1. What part
of the writing process do you dread?
Spelling out the words. I’m terrible at
spelling, and when I jot down a scene or a thought, I rush to get it out. When
I look back at the computer screen, I see lots of underlined red words that are
sometimes indistinguishable. Thank God for my son. Without his editing, you
would likely have difficulty reading this. That’s the technical part. The
creative part is less daunting. Getting to the end of a story is troublesome
for me. Since I don’t work from a set plotline ahead of time, I don’t have
specific ideas on what the next chapter is going to be, so reaching the end of
a story is a dynamic process. And when I finally do, I dread starting over to
refine and fine tune the sequence of events that lead to the end.
2. Where do
you get your best ideas?
I depend on my dreams a lot. And I seem to
remember many details about my dreams. I included a couple in my book, Shadows of Damascus, with slight
variations. I also like to draw on children’s undiluted perceptions of the
world.
3. What do
you do to relax?
Take long walks outdoors.
4. If we were
to come to your house for a meal, what would you give us to eat?
Hummus and pita bread, a spread of olives
and stuffed pastries for appetizers. For the main course, Barbeque lamb kabobs
and chicken, and maybe stuffed grape leaves if I had three spare hours the day
before to prepare them. For dessert? I would probably buy a red velvet cake and
serve it with fruit salad. I’m not good with desserts.
Book BLURB:
Bullet wounds, torture and oppression aren’t the only
things that keep a man—or a woman—from being whole.
Debt. Honor. Pain. Solitude. These are things wounded
war veteran Adam Wegener knows all about. Love—now,
that he is not good at. Not when love equals a closed fist, burns, and suicide
attempts. But Adam is one who keeps his word. He owes the man who saved his
life in Iraq. And he doesn’t question the measure of the debt, even when it is
in the form of an emotionally distant, beautiful woman.
Yasmeen agreed to become the wife of an American
veteran so she could flee persecution in war-torn Syria. She counted on being
in the United States for a short stay until she could return home. There was
one thing she did not count on: wanting
more.
Is it too late for Adam and
Yasmeen?
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lilas
Taha is a writer at heart, an electrical engineer by training, and an advocate
for domestic abuse victims by choice. She was born in Kuwait to a Syrian mother
and a Palestinian father, and immigrated to the U.S. as a result of the Gulf
war in 1990. She earned a master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin- Madison. There, Lilas met her beloved husband and true
friend, and moved with him to Sugar Land, Texas to establish a family. She is
the proud mother of a daughter and a son. Instead of working in an industrial
field, she applied herself to the field of social safety, working with victims
of domestic violence.
Pursuing her true passion
for creative writing, Lilas brings her professional interests, and her Middle
Eastern background together in her debut fictional novel, Shadows of Damascus.
Website: www.lilastaha.com
Author Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/LilasTahaAuthor
Twitter: Follow @LilasTaha https://twitter.com/LilasTaha
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lilastaha
Email: info@lilastaha.com
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shadows-of-Damascus/577132239031259
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