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Shabana Kayum
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Undefeated blank page staring contest champion | Occasional writer of poetry and speculative fiction
Writing Spark Wednesday: Tell-Tale Ways into My Gothic Heart

#creativewriting #writingprompt #writingcommunity #gothicfiction
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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And get ready for our virtual book launch event on November 19th!

Preorder the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
Register for the event here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Creative Writing Prompt

Remember, storytelling is not just about the tale you tell but also how you tell it.

What are some of your favorite stories/novels with a first-person peripheral narrator?

#authors #writers
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When it comes to genre, do you color within the lines?

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August 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Recently, I spoke to Roohi Choudhry about her amazing debut novel, OUTSIDE WOMEN.

Our discussion was a journey itself, crossing oceans to distant shores, as she shared the inspirations and experiences that helped shape the novel.

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Reclaiming Wild Places and Outside Spaces: Q&A with Roohi Choudhry
“If we met, the only language we might exchange belongs to our colonizers.” – Roohi Choudhry, Outside Women When Hajra is drawn to an image of a laughing Sita, a woman who lived a hundred years bef…
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June 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
June 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Join us on Zoom May 15, 2025, at 5:30 pm Pacific time for the launch of THE BOAT NOT TAKEN by Joanna Choi Kalbus. Ask a question in the audience Q&A for the chance to win a copy of this moving debut memoir. 3 participants will be chosen. buff.ly/amHvvsl
May 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The pen is mightier
#writing #betterworld
April 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Writing Prompt: Write a piece of flash #fiction inspired by the following haiku.
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#WritingPrompt: Write a terrible sentence.
March 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with author Sharon White about her debut novel, Minato Sketches, out now from Minerva Rising Press.

Check out the interview on Bloom-site.com.
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Weaving a Life Around the White Space: Q&A with Sharon White
In Minato Sketches, Sharon White’s immersive narrative explores loss, renewal, and the Japanese landscape through the musings of art history professor Gigi, a stroke survivor looking to feel like h…
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February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Readership of Orwell's 1984 and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale have increased in recent years - for some reason.

Can I recommend today - again, for some reason - Jack London's The Iron Heel from 1907? #Booksky

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Iron Heel, by Jack London
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January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Wanna be IN a book?
Butlerizations (neé Tuckerizations) are available in this awesome anthology. Back this kickstarter and give us a name to use as a character in one of the stories. HERitageAnthology.com
#alternatehistory #sciencefiction #HERitageAnthology
February 12, 2024 at 7:53 PM