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NAME<\/span>: Sabaa Tahir<\/b><\/p>\n

CLAIM TO FAME<\/span>: Sabaa Tahir is the bestselling author of a YA fantasy series that began with the smash debut hit, <\/b>An Ember in the Ashes<\/i><\/b><\/a>, and was followed by <\/b>A Torch Against the Night<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>and <\/b>A Reaper at the Gates<\/i><\/b><\/a> (coming May 2018). A first-time author, before which she was an editor at the Washington Post, Sabaa immediately won a legion of fans for her world building and vivid characters. <\/b><\/p>\n

WHERE TO FIND HER<\/span>: On <\/b>Amazon<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>, and <\/b>her website<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

WHY’D WE PICK HER IN 10 WORDS<\/span>: Sabaa’s life and work is as inspirational as they come.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s start with the basics: What time of day do you start writing? Is it easier for you to write early in the morning? Late at night?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I start writing in the morning, but only because I have to! I drop off my kids at school and then head to the office. Then I try to wrap up by 5:30 so I can have the evenings with them. But when I\u2019m deep in draft or edit mode, I prefer to work at night\u2014my best ideas usually show up around 2 a.m. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your preferred tool for writing\u2014a word processor like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, etc.? A pen and paper?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I can\u2019t settle on one. I use Scrivener for when I\u2019m drafting, because my books have multiple POVs and it\u2019s a bit easier to see how I\u2019m arranging everything with Scrivener. I use Microsoft word once I have the structure of the book down. And I hand-write in between, particularly when I\u2019m struggling to either get into or develop a scene. <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you listen to music when you write, or do you prefer silence, or something else in the background?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I listen to music! All of my books have enormous playlists divided up by character or character pairs. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Do you have any pre-writing rituals or habits? Alternatively, any good luck charms or talismans? <\/b><\/h3>\n

I need coffee to get me started, music to keep me going and chocolate as a reward. \u263a <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

How many words or pages a day do you produce, or try to produce? How much of that ever sees the light of day?<\/b><\/h3>\n

That\u2019s sort of a difficult question because it depends on where I am in the draft. Very early on, I\u2019m lucky if I get 500 words a day. As I get in deeper to the story, I try to produce 1,000 words a day. And when I\u2019m pushing deadline, I have done as much as 8,000 words a day. I call it momentum writing\u2014instead of slow and steady wins the race, I sort of build up steam over the course of weeks and months until, by the time my deadline rolls around, I am writing 18 hours a day in a crazed fury.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tons of fun for the people unfortunate enough to live with me. \ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

When you first sit down to write, how do you start? Do you review what you did the day before? Do you start from the beginning? Do you pick up where you left off? Something else?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I used to start by screwing around on Social Media, but a friend of mine told me she found her productivity increased when she ignored the internet and all its lures until after lunch. Once I started doing that, I\u2019d usually just go in to the last place I left off and start from there.<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your process for editing your own work, if you have one? How does your mindset shift from the creative process of writing, if at all? <\/b><\/h3>\n

I go from being kind to myself to being brutal. Every word is suspect, every sentence a potential embarrassment. Every idea has to be interrogated, every bit of dialogue examined, every scene put the to the test of \u201cWhat does this contribute to the story? Why? Do I need this scene? What does it add?\u201d \u00a0It is a very different mindset, much more punishing. I\u2019m way grumpier when I\u2019m editing because I\u2019m reminded daily of how crap I am at my job <\/span><\/i>until <\/span>I start editing. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Everyone says that the first step to being a good writer is to read good writer\u2019s\u2019 writing. What do you read? How much do you read? Who is your favorite author to emulate?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I read a lot of adult literary, Young Adult contemporary, poetry and long-form journalism. I do read some fantasy, but I dislike reading fantasy while I am writing or drafting, which is for most of the year, so I\u2019ve found I\u2019m reading less and less of it. I try to consume other media too though\u2014I find that movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, etc. are all just as important as books when it comes to filling the creative well. <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

As someone who spent a lot of time in and around the Mojave Desert as a kid, I have some insight into how that vast expanse can affect a young mind long after the exposure has abated: how does\/did your upbringing down in the desert, in the unique environment of running a motel, as the child of immigrants as well, affect your writing? Does it continue to influence your POV or your choices as a world builder? Has it simply slipped into your subconscious? Or do you not think about it in that way? If not, how do you think about it?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I think it affects everything I write, always, so deeply that I don\u2019t really know how to pick it apart. It has absolutely slipped into my subconscious. To some degree, it\u2019s like writing as a brown person, or as a woman, or as a parent\u2014the desert sunk into me. It is me. So I can\u2019t really separate it out. I guess one thing I can say is that it helps me find the darkness in my books. Because if you know the desert, you know it can be a vicious place. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

From whom do you find you get your most constructive feedback? And at what point in the process is that feedback usually the most valuable?<\/b><\/h3>\n

My editors give me the best feedback. Usually I get it after I\u2019ve turned in the first draft. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When did your aspirations to become a writer begin, and at what age did you start writing in hopes of living off of it\/making a life out of it?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I always wanted to write but it didn\u2019t seem like a practical job. I didn\u2019t consider it something I could actually do with my life. It wasn\u2019t until I was in my late twenties that my husband convinced me that I should go for it. Until then, it was something I did on the side. My \u201creal\u201d job was always editing, before that. <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

With the third in the series now officially into the publisher, which book would you say was your favorite to write? What is the hardest part, or biggest problem to solve, when you’re world building beyond a single book? Does it get easier or hard, or both?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Oh man, they were all miserable but also glorious? I think Book 3 has been the absolute hardest and I\u2019m not done with it yet\u2026so I\u2019ll reserve judgment on that question. But it absolutely gets more difficult. Ha ha, sorry to say\u2026 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What are your favorite books on writing if you have any?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Bird by Bird<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Anne Lamott, <\/span><\/i>The Writer\u2019s Home Companion Anthology<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>The Writer\u2019s Life<\/span><\/i><\/a>, by Marie Arana <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

For some writers, the act of writing is torture; for others, it\u2019s bliss. Where do you fall on that spectrum?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I ping pong all over it. Some days are wretched and I want to tear my hair out and hide under a blanket. I ask myself why I\u2019m doing this. But every now and then, the words come easy and it\u2019s so wonderful that it makes all the rest worth it. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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