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On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa – NICHOLAS ANDRIANI
Adventure, adventure travel, Africa, anthropology, aqaba, Arab, Arabia, Arabic, Art, Asia, Authors, backpacker, Backpacking, blog, Blogging, Confession, confessions, culture, Europe, Food, foodie, foodporn, gastronomy, granada, hiking, History, islam, Istanbul, Jordan, journal, journalism, Kansas City, KCMO, lifestyle, literary nonfiction, manuscript, Marrakech, memoir, mena, middle east, Morocco, news, nonfiction, novel writing, novelist, NYC, Poem, poet, Poetry, recipe, romance, Spain, travel, Travel Blog, travel blogger, travel blogging, travel guide, travel writer, travel writing, travelblog, Traveling, Travelogue, Turkey, USA, work in progress, writer, writers, writing tipsAll of these things are true… I had been in Jordan for several weeks and my love affair with Arabian sweets had reached a lofty peak. In fact, I would begin and end each day with a platter of pastries, smothered in honeys and syrups that would flood through heaps of pistachios on my plate. Then it happened… I……
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That Settles it, “Writing is Hard.” -Yeats
#WisdomWednesday, Author, Authors, Blogging, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, Celebrating the Life, Confession, copywriting, education, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, nonfiction, ON WRITING, Poem, poet, Poetry, the writers life, writingamwriting, amwritingmemoir, Art, artist, artists, author, Authors, lifehacks, lifestyle, literary, literary fiction, literature, make it happen, memoir, mindfulness, narrative nonfiction, poet, Poetry, productivity, publishing, qotd, quote of the day, wednesday wisdom, writers, writers life, Writing, writing tips, yeats“A line will take us hours maybe, Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, Our stitching and unstitching have been naught. Better go down upon your marrow bones And scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stones Like an old pauper, in all kinds of weather— For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to…
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Prologue to a Memoir: A Rough Draft, a Novel, a Working Confesson.
A strange thing happens when you begin to contemplate the end. It’s as if setting such a definitive goal opens the world to endless possibilities: a phone is buzzing,
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A wild existential crisis. The narrator is living in the woods of Norway, maybe 1890’s. Going insane with every passing day while falling in love with a Lords daughter. Dark, funny, beyond its time. Norwegian authors are still years ahead.
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Happy birthday to the mad Gonzo saint. Let’s cheers to this mind of threaded insanities, the functional junkie. A toast of Wild Turkey, a drive through “bat country” and the knowledge that…