Zeinab Alayan's Blog, page 6
May 1, 2014
My Vacation in Pictures
Going for nearly three years without a proper vacation can do terrible things to someone mental health, especially if that particular someone is a workaholic. So during the month of April, I went away on vacation… which would explain my … Continue reading →
March 16, 2014
Sweet Snapshot Sunday
When things hit you hardest, you treat yourself. Or at least, that’s what I think you should do. I didn’t have the greatest of weeks. Though things are a bit better now, if I had known that this week is … Continue reading →
March 3, 2014
Read an eBook Week!
Smashwords is having a site-wide promotion in celebration of Read an eBook week, an international event in which many authors and publishers participate to spread the joy of reading – and receiving free stuff. So today is just a quick … Continue reading →
March 1, 2014
My cure for a bad week.
I’ve been having a less than stellar week, some bad things happened that culminated with the loss of my tablet, the one I use for reading eBooks. To say I was upset would be understatement; I went to bed and … Continue reading →
February 26, 2014
Things not to say to writers.
I don’t know if there is a code of ethics for writers out there, but there are a number of things one comes across that leads you to believe that there should be one. So I’ve compiled a list of … Continue reading →
February 16, 2014
I miss writing.
I haven’t written a single word in any of my WIPs in a long, long time… approximately eight months. I haven’t even done any editing on my novel that I was supposed to publish last year, titledThe Muse Bunny.I have … Continue reading →
February 12, 2014
Rescue me from your spam queues!
The defendant, Zen of Zen Scribbles, writer, editor and chocoholic extraordinaire, charged with spamming the blogs of several innocents here on WordPress and disturbing their peace, pleads innocent!She has always left comments relevant to the subject matter being discussed in … Continue reading →
February 9, 2014
Purging my to-read list.
Every once in a while, I go to my Goodreads account and take a look at my ever growing to-read list… and I raid it. Very much like raiding a closet filled with old clothes and shirts that used to … Continue reading →
January 5, 2014
2013 in Reading
I wanted to get this post out around the 1st of January, but unfortunately – owing to the fact that my I spent most of the first few days of 2014 suffering from a reoccurring bout of blindness and a break from all readable words – I couldn’t.Anyway,2013 was quite productive reading-wise, but I’m ashamed […]
December 7, 2013
Blind.
Blindness has always been a great fear of mine. So much in my life depends on my eye sight that I feel I would be completely lost without it – writing, reading, translating, chatting with my fiancé over IM, staying in touch with my overseas friends, even watching TV and going to the movies… or […]
