The translation of the teenage novel was finished last week and now my focus is on preparing a taster session for a series of English workshops I am planning to run with a friend.
I finally got my belated copy of Mslexia magazine ('for women who write'; if you haven't come across it, do check it out on www.mslexia.co.uk) for Jan/Feb/Mar and I was very pleased to see they published the letter I had sent them when I read the previous copy. Here is the letter dated Dec 07:
"Dear Mslexia
Trust Mslexia to have the finger on the pulse –or is it synchronicity? I moved to Tehran last summer and I received my Oct/Nov/Dec issue only last week with its main feature on Iranian women’s literature. This issue, along with the Writer’s Diary, have been the first items I received in my new PO Box; to me, this was a message of connection at a time when I am working on a non-fiction book aimed at making Iranian everyday culture more widely known to the West. Check out my blog www.movingouteast.blogspot.com (erratically updated, thanks to good old dial-up connection and other ‘technical difficulties’).
Many thanks for a great magazine!"
Talking of the book on Iranian culture, I hope to hear from the North American branch of a British publisher, who have shown strong interest in it. The bulk of the research is now completed and I'm waiting for the offer of a contract before I get down to writing the whole thing. Fingers crossed.
More everyday news: Hossein is in London since Saturday evening but he'll be back in about two weeks. The snow is slowly melting, but we had another white night the night before last. At least the temperature is higher now, so the snow turns to mud instead of ice.
Will be back soon (that's what I always say.)
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