Taking Risks On The Page
The best advice I was given for my writing was 2 years ago by Jeffrey Levine of Tupelo Press. He said “take risks on the page.” Call it growing up in a relatively sheltered environment, but there was a hesitancy … Continued
Juggling Writing With Multiple Projects (7 Steps)
You have to renovate the kitchen. Your boss needs you to take the lead on a work project. You have to give time for charity work. You are trying to launch an e-commerce startup… You also have a writing project. … Continued
The Long Road to Acceptance
I know, I know. I ended the last post saying until next week and it has been four years, seven months and a day. Sorry mom, got held up in traffic. The big news! My poetry collection, Stones Hold Water, … Continued
Chest Thumping and the Terror of Completion
The past year and a half was a time of ruthless revision – polishing and compiling my work into a manuscript that I hope, in the near future, publishers everywhere will start a ferocious bidding war to acquire (ha!). It … Continued
The 5 Most Important Lessons of 2014
Exactly one year, one month and a day ago, I wrote my first Scribe’s Madness post. What started as a virgin attempt at blogging turned into a labour of love. The past year brought me closer to realizing my writing … Continued
Writing When I’m Not Writing
Lately, a strange thing has been happening and it has happened enough times for me to take notice. I’m getting my best writing done when I’m at my busiest. A sizzling new verse, begging to be turned into a poem, … Continued
Soundbyte from the SAFMA Reading
In July – August this year I made a trip to Pakistan where I had the opportunity to read my poetry at an event organized by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the Islamabad Literary Forum. It was … Continued
3 Tips for Mudering Your Darlings
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It’s not easy being ruthless. I get attached to the sentences I write. I develop soulful relationships with whole stanzas and passages during the process of their creation. If I hang on to them with the ferocity of a pitbull … Continued
Audacity and Tenacity for Writers (7 Tips)
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This blog post is for two types of people: 1- Those who want to write but are paralyzed at the thought of beginning their project. 2- Those who start writing but their passion, ambition and ideas fizzle out midway through … Continued
A Little Perspective
Right off the bat, let’s clarify: Perspective and Point of View (POV) are two different things. Perspective is the character-speaker-narrator through which you want to tell your story or poem. POV is how that character tells the story (in first, … Continued