Raihanaty A. Jalil

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  • How to budget when your income isn’t consistent #2

    Welcome back for another lesson in Mastering Money for Writers. If you landed on this page and don’t know much about this blog series, I recommend read the introduction and part 1 before continuing. Otherwise, let’s dive straight in! Chapter 2: Work out your critical monthly expenses If you do a search on the internet,…

  • Mastering Money for Writers: How to budget when your income isn’t consistent #1

    Welcome to the first lesson in Mastering Money for Writers where I’ll tackle the dreaded B-word… As writers, we know words are a powerful thing. A single word can halt a nation, stir a rebellion, move someone to tears, shift a person from a state of hopelessness into enlightenment. So let’s be honest for a…

  • Mastering Money for Writers: Blog Series

    It’s been in the back of my mind, an inkling, this idea about starting a blog series for writers to help them master money. I’ve procrastinated primarily because, I have a lot on my plate right now—two jobs, my own writing goals, a few personal and business ventures… But even before the devastating impact of…

  • Trust

    I would not walk these landsFeared the uncertainty of treading foreign sandsCautious from the prickles of days gone byThat left scars masked by my false eyes Yet her vibrant colours beckoned me nearAnd her winds whispers wiped away my fearsAnd so I walked her shores discovering pleasureDiscovering warmth and artistry without measure While there were…

  • Hawa Abdullahi Farah

    “And any man who knows a thing knowsHe knows not a damn, damn thing…” – Knaan So don’t be fooled!I see the sympathetic looks in your eyesCan’t you see beyond this disguise?I walked for 15 days… 15 daysI buried 8 children along the wayBut I walked on. So don’t insult me!I hear the hushed whispers…

  • The One

    I love that You love me in spite of my flaws;I love how You’re there for me before a moment’s pause.I love every moment I can spend with You;I love that experience of the Love that is True. I love knowing that You’ll never be the instrument of my pain;I love how with every thought…

  • Eating Humble Chapati

    This piece is part of  my “Rejected Stories” collection. Click here to learn more. ‘That’s not a chapati,’ Rai said to her mother, rolling her eyes. Now an expert, of course, after thirty days ‘watching’ her best friend in Zambia make them for her family. Rai had the technique down pat—not through practice, but still.…

  • Blue

    This piece is part of  my “Rejected Stories” collection. Click here to learn more. Blue. Deep, bottomless, all-consuming blue—the colour of her eyes. The ocean called her into its cold-warm embrace. Abbey shaded her eyes from the scalding rays. She glanced around, eyes alert. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead. Her heart galloped to…

  • Darkness

    This piece is part of my “Rejected Stories” collection. Click here to learn more. “Edward Thompson, you, as well as a few others, have been chosen for the expedition to Mars.” “Come on, man! This is a once in a life time chance! I’d kill to be in your shoes! Think of the fame and…

  • My website crashed 🙁

    Hey all Sadly, my website crashed so…looks like I’m starting again from scratch. (I know, I know, “What, no backup?” Lesson learnt…) Nonetheless, I always believe in the silver lining so…good opportunity for a cleanup 🙂 Bear with me, though, as I rebuild my new home, one brick at a time. For now, you can…

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