Congratulations on your book deal! That's a huge accomplishment and I think taking time to nurture your curiosities and where your heart is called to is really important in figuring out what to write next. Even if you just free write a bit or read different types of things that intrigue you, it's all part of the process inshallah. Here to support you in the journey!
Ambata this is a deeply beautiful reflection...in among the dregs of despair and anguish is I think when we start longing for and valuing love even more. In a very bizarre kind of way, from being in a total horror-hole for months, I feel the grief starting to give way to a burning sense of things-have-got-to-get-better, which surely is a form of love (for the world, for humans, for life)...just as compassion is, too, I’m sure of it. Knowing what a sensitive and courageous writer you are I have no doubt you will knock this love story out of the park! Mabrouk again for this wonderful news!
Mabrook! How exciting to have your published work in your hands iA next year! Can’t wait to read it. Romantic comedy is also my genre!! I love love stories. I will check out the book you recommend. I missed this post earlier in the year, but it seems like the hole in our hearts over the genocide has only gotten bigger, for me anyway. I haven’t been able to write a line of fiction for weeks or maybe months. Also have not had the desire to read fiction in quite some time. This might be how fiction writers grieve.
Alhamdulillah thank you. Yes, same, I've barely looked at my pages for (maybe insha'Allah) novel 2. I've been thinking of going deeper into the love aspect, like a full-on deep love story. Times are always troubling but particularly so now so I feel like everything needs to be approached with a greater intensity, which isn't to say humor isn't needed, even that could be enriched with a deeper dive into love.
Ambata, first, congrats!!! This is incredible and I'm so happy for you. I followed the link to your book blurb and totally can't wait to read it.
In answer to your question, well, I have no answer. I don't know how to answer that, except I guess that the world is never totally awful or totally good and is always some mix, even if it's more one or the other. Only in Jenna will the awful be gone. My mom would always say that when we'd complain about something. She'd say, "In Jenna, Insha Allah" (it'll be gone). Hugs.
Congratulations on your book deal! That's a huge accomplishment and I think taking time to nurture your curiosities and where your heart is called to is really important in figuring out what to write next. Even if you just free write a bit or read different types of things that intrigue you, it's all part of the process inshallah. Here to support you in the journey!
Alhamdulillah thank you! I am pretty good at doing other things, maybe too good 😅
Ambata this is a deeply beautiful reflection...in among the dregs of despair and anguish is I think when we start longing for and valuing love even more. In a very bizarre kind of way, from being in a total horror-hole for months, I feel the grief starting to give way to a burning sense of things-have-got-to-get-better, which surely is a form of love (for the world, for humans, for life)...just as compassion is, too, I’m sure of it. Knowing what a sensitive and courageous writer you are I have no doubt you will knock this love story out of the park! Mabrouk again for this wonderful news!
Alhamdulillah thank you! In sha Allah all things come together in time. Patience isn’t really our strong point as humans right?
Mabrook! How exciting to have your published work in your hands iA next year! Can’t wait to read it. Romantic comedy is also my genre!! I love love stories. I will check out the book you recommend. I missed this post earlier in the year, but it seems like the hole in our hearts over the genocide has only gotten bigger, for me anyway. I haven’t been able to write a line of fiction for weeks or maybe months. Also have not had the desire to read fiction in quite some time. This might be how fiction writers grieve.
Alhamdulillah thank you. Yes, same, I've barely looked at my pages for (maybe insha'Allah) novel 2. I've been thinking of going deeper into the love aspect, like a full-on deep love story. Times are always troubling but particularly so now so I feel like everything needs to be approached with a greater intensity, which isn't to say humor isn't needed, even that could be enriched with a deeper dive into love.
Ambata, first, congrats!!! This is incredible and I'm so happy for you. I followed the link to your book blurb and totally can't wait to read it.
In answer to your question, well, I have no answer. I don't know how to answer that, except I guess that the world is never totally awful or totally good and is always some mix, even if it's more one or the other. Only in Jenna will the awful be gone. My mom would always say that when we'd complain about something. She'd say, "In Jenna, Insha Allah" (it'll be gone). Hugs.