Short Fiction […]
The prelude to happiness…
It hasn’t been a week yet. I still can’t process it. And I don’t have the patience to build suspense… I got into Long Island University!!! I will be studying Creative Writing!!! In New York!!! Apologies for the exclamation mark overdose. Scratch that. I’m not even sorry. AHHH!!!
The easy silence kind of love.
Some time ago, I started volunteering at the Juliet Club and in my time as a secretary of Giulietta (don’t laugh), I’ve had the chance to read the letters […]
When a juggler juggles…
When a juggler juggles, a strange phenomenon happens as the world slows down to watch in awe, and the juggler speeds up and shuffles two, four, six, eight clubs until […]
It’s what they do. #Flashfiction #99words
February 2, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a rock in the road. It can be physical, adding to a plot twist, or […]
Beautiful, ruinous encounters.
Encounters. It is what my book is about. What life is about. Ordinary, fleeting, transformative, cathartic, impromptu, often unnoticed, sometimes disregarded encounters. They can be beautiful, ruinous, innocent, scarring, rewarding, […]
Taboos – a Three Line Tale #Flashfiction
In my previous post, I said I would try my hand at more flash fiction and writing prompts so here’s my take on the following. I introduce you to Sonya’s […]
This is just the beginning.
She lives! This has been quite the blogging hiatus but in the face of radical changes, I seem to only be able to handle one world at a time and […]
5 lessons I learned from Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I recently finished The Shadow Of The Wind by masterful storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafón and before I go any further… Fear not – NO SPOILERS in this post. The Shadow Of […]
Crafting your elevator pitch: trials & errors.
“I’m writing a novel.” “Oh really? What is it about?” “Umm…” Story of my life. How do you answer this question? How do you resume a 80,000-140,000 word project to a pathetic string […]
A writer's caravan 