Ask the Author: Omar Abed
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Omar Abed
Is "the mystery of the lost hat" scintillating enough?
... I guess I don't have very many exciting mysteries in my life. :)
... I guess I don't have very many exciting mysteries in my life. :)
Omar Abed
I don't know that I would want to spend any time in my favorite books! I'm a pretty risk-averse person, and getting transported into the world of Harry Potter or somewhere else sounds a bit too dangerous for my liking. And of course, that is assuming I even got transported to that world as a wizard. If I showed up there as a Muggle, I guess there wouldn't be too much of a difference. :)
Omar Abed
A shiver of fear shot through my body when I heard a knock at my door in the middle of the night, barely audible through the howling wind. That fear turned into full-blown, paralyzing terror when I opened the door and saw my own face staring back at me with a hungry look in its eyes and blood dripping from between its teeth.
Omar Abed
I unfortunately haven't had as much time to read this year as I would have liked. Producing a few of my own books has consumed all my time! However, I have crammed in time for "A Man Called Ove", which came highly recommended by my sisters.
Omar Abed
I always have multiple stories in process, so if I get stuck on one scene or one story, I can quickly jog my creativity by switching stories or situations. It helps keep me productive, while also letting me be creative in different ways.
Omar Abed
Seeing my books in people's hands, and knowing that I was able to convey my thoughts in a way that other people appreciated and connected with those thoughts.
Omar Abed
Just write! Start with whatever inspires you at the moment, and keep writing. I'm usually a planner, and planning is sometimes great, but it can impede progress. When you have an idea, write it. Don't get bogged down with the details and revisioning. Just write, and when you get tired of writing about one thing, switch to another. I constantly have multiple stories in the works, or I work on different parts of one story at the same time, to avoid getting overwhelmed or bored by one part of the story.
Omar Abed
I am working on two rhyming children's books, and one young-adult book about young love. I like having multiple stories to work on at once. If I get writer's block on one story, I can quickly pivot to working on another.
Omar Abed
I often think in rhyme, and that makes some interesting concepts come to mind. I usually start with a single line or concept that comes to me, and I build out a story from there.
Omar Abed
I wrote "You, Me, and a Tree" to propose to my wife. I wanted a proposal that would last, and that we could always look back on and cherish. When I tried to think of the words to explain my love, the concept for the story of a growing tree came to me. I created a personalized version of the book for my wife, and then realized that the story could be generalized to apply to more readers.
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