by AnnSheybani | Aug 29, 2016 | Writing
For some strange reason, whenever I conduct a beginners’ writing workshop, one of my students invariably raises her hand and gushes on about her desire to write novels just like Jane Austen’s. Jane Austen, I insist on mentioning, did not roll out of bed one morning at... by AnnSheybani | Aug 22, 2016 | Reading, Writing
Sniff. I’m so proud. One of my gorgeous writing clients, who is working on the final edits of her SOON-TO-BE-PUBLISHED book, is now a contributor to the Huffington Post. Look, that’s a pretty big deal. You have to know how to string more than a few... by AnnSheybani | Aug 21, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I can’t tell you how proud I am of Alexandra Desbrow, the author of this piece. This is a chapter from her book in progress. It’s so terrific, I just have to share it with you, with her permission of course. This is how you stay in a very unpleasant... by AnnSheybani | Aug 16, 2016 | Reading, Writing, writing lessons
OMG, OMG, OMG, I so love this book. I mean, I love it so much, I tried to make the image really, really big so you wouldn’t forget what it looks like. Listen. Here’s the other reason we read. We want to feel stuff. We want to experience joy and sadness... by AnnSheybani | Aug 16, 2016 | Writing
I received an email from one of my writing clients the other day. She’s one of the people I most adore because her mind is so expansive, so fascinating, so different from mine, and yet so familiar at the same time. The whole book writing process has allowed me... by AnnSheybani | Aug 1, 2016 | Life, Writing
Sometime back, I listened to a Brene Brown interview in which she described herself as a child. An introverted 13-year-old, she saw Grease 25 times, a movie I paid to see four weeks in a row at the very same age. See, like me, Brene wanted desperately to shed her...
