books & writing NaNoWriMo 2024 Ayshim, 1 November 202424 January 2025 I am writing… The book I’m writing this year is nonfiction. I have put a… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: the lost girls of paris by pam jenoff Ayshim, 20 April 202421 April 2024 The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff is our Book Club read for the… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: she and her cat by makoto shinkai Ayshim, 19 February 202419 February 2024 It’s been a long time since I have read a book on paper. I normally… Continue Reading
books & writing my favourite authors: nazım hikmet ran Ayshim, 7 September 20235 March 2024 Nazım Hikmet Ran –commonly known as Nazım Hikmet—was a Turkish poet, playwright, and novelist. He… Continue Reading
books & writing my favourite authors: aziz nesin Ayshim, 18 January 202325 January 2025 Aziz Nesin has always been one of my favourite Turkish authors —and my first writer… Continue Reading
books & writing ayshim’s favourite authors: samad behrangi Ayshim, 9 March 20205 March 2024 Samad Behrangi has always been one of my favourite authors since I was a little… Continue Reading
books & writing skinny bitch by rory freedman & kim barnouin Ayshim, 18 October 20185 March 2024 I must admit, the title put me off all this time. I thought it was… Continue Reading
books & writing what I’m reading: madonna in a fur coat by sabahattin ali Ayshim, 25 February 20185 March 2024 I was reading an Orhan Pamuk book when a dear Turkish friend of mine recommended… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: little bee by chris cleave Ayshim, 2 February 20185 March 2024 I have had Chris Cleave’s Little Bee for a very long time. I must have… Continue Reading
books & writing i survived another nanowrimo Ayshim, 17 December 20175 March 2024 I Survived Another NaNoWriMo, Peoples! Yay! It’s one thing to give out advice on how… Continue Reading
books & writing have pencil cup(s) and ready for nanowrimo. well, sort of Ayshim, 31 October 20175 March 2024 How bad can it be? I mean I don’t have an outline, characters to last… Continue Reading
books & writing nanowrimo (national novel writing month) 2017 Ayshim, 14 October 20175 March 2024 NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is just about a week away, and I am participating… Continue Reading
books & writing shitty first drafts Ayshim, 12 October 20175 March 2024 Shitty first drafts: we owe this technical term(!) shitty first drafts to Anne Lamott. It… Continue Reading
books & writing sadako and the thousand paper cranes by eleanor coerr Ayshim, 23 September 20175 March 2024 Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes was recommended by an author friend of mine whose… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: the rosie project by graeme simsion Ayshim, 14 September 20175 March 2024 I’ve been wanting to read The Rosie Project for some time. I even got myself… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: the ballad of reading gaol and other poems by oscar wilde Ayshim, 19 August 20175 March 2024 The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar WildeRead on August 19 2017… Continue Reading
books & writing the naïve and sentimentalist novelist by orhan pamuk Ayshim, 17 August 20175 March 2024 Orhan Pamuk has always been one of my favourite Turkish authors. And I have something… Continue Reading
books & writing what i’m reading: the metamorphosis by franz kafka Ayshim, 5 July 20175 March 2024 Here’s what I wrote in my book journal after reading The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka:… Continue Reading