<sigh> As I continue working on my first formal assignment in my MFA program at Goucher I am having all kinds of revelations about story,
Category: Writing
Profile as story
I am working on a profile as a school assignment. In my continuing quest to free my brain of magazine writing, as usual my brain
Can it be deep but not somber?
Today I read this installment of the “Why’s this so good?” series on the Nieman Storyboard site. This post, written by Joanna Kaskissis, discussed Michael
A score for a book?
It occurred to me – is there a way in writing to reproduce the effect of a movie score? For instance, the harmonica tune that
I never read what I wrote
My first article for the Houston Chronicle – paid article, that is, versus the blogging I’ve done for them for six years – appeared online
Why do I talk so much?
I interviewed six people yesterday – such a long day! In the morning I met with the LDS missionaries I’m writing about and I recorded
Home…run?
The new issue of Islamic Horizons magazine is out. My article on Houston Muslims is on page 38. I’m happy it’s published but I’m having
I am a journalist and I have lots of work
A month or so after I finished my masters degree in journalism and moved to Houston, Azizah magazine’s editor accepted a pitch for my second
Ruth Nasrullah 