A recent milestone: I fleshed out a complete plot line for my novel! And it’s awesome and messy and written by hand (don’t worry, I immediately took photos of the curling pages so that it’d be preserved somewhere). It’ll probably all change around in another month or so, when I’m frustrated by the middle scenes […]
Graffiti of a wooden rowboat in black on a wall. This week I learned about Bengali magicians working to preserve their mentor’s home. I’ve been reading folktales about jealous queens and urban studies papers about the development of Dhaka high rises. Photographs, art pieces, old magazine ads — I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of […]
Edit:I’ve brought up and expanded the list of places to donate proceeds and/or volunteer. If you are at the fest, please consider these locations! In response to an email I received, I want to make clear that the choices below are suggestions – different folks were asking me for options on how to respond, and […]