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AGE:
64
LOC: Pound Ridge, NY
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: April 10
LOC: Pound Ridge, NY
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: April 10
I have been a poet, writer, editor, and publisher for many years, and a darvish of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order since 1992. I am also the author of Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, a mystical adventure tale on the Sufi path of Love. It is self-published in English, but has nonetheless been translated and published in Russia (Sophia, 2001), Turkey (Insan Yayinlari 2007) and soon in Indonesia (Prenada Media, 2007) and in India (Bulbul, 2007) into the Malayalam language. For reviews, excerpts, and reader’s comments, go to http://www.masterofthejinn.com
And I also write a modestly popular spiritual blog called Darvish at http://darvish.wordpress.com
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Wow, this is really a wonderful writer's guide, written by a professional, of course, and very helpful to everyone on here. "Write what you know" was not mentioned directly, but it is worth adding specifically. It took five years to write my book, and many more years of rejection and re-editing until I was happy with i. Now it is in five languages :) And you are absolutely right about schools teaching you to write book reports, although there are great writing school like Iowa out there also....
From a promising beginning, this sinks into youthful ramblings and rather silly ones at that. The plot line shows promise, but it is not evident in the barroom dialogue, which seems boring and circular. The writing is heavy on adjectives that break the rhythm with their paradoxes. It needs work, but you are a good writer and it can be fixed I think.
I loved Chapter One, that is, the one I read on October 1st. "My name is Total." is the opening line. It was tight and smooth and perfect. Then I read a great chapter two, but this isn't it. This is repetitive and rather dull. Too many details and the promise of action that never comes. Total sounds too wishy washy in it, and the list is annoying when written that way instead of coming naturally. I think you are a much better writer in the first draft phase. With every re-write the story gets...
A heartfelt poem, though the structure and rhythm needs work. You are writing from what you really feel and know, and that is a really good way to begin :) God bless your journey.
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