books
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How My New Writing Process Will Help You Create Awesome Fantasy Novels
A lot of people ask about how to write books. Here is my current process. I hope it helps you.
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Captain
The whale’s push against the planks sent the ship swaying. Halima held on, her captain’s bandana fluttering in the ocean breeze. Damn, land was still nowhere to be seen. “Sulaiman, still nothing?” she asked. “If we don’t get to Muttrah soon, the crew will mutiny!” “I’m trying, captain!” he squealed. They had been at sea…
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How Can a Bookshop be Successful in Oman?
A big question, but let’s get into it: How Can a Bookshop be Successful in Oman? If you know me at all, then you know that in addition to writing novels about Omani exorcists and the freedom to live our lives, I’m a big fan of SME bookshops. When I discovered that bookshops in Oman…
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Do You Occasionally Feel Like the Only Reader in Oman?
One of my fondest memories as a teenager and reader in Muscat is my father dropping me at the Al Seeb City Center every Wednesday in the afternoon. I would walk around a bit, then head into the big Borders bookshop. There I would: and about once a month or so, I would buy a…
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Why I Don’t Mind Spoilers, and You Shouldn’t Either
Your whatsapp notification dings. You turn the phone over, expecting nothing special, then freeze in horror as the message appears in front of you. “Ahahah, yeah, I like the book, but why did X have to end up with Y?” The world falls apart. At page 73 -where you are- X and Y don’t like…
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Ammar’s State- June, 2022
What has author Ammar Al Naaimi been doing in the first half of 2022? And what’s coming up next?
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Omani Stories
What happens if you google ‘Omani Stories’? That’s what I set out to find today!