Salutations!
Je m'appelle Maryam, QUITE obviously.
Greetings, everyone. I live in Saudi Arabia and I'm thirteen - turn 14 Jan 04!
Me On The Outside:
In terms of nationality, I'm a complete cocktail.
Saudi, American, Dutch, Palestinian, Armenian, Morroccan, Spanish, and a dash of Egyptian (I was born there, in Alexandria)
I look mostly Dutch/Palestinian. The West is my mom's side, my dad's the Eastern - and people actually tell me I look Eastern European. God knows where THAT came from, though... ;)
As to me on the inside, my personality, and such:
I'm writing a novel, currently around 205 pages and close to being finished. I want to complete it before the end of summer '08, so I can finally start editing!
I read many, many books. An average of, I don't know, maybe 10, 12 a week. Especially when I'm close to a library. I enjoy reading all sorts but despise the following -
Too much description
Too much elaborting (is that even a word?) on things that don't need elaboration
UNCONVINCING PAIRS!!!!
UN-REALISTIC-NESS!!!!!!
There we go.
My best e-buddy here on KP is definitely the crazy blundering bumbler teaser Mole-loving....
SUSMI!!
I also know well, on here, or at least have traded words with, Calla, Kazel, Obi, Micha, Haley (I met her!) Anna,
Augh. Lots and lots and lots. i couldn't possibly list them all!
I've written two complete, er, works on here, 'Ana, Assassin of the Mafia' and 'The Un-Rescued Princess'. I'm in the middle of writing another one titled 'Indiana, Invincible'. I would love to comment on and critique any one of yours (I also had a series called, 'What I Think About the Writing of the People on KidPub'; you can check that out, too!)
Books/Authors I Like:
Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer! He reminds me of myself :)
The Book Thief (made me sob)
Lots, lots, and LOTS of others.
Books/Authors I Hate/Dislike/Was Unimpressed With:
Hate's a strong word, true. But...
Michael Ondaatjie is one of the most boring authors I'e ever read. Though both The English Patient AND Divisadero were critically acclaimed, they made no lasting impressions on me except one of extreme dislike.
To Be Added To....
My e-mail is miacavello@hotmail.com; feel free to contact me any time, I love getting e-mails!
OK, so I guess that's it.
I never realized how long I could go on about myself!
M
