It’s Reflection Time!

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Why hello there! You’re still around? Cool.

This is Captain Haneen’s ever first A to Z challenge reflection post. Through April I have become an expert in 3 swords from the East, Middle Earth and the West, caught a sun ray, crossed the fire chasm, swooned over the power of innocence, turned philosopher and blew the foghorn announcing the Captain I am.

And not surprisingly many many more.

I invaded my city of loneliness room after room and came up with what the lonely poet would put in her notebook. What a journey it was.

L = Lighthouse (like Duh!) + The Lighthouse by Karen Heard too :D

State Of Day. So How To Train Your Dragon 2 was fun to watch. I liked the mirroring that was there between Hiccup and Toothless story arcs. And the younger characters were made much likable than they were in the first movie. I literary hated Astrid, now I think the mature Astrid is interesting. But come on! These boys are in their twenties, you can’t possibly convince me they haven’t got facial hair yet :|

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J so Join In There are Keepsakes too ;)

State Of Day. Saw Igor the other day, lovely movie, can’t believe I never heard of it before, anyway I always thought Igor deserved a story of his own. Found the Hunger Games hints hilarious.

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2nd of April: B = Balcony + your Captain’s Birthday

Yay!

State Of Day.  if you’re in a hurry scroll down to today’s poem, if you’re not well, you know your Captain when she lose control, enjoy.

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Late Announcement!

Yea sad but true, I'm not doing it. source

Greetings guys! it's official; 

there will be no NaNoWriMo for me this year.

Z is Dr Zhivfago, Zell & Zidan

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Final day! Final day! Z my pall here we go, and don’t panic and run away the post may seem long but it’s light)

Wait a minute! Am I advertising here or something?

IWSG: "and I further deduce!" he exclaimed

Hello! Whoever is reading this you already rock :) it is time for the Insecure Writers Support Group post again and I feel as insecure as ever!

I never imagined myself writing a mystery. Well not generally speaking, my novels naturally do include mysteries and puzzles, I love these kind of things.

IWSG or Your Captain: The Insecured

I always wanted to participate in the grand work of the Insecure Writer Support Group since I am an insecure writer by nature, seriously people, if there is a test for that I will pathetically pass with flying flags. I loved how each month various writers come together to flash that pretty badge and open up about their fears and doubts.

A whole year and a randomness I know I will regret

Why, I can’t believe it. It’s been a year? 
A whole year since I started this blog? No! Your kidding me Noooo!

Light my life O Lighthouse

 

 Sanganeb Reef (source) 

a lighthouse here in Sudan that I want to visit

State of day. If you’re a writer (or if you enjoy reading stories about hard working, successful yet quirky people) then you should head to Susan Dennard’s site (author of Something strange & deadly series). It deserves to be a part of the keep calm culture;

“Keep calm

 &

 read SOOZ’S blog”

whether you’re looking for a valuable writing lesson, a BIG doze of confidence or your simply craving a good laugh from the heart, it’s the site for you.

What can a photo illuminate in a story: Or what happens when FC Barcelona Trio cross the portal to an alternative world? Part (2)

State of day. 
Hard luck for Spain, 3:0 is a bit harsh defeat but it was Brazil's year, and they were playing on their land anyway. And so ends the Confederation Cup, next stop World Cup 2014 :)

Midyear is always a time of stress and struggling for me, just like writing a novel, the beginning is exhilarating and all sunshine and butterflies, the end is a sweet sorrow, while the middle? Is a pool filled with sea-snakes producing killing electric volts, octopuses that spray a horrible black ink and God forsaken Piranha fish, and I’m thrown right into it trying simply to survive and get the hell out of it, but it takes all the energy in the world.

It’s pretty much getting hectic in Sudan, God only knows where are we heading!!!

Been watching too much BBC SHERLOCK for my own good (the last episode in season two, Ah! my eyes are still puffed), I'm obsessing about anything Sherlockology actually. Behave Haneen. Behave. O! You know what? I'll just say it; Sherlock, Dr. Watson and of course Moriarty are driving me to the edge, DAMN you MEN! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!

Ramadan is only few days away  :) (Thank God, it's about time)  Wow! It’s a year already?

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I just Love Kodak Moments :)

Hi Everyone :) Other than reading about writers & their success stories, I love watching them in their moments of glory, and what’s more refreshing and wonderful and surreal than grabbing your very own book in your hands and show it to the whole world?

I wouldn’t know since I never reached this point but it is one of my ways for encouragement & giving myself a boost for the day, enjoy the Kodak moment of success of some great achievers, with no particular order I with joy, pride and glee give you;

Hillary Duff with her NYT Bestseller novel Elixir, who would have thought that the actress and singer will end up also...a novelist? huh! what a Shock :P

Well, the Queen herself will never need an introduction, J. K. Rowling & her Harry Potter books simply made history

right away from Germany we have Cornelia Fonke with her Inkheart novel, the first of her Amazing InkWorld trilogy

Aha! That's the other Queen Suzanne Collins with a fan, and in her hand we spot what? of course Mokingjay the last installment of her FAB U LOUS The Hunger Games trilogy.

A beautiful Cinderella story is that of  young writer Kiersten White, 

signing her NYT Bestseller novel Paranormalcy, the first also in a quite successful trilogy.

The only man who made it to this list of mine is no one other than Daniel Alarcon, his debut novel -that I'm DYING to read- Lost City Radio made him famous all around the world, he even knocked the doors of the middle East all the way from America, 
 in 2010, he was also recognized by the New Yorker as one of 20 promising (American) writers under 40, now that is something ;)

well wasn't that refreshing?one day my Kodak moment will be right under these achieving people (or perhaps above..Muahahaha) for now I'll just  leave you and

Bye :)