The Scribblings of a Writer

Today, I decided that I would be a Disney star. Now, to those of you who have the abundant good fortune of knowing me personally it may be coming as a shock that I did not in fact opt for the princess category in the metaphorical Disney application form in my head. I agree, I do have a certain spryness to my step and a certain charm to myself that would advocate being the one declared fairest of them all by every (soon-to-be-broken) mystical mirror on the wall. However, I decided that although my talents – boundless as they are – would be very much suited to the role, another was in store for me. Of course, I can practically hear your disgruntled exclamations from here! “Oh but Mamoon! The major character of a true Disney movie is always a princess! How could someone as astronomically perfect (Authors note: It is considered by some that the word perfect itself is ample adjective to describe flawlessness. I agree. However, when it comes to my doting audience, they understand that...

I'm starting a new project. I'm planning on it being a weekly series of short posts (500-1000 words each) to complete a story idea I had. It'll help me be more regular with posts and also will help me complete a longer story that I need more time to write down. The story isn't meant to be exciting, or particularly interesting. I just want to write it down and I want my style to be the hook. The goal is to have a feeI got the idea from a lovely picture I found online that I'll try to add to the post :   Source : https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6e/3a/19/6e3a1956228f5969cbc3acb27f9e2ba7.jpg _____________________________________________________________ Part 1 : Turkish Tea I “Lucy, today’s the day! One Turkish tea please!” yelled out a shrill voice from under the cover of an umbrella as the owner haphazardly tried to put her umbrella away without letting her whitened knuckles lose grip of a small rectangular cloth bag. Recognizing the voice, a faint ...