Today marks the day that I started sending out query letters to agents asking them to represent my manuscript Aisha. I got the idea for Aisha almost 2 years ago now. It took me about a year to actually write the story down, after a few months of brainstorming and procrastinating. Then after the story was done in…
The Secret Life of a Hijabi
Sometimes I don’t brush my hair before leaving the house. (No one’s going to see it anyways). I have good hijab days, and then I have Bad Hijab Days. Sometimes they happen on the same day. Sometimes I’m convinced that my head changes shape overnight, since a scarf that looked SO nice yesterday suddenly doesn’t…
Review: The Archived
The Archived is a place much like a library. The Librarians demand silence, and are strict with their rules. But instead of books resting on the shelves of The Archived, the dead rest there. Sometimes the dead, also known as Histories, are violent and try to escape, and then’s when Keepers, like Mackenzie, look for…
Recipe: Vanilla Cake Balls
So cake balls, or cake pops, aren’t exactly new or revolutionary. They’re quite a popular treat, may even be joining cupcakes as the cutest dessert ever, since there are an endless way to decorate them. Believe it or not, I’ve only ever had cake pops once before when my best friend made some for me….
A New Look…Again
For those of you who have been around for awhile, you might be thinking you’ve changed the site AGAIN. Didn’t you just change the look of the blog not too long ago?! And you’d be right. I did change the look of this blog not too long ago, and it does seem too soon to…