On the Sea Shore

As part of my writing retreat this weekend. I took two chapters to edit with me on my road trip. I got up and about very early working on them with this peaceful view.

This beautiful seaside is in Muscat. I saw it last night,  and choose to write here in the morning, marking another post from this city.

On going....

Today – I serious started editing my query letter – its now the fifth time I have re-read it out loud and wrote it all over again.

On hold, is the third round of edits on the MS. I have slowly started to let in their ideas of the next project to flow, That's why I love creativity.

Back to my Query Letter, impressively NOT easy to write, especially writing it for the very first time, could be just be like facing an endless horizon of dilemmas on what to dump, and what not:)

My Weekend

Hi everyone! 

Feels great to be back at the blogosphere! 

This is how the sun rose over the windy Reem Island  on Friday morning. even after a cup of coffee ☕️, I didn't feel the inspiration to write. Spoke with my sister for sometime during the day and after the call i wanted to read  something. luckly,i instantly thought of something.... to listen to,an audio book "Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand" which i have on my Ipad. 

Late in the afternoon after continuous 3 hours into "unbroken". I stepped out of the apartment quickly,i had almost missed my appointment with the barber. It was super windy allover and  sand blowing everywhere all day.  

I must say i am smitten by this new  TV show Grand Tour, I have now watched it until Episode 4, and am  sure i won't miss Top Gear .....lol.

One step at a time

Its time now to share my newly completed manuscript, list of dream agents ready. I feel proud of it and on the other hand a bit nervy……

At this moment, am blinded by excitement to start sending out the queries to agents until I finally find one who will see a genius in my work.

However, I should not be surprised if the phone doesn't ring and the email never comes. Having all that I mind, am not deterred, this is it and I must seize this moment.

Absence so far

I'm still not sure how to re-introduce myself again – it feels rather like starting a new novel in that perspective. How do you explain my absence from the blogosphere? What have I been about? How do you make people believe that you’re a serious and your blog worth reading about? Trust me, I could type out a long and never-ending narrative about a year I've been away, but it wouldn't be quite  interesting as a description of one of my new project’s prologue.

Samples of the Brew

Hi everyone,

I hope this is cool news to everyone of you following my blog. And apparently, its been a while since i last made a post about my writings.  As you all know,i have been working on this book "Lost in agony" which will be my next book.

From this month on,i will be posting Draft chapters of this for you to have a behind the scene experience on how the book transforms from written blog posts into an actual publishable novel. I wasn't so sure on taking this decision because of my overwhelming desire to share my work with you !

And here we go, watch out for the Prologue of "LOST IN AGONY"

Back to the blogsphere!!!

Happy 2012

I wish you a wonderful new year filled with abundance, joy, and treasured moments. May 2012 be your best year yet!

Not totally Unique

Hey Folks,

Will and Traci have a great idea! But look guys, why don’t we all try this;

I have a feeling it may work for some of you guys as well as it works for me. Though, I’m afraid that some may find it boring…..lol.

When I’m working on any dialogue of my stories, I always read them line-by-line addition to that, I read them out loudly, imagine you’re in the shoes  of your main character in that scene, caught between the rock and a hard place…... I think, this is one way you would be able to identify a non sparkling dialogue because your mind will obviously pick it up.

You can revise and modify your dialogue as you go along and it’s extremely helpful to have a good sense of what leads to that dialogue before the character says it to the other.

Be honest to yourself, don’t be afraid of deletion. Change dialogues in your scenes that are not compelling or you feel they’re abrupt. If you find your dialogues interesting, the readers will as well enjoy them like you did while writing them.

I also suggest that idea Will and Traci proposed. The guys at DUCTAC are fabulously awesome. 

Now on the back of the wind

Well; I've gone a little overboard on the books last month but it was a stellar month and I like to support fellow authors by reading their works.

I'm reviewing the paperback edition of this book. I was sure of what to expect from the Now on the back of the wind, having heard the author read two poems from the book; at the poetry workshop. It's a terrific compendium of poetry all written by frank.

I wonder whether you guys have come across any of franks’ poetry work. There truly clever poems on a wide range of subjects in his book. Sincerely, it’s the first time I have read poetry to such a depth but I adored his poetry collection. It's cute and clever. Well and when I spoke to Frank – I mention it to him, especially my favorite poems in his main stream collection.

