بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Dear Muslim Writer:Things to Keep in Mind When You Write As Muslims, we need to remind ourselves of our purpose in life (dunya). It’s the reason why Allah SWT created us. And what will become of us once this life is over (akhirah). Oftentimes, we Muslims lose sight of what we […]
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ My Inspiration List In this short post, I’ll include a list of the things that inspire me (and you might find them in my books). The categories are setting, characters, plot & tropes, and objects & miscellaneous. This list post idea came from Young Adult author Marissa Meyer’s Instagram post. Settings
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Muslim Sensitivity/Beta Reading Are you looking for a Muslim sensitivity reader? I provide FREE sensitivity reading and/or beta reading for the following topics: Practicing Muslim/Niqabi First generation Bengali-American Desi Culture Anything Islamic Islamophobia Post-9/11 (in New York) There are Muslim sensitivity readers out there that charge for their services and/or aren’t
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Weird Writing Tips Change the weather/setting: see what happens in a scene when there’s a blizzard or a hurricane strikes Rule of threes: mention something at least three times if it’s significant to the story (foreshadowing!) Go back to some previous scenes and take a different “path”—have the characters do something
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Three Easy Tips for Writing Characters Forget all those character sheets and personality tests. These three tips are what I use whenever I write unique and memorable characters. Of course, if you like filling out templates and taking character quizzes, then by all means go ahead and do them. But if
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Top Ten Sci-Fi Tropes I Love Here’s my list of science-fiction tropes I’ll never get tired of reading (in no particular order): Space travel (who doesn’t love traversing through the stars?) High-technology (aside from lasers, the tech that seems realistic, yet magical) Light speed travel (hyperspace, warp space, etc.) Humankind as
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Top Ten Fantasy Tropes I Love Here’s a list of the top ten fantasy things I love (in no particular order). Dragons (I NEED one to beat traffic and roast anyone who might offend us, heheh!) Swords (I LOVE these weapons!) Curses (not of the swearing variety, but the other one cast
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Why I Write Salaam! Hi, there! This post is about why I write. And why you should, too! I write to tell others about Islam in a way that many people are familiar with, through stories. I write both fiction and nonfiction, but fiction is what many young people read and
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ We Need More Muslim Novels This week’s post is all about diversity—or the lack of it. The first book I read that had Muslim characters was “Shabanu” by Suzanne Fisher Staples. I was in sixth grade and my English teacher, Ms. Nana, recommended this book since I was visibly Muslim (hijabi)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 20+ Book Swag Ideas for Authors Who doesn’t love free stuff? What if you got free things with your free book? Double the win! This week’s post is about book swag. What’s a book swag? They’re gifts that accompany a book such as a bookmark. Book swags are also used as
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