They say that writing is a calling: I felt that calling as a young teen, but only in secret. Even at such a young age I was only too aware that my writing would not be taken seriously. It would not be encouraged and I would certainly be told to …
Hafsah Zamir-Khan is a zealous NaNo-er and reckons you should be one too. You’re asking if I have I ever wanted to write a novel? Is that a silly question? I guess there a very few people who haven’t fantasized about writing a novel and becoming an international bestselling …
That’s exactly what I need. To be told to Get lost and Write. Because, seriously, there is no way on earth I’m going to be able to edit those awful 50,000 words I wrote in November unless I do NaNo again. Oh I tried, in our Facebook group, NaNoWrimo for …
Yes, I won NaNoWriMo this year! It’s been over two weeks since the climatic moment and this blogpost is the first piece of writing I’ve done since. I’ve needed that break as I’ve been writing like a crazy person (perhaps that’s just what writers do?). Actually, that’s a lie. I would have …
November this year has rolled past at lightening speed and NaNoWriMo wasn’t as successful for me as last year. As you know, by the end of the first week I decided that writing the actual narrative of my novel was not going well as I was too distracted by family …
So the first week of NaNoWriMo is over and we’re into week two. As you can probably tell from my NaNo counter on the right, I’ve not exactly got very far… 4,041 words to be exact. Had I planned to complete the 50,000 challenge (my plan is only ever to …
This is a short article by Na’ima B. Robert in which she discusses the need for Muslim youth to have their voices heard. Originally posted on my previous blog on July 13th 2010. Telling our stories, making our voices heard What is the point of telling stories, of creating characters, …
