If you read that headline and thought these are not (necessarily) one big group. Then you’re right. These two things are together in one title because they came to a head in the same week…Continue Reading
Tag: culture
An Arab Detective is Born During #NaNoWriMo2014
I’m doing #NaNoWriMo, that crazy month of writing pell-mell, towards the goal of a 50,000 manuscript by December 1st. This is my fourth time taking the plunge to write 1666 words a day. I’ve only…Continue Reading
The Art of the Backhanded Compliment
When I was an undergraduate studying abroad in China, I observed the Asian value of deflecting compliments or modesty. You tell a friend you like her hair or that she’s good student and she would…Continue Reading