Voyage's End: Good Bye

My dear readers

Instead of prolonging this & wasting time on trying to write an epic farewell post, it occurred to me today, finally, that I should make this simple, hence;

This is indeed my final post!

It has been an honor knowing and meeting you and equal honor writing in this corner I called mine for years.

Mirroring my first post I declare that weather I’m stuck in a giant robot mid battle or running through the savanna to the sunset, I wish to meet you again somewhere else in this virtual space.

With all the love

Goodbye!

Your Loyal Captain Haneen Ibrahim.

The Last Voyage: Captain is Deadly? #AtoZChallenge

Hello there!

Already missing a day you ask me?

Yea well, for the first time in my life I celebrated my Birthday.

Yes I am aware my birthday was on Monday but the cute small party was on Tuesday.

My friends, who I haven’t seen for ages, and I went out and had a really good time, and when I came back I was tired and not at all in the mood for writing.

No fear though, I got two poems for today.

B's for Black |#AtoZChallenge

Hey guys :)

No idea what was I writing, or thinking?

It just came to me, watching the night series with my two sisters. Thinking of  a word starting with B….and 'black' came, and with it a feeling.

Not an idea, just an overwhelming feeling of something dark and beautiful.

I was afraid it made no sense. 

In the morning though, the veil was left off, kind of.

But like a good poet I’ll leave you to your own interpretations.

Book Review: Sunbolt

Hello guys!

I don’t do much reviewing on my blog here, yes I talk books when the chance comes, like here and here. In fact the only book I officially reviewed was The Hobbit. And that was because I was enamored. A result of various reasons including my incurable crush on the Baggins Boys. Ehem. Anyway I wanted to read Sunbolt for a while now, and also promised the very nice and talented IntisarKhanani I would review it in celebration of the upcoming release of the sequel or the second book of The Sunbolt Chonicles; Memoriesof Ash (on May 30) so here we are. 

Life & IWSG

State Of Day. this post went live yesterday on the first Wednesday of July, how it went draft again for the life of me I have no idea! I just hope those in IWSG don't see it as laziness from my part or anything, I was very determined not to miss this month's post. 

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Greetings my friends & Ramadan Kareem

I did it again, I disappeared. Yea well, that’s how I roll :P

It isn’t because of a lack of topics. In fact many things were going on and I could have made a series of posts if I wanted to. Let me see;

I could have posted about how my team, FC Barcelona won everything possible this season just like I hoped all year long and how they kept their brave promise to us fans; win the treble .

TOSOD: And the Award Goes To..

 Heaay! goofing around! We Are the Champions! 

Football wise. Yes we won La Liga but more on that in a separate post :)

Reading wise. I finished Scarlet by Marisssa Meyer and again I appreciate the genius of this woman. Although I’m not sure why a lot of girls were hyping about Captain Thorn? I must confess reading her short story ''Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky'' I was terrified he might charm me more than Emperor Kai. But what I found was that teenage Thorn was a hell of a character whereas his adult is nothing but a shell bossed around by a 16 year old (i.e. Cinder).

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IWSG: can I still write?

Visit! :)

The Other Side Of Down. Can you believe I reached 100 posts and I didn’t even notice?!

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O = One Katana & More? :)

State Of Day. Katana again? yes, you know it's my favorite sword, me and StrategyKid. It has a special place in my hall of fame for weapons, it is natural I mention it again on this year's A to Z challenge, it's on my bucket list to go see it in person but don't worry I'm funny-ideas-free.
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Evening, we are almost there challengers. O was very easy, took me minutes, ha! Looks like I’m getting better and better at this ;) but No! I won’t jinx myself.

N = NONCHALANCE & No, Really Messi?!

State Of Day. 3 – 1, Ha Ha! I was scared over nothing, FC Barcelona won the match against PSG with ease, 2 goals Suarez, 1 Nyemar and what a night it was. Well that’s it with the 1^st leg, and Messi is yet to wait to score his goal no. 400 with Barca :)

400 goals at 27?!! Man how I feel old and pointless. 

Also, Jay Noel; dude! I'm still laughing from your M post yesterday, I should mention it here just in case anyone else's in need of a laugh, thanks :)

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IWSG: ?!!

State Of Day. Aaaa! Mentally? Not here right now, Barca is rocking it against Via Real! Going to the finals baby :D

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So what are my insecurities so far? I say lack of writing. Just subscribed to Camp NaNoWriMo next April. I think I need it and it’s quite timely for me. I’m outlining the novel again, The League, putting it in better shape this time.

Right now I don’t know if I’m aiming at a rewrite or a process less extreme. The book itself isn’t finished. We’ll see.

I hope your insecurities are less puzzling ;)

IWSG: The Deadly Pattern

I need some Me time

State Of Day. How many new experiences can a girl handle in one week, really? I feel exhausted.

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IWSG "Be adventurous"

First Wednesday of the month and it’s time for the always surprisingly encouraging IWSG post!

I mean how could talking insecurities be encouraging?…haha..got the joke? NO? forget it.

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.

IWSG 0-O

who?

What are my insecurities this month?

I really don’t know how to talk about this or what to write.

I’m on a crossroad, not a very cheerful place to be.

I feel my brain's fried. Can’t write. Can’t work, can’t do anything.

All my plans for the year have crashed and burned.

Got to take a break.

Got to breath…stand still for a while and learn to live again.

I hope your having a better time.

Oh Lord!

A to Z Challenge I'm still alive

State of day. Yea I’m still alive, can you believe it? and my God! so many new followers, welcome everyone :)

D is for Death & There's also advice and a Cover reveal

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State of day. A to Z blogging challenge is going pretty well (for now :P) and it’s loads of fun too, Sheena-kay on Queensheena mentions a character every day, yesterday she talked about no other than Carlisle Cullen my favorite Vampire, needless to say I made a fuss about it. also, my no.1 blogger on this challenge so far is Crystal Collier some influential people and historical facts, right up my alley, better check it out if you're into such things too.

O-O . Can you believe it was only yesterday that I found out CharityBradford’s theme for the challenge is Dr Who?!! (invisible indefinite exclamation marks) I’m really mad for missing this one, at least we’re only in the fourth letter.

Something Extra. Natalie Whipple this week dived in and came out with a no-nonsense advice about writing. Worth reading.   

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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!

Gandalf fell and Aragon cried “Come! I will lead you now!”

I’m reading The Fellowship Of The Ring horribly slowly, still 4.5 more chapters to go, but as time passes I come to appreciate it more and more.