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Elisheba Haqq was born in Chandigarh, India, but was brought up in Minnesota, USA. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and currently teaches writing at Rutgers University. Her work has appeared in A Letter for my Mother, Gateways, She.knows.com, and NJ Monthly. An RN by profession, she has also been published in Creative Nursing and Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. She enjoys unplanned travel, black tea, and printed books. Elisheba lives in New Jersey with her family and can be found online at on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and https://elishebahaqq.wixsite.com/book... ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Elisheba Haqq This is a great question and I think the way I experience writer's block is that I am unable to construct or edit the story so it flows. I don't have …moreThis is a great question and I think the way I experience writer's block is that I am unable to construct or edit the story so it flows. I don't have writer's block in the traditional sense---which is the inability to find an idea or something to write about. But I just have the worst time stepping away from a story and seeing how I can edit it or rearrange parts to make it read as a well-flowing story.

So the way I deal with it is to get someone else that I trust to read my work and ask them to be very critical about HOW the story is told. I have also hired a professional editor to reconstruct my work and that also is very helpful. I also re-write many, many times. My current book Mamaji, is one that took me 6 years to edit. I wrote the first draft in 1.5 months and then I got writer's block when it came to the actual construction of the book. 6 years later---I finished it.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Elisheba Haqq I am so excited to answer this question! I LOVE to hear people tell me that they read something I wrote and that they were moved by it--or that they v…moreI am so excited to answer this question! I LOVE to hear people tell me that they read something I wrote and that they were moved by it--or that they viewed something differently as a result of what I wrote. It's the reason I write---it is the most amazing feeling in the world when you know that what you wrote and spent so much time getting right--actually connected with someone and that it changed them in some profound way.(less)

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A number of my readers have contacted me and kindly suggested, "You should mail your book to Oprah!" or "Send your memoir to Jenna Bush!" It pains me to explain the bookselling process to them, and how almost all famous people who recommend books are sponsored by the huge-big-name book publishers. Jenna and Oprah don't actually choose books. Or maybe they choose a book---but from a carefully selec Read more of this blog post »

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