Noora Kamar (she/her)

🖋️ A writer's archive | Novel in progress
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[Yilin @ The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter]

I hear that the British Museum is telling journalists they removed the QJ translations (& the Chinese!) "at my request." They infringed my copyright and are not allowed to use my work without permission/credit. Their first email said they'd put my name on a list of translators,

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

@yilinwriter In solidarity! 💜

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

Thank youuuu! 💜💜💜

[Firefly Creative Writing @firefly_writing]

Big congrats to @NooraKamar for having her amazing short story published in The Temz! ❤️

[The Temz Review @The_Temz_Review]

ISSUE 23 IS HERE!!!

https://t.co/FzUSaNomFs

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

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[The Temz Review @The_Temz_Review]

Do not miss this story, especially if you have experience with immigration! (Side note from Amy--I'm going to recommend it to my international students going forward) 👇

[Aaron Schneider @AaronSchnei3010]

It's the official publication day for this book. Thanks to @crowsnest! You can order it here: https://t.co/MacE9xLtec

Or ask your bookstore to order it. I'll be doing a launch June 13 in London (more details soon)

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

I’ve used migration as a framework to explore the stories and people that reside in us even as we traverse the modern world as lonely, mad islands.
Thank you @The_Temz_Review for making space for this story. (2/2)

#writingcommunity

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

The making of this story has had an incredible journey. The folk tale interspersed in it has its roots in stories that my mother heard as a child, and then passed on to her children. (1/2)

[The Temz Review @The_Temz_Review]

Read @noorakamar's lovely, melancholic story "It's Always Raining in Kunjila's House" in Issue 23!

The weirdest thing about Canada, when I’d first arrived, was the utter lack of crows ...

https://t.co/xj9fB3aJk9

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

Hi everyone! I have a story published in Issue 23 of the /tƐmz/ Review. Do check out "It's Always Raining in Kunjila's House" and other pieces from an amazing set of contributors. Big thanks to the editors for this phenomenal issue! 😍 #WritingCommunity

[The Temz Review @The_Temz_Review]

ISSUE 23 IS HERE!!!

https://t.co/FzUSaNomFs

[Cecilia (Cece) Lyra, Agent @ceciliaclyra]

What's a great writing tip or technique you've learned in the past year? And where did you learn it? #WritingCommunity

[Allison K Williams @GuerillaMemoir]

"Everything is a story to me because no matter if it’s a story rooted in fact or a story that’s entirely imaginative, they follow the same storytelling principles in the end."
~ Grant Faulkner https://t.co/R5GSOYvp7B

[Firefly Creative Writing @firefly_writing]

After many, many years of working with writers, we know that the journey between “I have an idea” and “I have a draft” is one of the hardest in the creative process. 🧵

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

Then simply go back and fill that profile waiting for your update. Or continue to write your story’s scenes incorporating your new-found insights on the character. (2/4)

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

Reading for pleasure, and reading to hone your skills as a writer need not look too different. By building on already existing reading habits, it is possible to develop reading habits that can improve your craft.

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

3 Ways to Read Like A Writer
-Read a lot in the genre of your writing.
-Read eclectically. There is a lot to learn about styles and forms across genres.
-Read with purpose. Mindful reading may look like annotating, summarising, or just pausing to think of what has been read.

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

“Gaah!” With two a’s is my favourite thing to say these days.

[Noora Kamar (she/her) @NooraKamar]

@maemurrayxo 💜💜💜

[Resh Susan @thebooksatchel]

Hello,
Please recommend Malayalam novels that you loved. I enjoy lyrical writing with folktale-ish/magical or magical realism/nostalgic/sense of place vibes. New or old fiction is alright; but not looking for the royal-historical kind. I like Padmarajan’s style of writing

[ashley fairbanks @ziibiing]

The number one best tip I have for anyone dealing with chronic illness is to make your health binder.

I’m waiting in the lobby at urgent care, and I swear, even when the intake nurses see it, they treat me so differently.

[Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama]

Mary Oliver poems are so amazing because you’ll be like “I feel bereft and hopeless and so alone” and she’ll be like “ok, but have you ever really thought about moss?” And it turns out you haven’t.