A few weeks ago I had a call from a friend’s brother, a person I have known since he was twelve. “Would you be on this talk show we’re organizing?” He asked me, as a…Continue Reading
Tag: creative writing
Essential Steps to Selling Books
I had an a blast in Kuwait last week with PLUMA, a writers group focused on exploring the migrant experience in the Arabian Gulf. I read a scene from The Dohmestics that was quite hard…Continue Reading
How I Wrote 20,000 Words in 15 Days
If you’ve heard of NaNoWriMo, then you know that 20,000 words isn’t that impressive. In actuality, someone writing 1,666 words a day should have 25,000 words in 15 days. But, as my students are fond…Continue Reading