Tomorrow, at 10?
If I were to ask you, “Don’t you just love sunsets?”, your answer “Duh, who doesn’t? What a cliché!” would be apt. But what if I ask you, “Why do
Into the Wood
The wood that is the creative process of a writer (Instagram post). When I admire a painting or a sculpture, I am first taken by its whole image, whether it is the
Forget football, we’re going to the opera
This is the only time when the national soccer teams from Bulgaria and Uruguay have played against each other. (Instagram post) The opera, the opera, we’re going to the opera. Forget
Why Uruguay?
Montevideo, Uruguay (Instagram post) I have a confession to make. I’ve never been to Uruguay, yet I set a novel in its capital city, Montevideo. As a social scientist, this is
A Writer in the Village
The old house in a small Bulgarian village where my father grew up (Instagram post). Creative writing is a solitary process. But it’s a beautiful state of being. You’re all by
Recipe for a Novel
How does a university professor of bilingualism, with no creative writing credentials, write a novel? Well, here is my recipe, because as every writer, author, teacher, editor, professor of creative writing,