First Draft Episode #280: Sabaa Tahir

Sabaa Tahir is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series, which comes to a much-anticipated conclusion with the release of A Sky Beyond the Storm on December 1st.

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On the Remember Reading podcast, discover the tales behind these beloved children’s book classics. Hear from award-winning authors like Meg Cabot, Katherine Paterson, and Tiffany Jackson, and guests as they uncover the unique story behind each story.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

Hear Sabaa’s first episode of First Draft here!
My tweet about revising as ironing, which many people responded to with wonderful visual metaphors of their own!
Washington Post reporter Emily Wax-Thibodeaux wrote the article that inspired Sabaa to write An Ember in the Ashes.
The Writer’s Home Companion: An Anthology of the World’s Best Writing Advice from Keats to Kunitz by Joan Bolker
“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop (poem)
Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. White
Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go by Les Edgerton
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Delicate Sound of Thunder concert film by Pink Floyd

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