*BONUS CONTENT* from my two-hour long conversation with Kasim Ali, author of Good Intentions. We touch on his US and UK book covers, how he decided to write from the point of view of Nur and not Yasmina, as well as the pretty obvious origin of her name that he only came to realise once his mother learned the book was going to be published. Kasim speaks about the importance of writing about an interracial couple and anti-blackness in the South Asian community. Carrying on from the second episode, we talk more about his mastering of dialogue and his moment of imposter syndrome after the book was bought by UK and US editors. We talk about rejection (we can't stop!); how he made sense of it while working as an Assistant Editor at the same time and his take on the publishing industry and why books can be rejected for a myriad of reasons.

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Podcast Artwork: Coline Tinevez

Sound Design: Jane Arnison

RELATED LINKS:

WHY YOU SHOULD AIM FOR 100 REJECTIONS A YEAR, Lit Hub Essay by Kim Liao

MO SIEWCHARRAN PRIZE

GOOD INTENTIONS (UK), GOOD INTENTIONS (US), by Kasim Ali

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