by AnnSheybani | Apr 18, 2016 | Life
How much of your life do you consider blind luck, and how much do you attribute to the choices that you’ve made? Muslims are by their very nature fatalists. They believe that what is ordained is ordained; and no one but God can alter anything. Each event, small or... by AnnSheybani | Apr 14, 2016 | Life
Pull myself out of the U.S, drop myself in a totally different environment, and I’ve created for myself a clean slate. A chance to slip into a different routine, and commit to some much better rituals. Question is, where can you go to interrupt your bad habits... by AnnSheybani | Apr 11, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I just got back from Los Angeles, LA for those of you in the know. I was attending AWP, a monster of a conference for writers, teachers, editors, and publishers. It’s sort of a big deal because there are over 12,000 people who attend, and you get to rub elbows... by AnnSheybani | Apr 11, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
After months and months of working on a book, it’s easy to go blind to what you’ve got in hand. Especially if you’ve been going it alone without the guidance of a book coach like me. (Blatant PLUG!) You’ve been looking at the same arrangement of words for so... by AnnSheybani | Apr 4, 2016 | Iran, Writing
I’m just back from a big writer’s conference in LA, where I spoke on a panel. Let me tell you, there’s nothing more fun than hanging around 5,000 other people who love to talk about writing and words and books and tricks of the trade. That being...
