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Tariq Saleim

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Fiction, Spirituality, Romance

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Tariq Saleim was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1972 and currently resides in Singapore. He is a banker by profession and has been associated with the industry for over twenty five years. 2100 AD is Tariq’s third book. His first two books, A Chronicle of Amends and On the Money, were well received by critics and readers.

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Tariq, Have you ever worried that your work isn't "literary" or "smart" enough? and/or "Marketable" or "accessible" enough? Are these necessary concerns? Or do you find them stifling? When concepts like these start closing in, do you work *around* or *through* them?

Tariq Saleim Let me answer this question by narrating a real life incident. I am an avid golfer and one day I was playing with the club champion. It was a difficul…moreLet me answer this question by narrating a real life incident. I am an avid golfer and one day I was playing with the club champion. It was a difficult tee shot. Right after the tee, there was a water hazard. The fairway was narrow and sloping to the water hazard. I told the club champion that it was a difficult shot and I was likely to end up in water hazard anyway. The champ’s answer surprised me. He said that some senior golfer once said (and I do not which one) that when you get onto the tee box and you can only see hazards then you should find yourself a new game. He said he only sees the patch on fairway where he wants his ball to land and he recommended me to do the same. I tried to follow his counsel, imagined my ball landing in the middle of the fairway and took the swing. I ended up in the hazard anyway.

Over time, however, after enough practice and hard work I was able to control my mind better on such difficult shots. My game improved and handicap came down and I give a lot of credit to the counsel of my fellow golfer.

Now coming back to your question – yes, I have several reservations when I am writing, editing and finally publishing. Sometimes critics can be very rude as well. But, like golf, if I let these fears stop me, then I will never improve as a writer. I try to face my fears. I write, edit, and do the best job I can keeping in view the limited time I have at my disposal given my full day job as a banker. I have no doubts in my mind that one day I will become an established writer. I keep myself focused on that aim and keep writing, keep moving forward.

I hope this was helpful.

Cheers,

Tariq
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	On the Money 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Chronicle of Amends 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2100 AD: A Sly Pretense 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Customer Traffic Elite: Underground Secrets: Stream Of Traffic Anywhere 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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As long as you sell hope, you will always be in business. When you sell a lipstick, you are not selling something that gives color to women's lips. You are selling the hope of looking prettier, sexier, better than before. When you sell a luxury watch for thousands of dollars, you are not selling a time telling device. You are selling status, class, confidence, a hope of being different. Every succ Read more of this blog post »

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Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)

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“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.”
― Guy de Maupassant

tags: memory

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“ما يصيب المسلم من نصب ولا وصب ولا همّ ولا حزن ولا أذى ولا غمّ - حتى الشوكة يشاكها - إلا كفّر الله بها مِن خطاياه
No fatigue, disease, sorrow, sadness, hurt or distress befalls a Muslim - not even the prick he receives from a thorn - except that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 70, #545)”
― Anonymous

tags: bukhari, hadeeth, hadith, islam, mohammed, muhammad, patience, perseverance, الحديث-الشريف, حديث

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“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished??”
― Rumi

tags: acceptance, growth, patience

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“The word 'jihad' has nowhere been used in the Qur'an to mean war in the sense of launching an offensive. It is used rather to mean 'struggle'. the action most consistently called for in the Qur'an is the exercise of patience. (p. 7-8)”
― Wahiduddin Khan, The True Jihad: The Concept of Peace, Tolerance and Non Violence in Islam

tags: jihad, patience, qur-an

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“Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.”
― Friedrich von Logau

tags: god, justice, patience, retribution

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