This is a collection of articles written for The Writer’s Block, a blog on creativity and finance for which I’m the lead writer. I’ve enjoyed providing advice to other aspiring creatives through meaningful, well-researched, and SEO-friendly posts. Recently, these were migrated from a private domain to Substack. Monetize Your Passion: this is an article that …
A collection of articles and reviews I’ve written for the well-respected finance and entertainment website YourMoneyGeek.com.
The first novel in my children’s book series follows a 12-year-old Lebanese-American immigrant, Shad Hadid. Shad’s life is uprooted when he discovers he’s descended from a long line of alchemists and sent to the mysterious Alexandria Academy. But Shad’s arrival at the school awakens a nefarious force, and he soon learns he holds the key …
I’m excited to announce I’m a mentor for the WriteMentor summer program once more! My introduction to this wonderful UK-based mentoring program came in 2019 as a mentee for a young adult novel I’ve since tabled. I truly believed in that novel, and the confidence my mentor had in me helped inspire me to persevere …
I’m humbled to announce that HarperCollins publishers has acquired my children’s novel SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA! The Publishers Weekly press release is above and the link to that is right here. Additionally, the Publishers Marketplace announcement is below. It is a bit surreal to see my face associated with a publishing juggernaut …
Update! I’m mentoring for a third time in 2020 (and, technically, the first time in 2021), for the highly regarded Author Mentor Match program!
Welcome back to my blog, friends! As a former Pitch Wars mentee and now mentor, I’ve got a couple bits of advice I hope to impart for this year (and future year!) hopefuls. Two of these tips revolve around the submission process and the last centers on after the submission window has closed. Regardless of …
Hello, Pitch Wars hopefuls! Come, grab a warm cup of tea, and gather around. We’re so glad you found your way to our wishlist for the Middle Grade age category. To start off, what even is Pitch Wars? Well, it is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each …
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be a 2020 PitchWars mentor! Like the WriteMentor program I mentored for this summer, PitchWars is a mentorship opportunity for up and coming writers, and probably the highest-regarded such opportunity of its kind. That’s why I’m thrilled that I was chosen to mentor this year. Last year, I was …
I’m officially going to be mentoring for WriteMentor, a UK-based writing competition! I’ll be working co-mentor Sabrina Prestes (who happened to be my mentor when I was selected to participate as a mentee in 2019). Together, we’ll select one manuscript in the Young Adult science fiction, fantasy, or thriller genres to work with. Read more …