Rania the Writer
@raniathewriter.bsky.social
Author of The Jinn Daughter: A Novel Syrian-American Order my book here: https://bookshop.org/a/124622/9781649033635 (affiliate link)
I have always had a tendency to feel bored. Ever since I was a child, I was driven by this sense of wanting to do something, to occupy my mind. The last decade and a half of my life has been driven by a deeper and ever-growing sense of feeling... raniathewriter.substack.com/p/hands-on-b...
Hands-on Boredom
A satis-stim life
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I grew up on books, shaped by so many of them, their words, their heart, their humanity. Here are the books that made me: bookshop.org/lists/middle... (Note: I earn a small commission through affiliate links).
Middle Grade must-read
I grew up on books, shaped by so many of them, their words, their heart, their humanity.
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Introducing myself: I’m Rania, a Syrian-American author and researcher. I love: Strong black tea Rain days Solitude All things books My debut novel, THE JINN DAUGHTER, is based on the Syrian folktales my baba told me much of my life, and was written during a time of deep grief--and healing.
Introducing myself
Author of THE JINN DAUGHTER: a novel
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A while ago, I had an online conversation with a woman...She had posted something under the hastag #immigrantsareessential and I offered my opinions in the thread, commenting to others regarding their views... Full article here: raniathewriter.substack.com/p/good-bad-r...
Good/Bad Racist
The idea that not being racist is what makes you a "good" person.
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I was eating a strawberry oatmilk yogurt near my laptop while taking a break from work. On my laptop was a webpage that had an automatic carousel that moved images every few seconds. I could see it in my periphery, but was ignoring it. Full article: raniathewriter.substack.com/p/ignoring-a...
Ignoring ads - ignoring ourselves?
I was eating a strawberry oatmilk yogurt near my laptop while taking a break from work.
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...There was a lot packed into that one offhand comment. Sally was assuming that choosing an Egyptian publisher meant choosing for something less rigorous, less selective...the assumption being that surely the standards must be lower over there. Full: raniathewriter.substack.com/p/oh-i-never...
Thoughts or experiences being a hybrid author - i.e. both traditionally and self-published? #authors #querying #publishing
@menapitch.bsky.social #MENAPIT #menapitchevent A desperate writer accepts an invitation to an elite retreat that guarantees publication...and slowly realizes what it's *actually* harvesting from its residents. #Pub #Qu #H #SF #A #NA #OWN The Centre x Catherine House x Bunny Professionally edited.
#menapitchevent #MENApit #SPF #A #NA #syrianvoices #QU #PUB Haneen works for a Company that shows people the lives they were too afraid to want. A Syrian calligrapher gluing boot soles. A refugee building for a brother who'll never see it. She's guided them all home. Until her last case.
