- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
At age 10, or even 15, it would have meant the world to me to see a Pakistani girl portrayed positively, let alone as a comic book superhero.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I asked myself what I'd want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was 'relatable.'
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in an isolated town, out in the middle of the Mojave Desert in the middle of a naval base. My family was one of the only South Asian families in this town. We felt it. We knew.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I felt growing up, which was like an outcast - I was weird, I was a nerd, I read fantasy books - I think a lot of fantasy book readers and a lot of readers and writers in general have that experience of isolation.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to write when things are calm - and when I'm not worried about my well-being, the well-being of those I love.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my characters like family and cannot wait to share more of their story with readers.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents worked harder than anyone I have ever met. They had so many businesses. There was the motel, but throughout my childhood, they also had a drive-through dairy, a gas station, a clothing store, a computer reselling business.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was very strict. He was absolutely the Tiger Dad. You know, 'You got a 98% on this test? Why didn't you get 100?' That was normal life for my brothers and I.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to college, it was so easy. And I worked two jobs while I was in school all the way through; I put myself through school. But working and studying was easy for me because I had worked so hard in high school, studying all the time. Taking only three classes and then working was an easy life in comparison.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Literature taught me that I wasn't alone, that I could become a writer if I worked at it, that my story mattered. Whether a young reader becomes a writer or not, they deserve to know that their story, whatever it may be, is important.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, I felt so hemmed in and trapped, both by the place I lived and the expectations others had about school, college, and a future career.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like me as a teen - and like many teenagers now - my characters are at a peculiar crossroads in their lives. They desperately seek freedom. But at the same time, they are constantly thwarted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't go on social media with a mercenary intent to promote. That's just wrong. I go to learn, to listen, to have fun, to find people who love what I love and who introduce me to new things. That's where the joy is: in the interactions.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' is one of my all-time top YA fantasy trilogies, so I was a little nervous about reading 'Strange the Dreamer.' Of course, I shouldn't have been worried because Laini Taylor immediately grabbed me by the proverbial lapels and refused to let me go.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever the case, oftentimes, for a story to feel complete to me, I need more than one point of view.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fantasy and science fiction, world-building is an essential part of the story. But as a reader, I don't just want descriptions of food, clothing, and places. I want to understand the world to its core, through the eyes of those who live in it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Multiple characters' opinions on societal roles, as well as their perceptions of themselves and others, help me lose myself in whatever strange and wonderful setting I'm reading about.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great novels have great characterization no matter what. But multiple points of view let me examine characters from entirely different perspectives, allowing me to learn more about everyone in the process.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Sword of Shannara' is about two brothers who find themselves on an epic quest to save humanity. It borrows from 'Lord of the Rings' but is still original in its own right. I read it in three days, then reread it, then went out and found every single book Terry Brooks ever wrote, and read all those.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading about people who were so truly voiceless and powerless - Liberian child soldiers, Sudanese refugees, and, especially, Kashmiri women whose husbands or sons were imprisoned by the army with no hope of release - made me think about how I would feel if someone took my brothers from me.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th time this happened, I moved most of the books to a shelf in the spare room. Now, my nightstand is sort of like a bookish country club. And not all books get in.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've loved mountains since I was a girl, and when I discovered mountaineering fiction after college, I was hooked.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is a nightstand without Mindy Kaling? I dip into her 'Why Not Me?' when I've had a particularly rough day. Her hilarious observations and anecdotes never fail to cheer me up.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evil comes in many forms, and whether you are male or female, that doesn't matter as much as what lurks in your mind.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You pour your soul into your book, but you never know how it will be received, and when people like your baby, it's a great feeling.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this world, which I needed.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020