Episode 11 How to Write a Novel with South African Author Neymat Raboobee of Imperfect Muslimah

Neymat Raboobee is a copy editor, blogger, podcaster, social media manager, and author. She talks about Life as a South African Muslim Woman wearing a Nikat. We Met in the Muslimah Bloggers Facebook Group and again on Twitter. We also have a mini chat about the holy month of Ramadan. She shared about her experience traveling to various South African Cities like Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Johannesburg and where she currently resides, in Durban. She talks about the easiest and difficult parts of writing, how to start writing, how she got started with writing, how writing helps her heal as well as Blogging. You can find her and her books at https://theimperfectmuslimah.com Click Here For the full transcript. For Youtube Video Version: https://youtu.be/UeEPDxWgfB0 Takeaways: "The most important thing that I can say is to feel confident enough to keep pitching. It's amazing if you've got the ability to get to a literary agent, pitch to them, and speak to them." "90% of writing a novel is not that spark of creativity" "The niqab, which is what I'm wearing at the moment is something that is not required for Muslim women. So for me, it's that certain people choose to earn good deeds by giving extra charity or by, you know, doing extra physical worship, and I choose to do this." "Just find a set of people who are doing the same sort of thing that you are perhaps in the same genre" "Ramadan is almost an escape from the rest of the year, it's so much more peaceful." Subscribe: Libsyn: http://livinglegacypodcast.libsyn.com/ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TdAZ87 Google Play: http://bit.ly/2NzzSup Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=378763&refid=stpr Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NYapeh Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livinglegacy