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I Figured I could Make Time
For quite some time now I have not been able to create. I haven’t been able to work on any new writing project other than my blog. It’s not that I don’t want to or that I have run out … Continue reading
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Sorry You Don’t Understand!
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela I know I have blogged about this issue with LinkedIn before. And I apologize in advance for bringing it up once more. Being frustrated and … Continue reading
Shall I Publish On LinkedIn?
A week ago, on the 16th of June to be exact, I got an email saying, “Congrats Choghig! You’re invited to publish on LinkedIn.” I was thrilled! I started my blog on WordPress in January 2011. Since then I have … Continue reading
Do You Get Angry?
Do you get angry when after contacting an editor or publisher via mail or email they get your name wrong? Even though you get an answer and it is a rejection you get more mad because in their reply they … Continue reading
What Do You Do With It?
You’ve finished your story or novel. You have researched, written, rewritten, critiqued, spell-checked, agonized over sentences, characters, paragraphs, scenes and whole chapters. You have used all your tricks and exhausted all your abilities and skills in making it the best … Continue reading
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I So Want To Belong
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” Anne Frank Yes we all live to be happy, well most of us do. I know there was a time when I was … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes Part Two
As I promised yesterday, here’s more from the interesting and revealing interview Irving Wallace, the great American writer, had with the judges of the Nobel Prize, in Sweden. “I wanted more of Dr. Hedin’s behind-the-scenes anecdotes. I knew that this … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes Part One
Do you think that personal preferences play a major role in choosing the recipients of great literary prizes? Do you think that foul play is involved to some extent in the voting process of the nominees and in deciding who … Continue reading
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In Search Of Completeness
Things are not looking good again in Lebanon, not with the revolt in neighboring Syria and the political turmoil that is sweeping the Arab world in the name of uprising. For almost a year now I have stopped reading newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, articles, blogging, books, Canada, childhood, citizen, CTV, doubt, emotion, existence, Facebook, family, fear, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, home, interview, job, joy, life, memories, Middle East, news, pain, peace, politics, publishing, religion, tv, video, work, worry, writer, writing, youth
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The Craze Behind Fifty Shades Of Grey
I read an interesting article the other day in The Atlantic Wire, ‘The Alleged Sexiness of 50 Shades of Grey’ by Jen Doll, reviewing and criticizing the book which as you all probably know is at the top of the … Continue reading →