Happy New Year! Do you have resolutions, dreams, hopes for this year? Mine include finding an agent and publisher for my second novel which feels almost done (I say almost, because each re-read brings more revisions, and I am currently on revision #9).
Meanwhile, I continue to promote Stealing Nasreen, which included a fabulous trip to San Francisco last week, where I read at the South Asian Literature Association conference. I shared the reading space with a dozen other talented writers including Minal Hajratwala and Mary-Anne Mohanraj.
Coming up, I have a couple of book club meetings in January and February to attend. I love book club members’ comments and questions–they often reveal things about my writing I hadn’t previously considered. Their deep engagement with the novel is a bit like what I encountered from my early readers–people who vetted the novel before it was published and offered insightful feedback. Remember: if you are part of a book club, consider inviting me–I’ll probably come!
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Farzana,
It was wonderful to read with you as well! I’m halfway through Stealing Nasreen and enjoying the characters; feeling the painting come alive; looking forward to seeing what will happen!
Happy new year and good luck with your resolutions. I set intentions at the solstice: what to let go of, what to let in. They tend to be more conceptual/energetic rather than concrete. This year’s:
Letting go of: ambivalence and struggle.
Letting in: clarity, community, receiving, expansion, love, YES.
Yeah I am a San Franciscan, what can I say? 🙂
xox
Minal