Click here to buy his book;

I loved this quote from the moment he said it.

“Don't let your memories be greater than your goals” Jacob Uys

Workshop Review

Dear Frank,


You were so articulate and wonderful last evening. The workshop reminds me of how awesome you are, and (again) how amazing poetry is. Thanks a lot to those who attended, and I loved every minute of it!

Write out for a little fun!

I had a lot of talk about suitable places for writing with a friend, and I pointed it out to him that for me it doesn’t matter where I ‘am. But what matters might be what I’m writing about. It was exciting to see which place better than the other, usually on weekends I write at any star bucks or any other coffee shop.

This time, we didn’t only go to swim at the beach, but also we both managed to get words written before sunset!

I love experimenting new things!

I don’t mind to write with other people around.

It was actually a good thing, because while we were writing it was extremely interesting looking at the wide-sweeping view of the sea. I’m repeatedly surprised that, I didn’t spend a lot of time staring at the sea……lol….. though it was an inspiring beauty.

So I have a question for you;

 

1. Where do you write?

Meet and write

Yesterday happened to be another  interesting evening at  Pullman hotel. Thanks to you all who spared that little time from your busy schedules to come and attend the meet up.

It’s always interesting to hear how other writers go about their writing.

Hope you don’t miss out on the next one and appreciation to Nancy & Will for choosing the location.

Twenty four and counting!!!

I turned twenty four on Sunday. I was going to do this post on EASTER with several photos of my birthday party, but instead i have preferred to reserve them for another post…. I got a lot of amazing gifts, thanks Liz, and the great advice for life thanks to Mr. Japie Uys…… I don't think you realize what you mean to me, not the slightest clue.





Anyway; most of may  have noticed a surge in the number of posts I have made so far this year! It’s just a commitment to blogging, but as well having what to write about.....lol.


Well! I'm now twenty four! *literary…I haven’t felt twenty four yet, maybe I will feel that old, tonight…? I’m planning on having a wonderful year, filled with excitement and adventure, lots of reading ,writing and driving my new wheels!



I wish the same to you all my friends!

Blessed and Happy Easter

A bright wish to share the joy of Easter time with your friends and family.

To write a book in 4 days? Imagine, the book you have been trying to write for months

I liked this movie LIMITLESS in which Bradley Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer whose life is at a dead-end.

With a writer’s block, can’t even type a word on the white blank screen, can’t afford the rent bills anymore and to make things worse his girlfriend drops him. Did it mean the end of the world to Eddie?

Nope! All of that changes after he gets chance meet his former brother-in-law, whom he had not seen in years. There is a subplot of murder but it over shadowed when Eddie get a pill that enables him to access all of the brain. The pill is an experimental drug called NZT-48.



It was a fascinating movie throughout and I felt this was an original concept.

On writing...

I’m writing a police procedural in the next new chapters—but it doesn’t imply that my book is a thriller. It’s required by the plot ………… I have got it already mapped on paper before I get to phone the local police station. My creative mind wants to write one for the first time as I have never done it before. My debut book didn’t require one, so that’s why I never got to write it. But this time it part of the story….. On the other hand I feel nervy about it.


Why nervy…?

First of all, I have to book an appointment with local police detective, go to the police assuming the appointment is scheduled there and not forgetting the time he/she’s going to spend answering your questions.

I’m sure that will be a lot of WHAT IF questions arising…..did I mention the likes of; (What the Killer turns into a dinosaur when the detective is still on the crime scene……?)

I think it will be fun. Asking the detective all those what if, questions. At some point they’re quite irritating on my side I don’t really like them. But, I can’t avoid them especially when I’m teaching students tend to raise them often in the class.

Hope to write another post after meeting the detective…….

Oops! ...I Did It Again

I am extremely happy and utterly excited! Huge appreciation to my family, workmates, and friends;


Now, another goal accomplished!

Positive attitudes and thinking

Thoughts have power. As we think, so we become. If we allow negative thoughts to dominate our mind, we will be frustrated, unhappy and lacking in inner peace. If we can stop negative thoughts, we will be able to see the beautiful, even in the mundane; we will be able to attain peace of mind, even in the turmoil of everyday life.