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Friday, December 24th 2004

1:28 AM

MEMORABLE AND INFLUENTIAL

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The launch of QuixotiQ, my debut novel, has been recently described as one of the most “influential and memorable” events of 2004!

 

In the latest edition of Gulf Weekly, a list of 10 major and important events and features of the year here in Bahrain were listed. Among them was the release of QuixotiQ. I was dead chuffed to read the article and find out that I’ve made it into the top 10.

 

It’s a wonderful feeling to know that someone would actually rate my book as such. QuixotiQ was a personal endeavour which I honestly did not think it could become a national event at any point.

 

Unforuantly there is no direct link to that article, as it is not posted online at their website. It was written by Arran Dall, rounding up “the 10 most influential and memorable events that affected Bahrain’s consciousness and image over the past 365 days.”

 

You can read more about it on the “Visions” page of the QuixotiQ official website.

 

Yesterday I also managed to finally, at long last, finish chapter 14 of my second novel Buried. This was one of the longest and most grueling chapters. It is meant to be the connection point of two of the main characters in which I was attempting to build a closer relationship and bond them and also reach a very ital curve into the plotline of the story.

 

For some reason I took me a very, very long time to complete, perhaps because it’s been a tough couple of months to write in, perhaps I was a little scatterbrained in regard to where and how this was going. But now it’s done, at a little over 4,190 words!

 

I’ve already started the next couple of chapters but these I’m not entirely sure at what stage they’ll come in the story. This also means that I’ve finally, just barely, passed the 40K word count… half way through ladies and gentlemen.

16 comment(s).

Posted by D*ya:

congratulations! the first half is always a longer/harder struggle than the second... excellent job! :) and congratulations for being one of the most eventful and memorable events of 2004... i'd like to add "inspirational" to the list... may I? :) now let's see what 2005 will bring ...
want to hear some more good news? I went to purchase your book today at the book store in the Seef Mall... only to find that it's been sold out :) the store attendant also told me it's been one of the more popular books in the store... are you grinning now?! :)
and no, you haven't lost me :p the dial up connection over here is driving me insane - i may just have to wait until I go back home to use the internet again at my own (quicker!) pace! ah well... the things we give up to be substituted by pampering family members and great weather... ahhh! :)
how about another post sometime soon? i'll promise to try to read it before i leave these islands?! :)
Monday, January 3rd 2005 @ 10:05 AM

Posted by Ali Al Saeed:

Hi Diya, nice to hear from you again and thank you (again) for the lovely comments. Your input is very much appreciated and I must admit is quite encouraging. I am humbled by your words and I feel honoured that you would think of my work as 'inspirational'. So thank you and Happy New Year.

Yes, that did pull a grin! i was wondering if those copies will EVER sell out... if you like, I have a few copies up for sale. Let me know if you'd like one before you leave.

Last couple of weeks Batelco's been giving us hell with their crappy connections. But we can't but complain can we?

Sorry for not posting anything of late, I will update the journal ASAP. Promise.
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