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Rebecca Fisseha, Writer.

Pleasuring your mind with (mostly) fiction.

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Category: 1-800-Abol

1-800-Abol: Chapter Ten
June 28, 2016

1-800-Abol: Chapter Ten

1-800-Abol: Chapter Nine
May 29, 2016

1-800-Abol: Chapter Nine

1-800-Abol: Chapter Eight
April 30, 2016

1-800-Abol: Chapter Eight

1-800-Abol: Chapter Seven
March 25, 2016

1-800-Abol: Chapter Seven

1-800-Abol: Chapter Six
February 20, 2016

1-800-Abol: Chapter Six

1-800-Abol: Chapter Five
October 1, 2015

1-800-Abol: Chapter Five

1-800-Abol: Chapter Four
August 19, 2015

1-800-Abol: Chapter Four

1-800-Abol: Chapter Three
July 18, 2015

1-800-Abol: Chapter Three

1-800-Abol: Chapter Two
June 12, 2015

1-800-Abol: Chapter Two

1-800-Abol: Intro & Chapter One
May 7, 2015

1-800-Abol: Intro & Chapter One

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šŸ˜– the frustrations of translations! Technically the English version of this folk #ethiopian saying should be ā€˜the stomach of a mother is stripedā€™. But that sounded clunky to me so I went with the more interpretive translation while I #waswriting #daughtersofsilence. The saying expresses how children of the same mother can have such drastically different personalities. A person would say it usually when drama is happening within the family, as it does, big time, in the novel. I wonder if the saying was inspired by the stretch marks on the belly of a pregnant woman (or a post-partum one, or any average woman...#off topic!) But of course noone really knows where these folk sayings come from. (Unless you do. If so, enlighten us!) One place they do end up is in the next generation of stories told by the diaspora writers such as yours truly! . Next up: location location location, a series of posts through which I take you on a guided sightseeing tour of the key locations that appear in #daughtersofsilence ! . . . #readthenorth #storytelling #habesha #ethiopian #ethiopianculture #immigrantstories #pregnant #ethiopiandiaspora #amharicproverb #africanproverb #diasporaliterature #africandiaspora #africanliterature #bookstagram #bookstagramafrica #canlit #habeshaculture #habeshaproblems #modernhabesha #habeshaexperience #goodreads #womensfiction #books #fiction
Back off that #icedcoffee! Yes thereā€™s record-breaking heat but some things are simply made to burn no matter the season, like lov- err I mean coffee. A couple of old-timey-but-always-applicable #amharic adages made it into #daughtersofsilence. This is one of them. . . Images: #danielgetahun via @mzle_le @official_lulit_geremew #joewere via @afrodyssee . . . #daughtersofsilence #readthenorth #storytelling #habesha #ethiopian #ethiopianculture #immigrantstories #ethiopiandiaspora #buna #diasporaliterature #africandiaspora #africanliterature #bookstagram #blackcanlit #canlit #habeshaculture #ethiopiancoffee #modernhabesha #habeshaexperience #goodreads #womensfiction #books #fiction
Posted @withrepost ā€¢ @diasporalifepod New Episode! In this 9th episode, we take some time to tell you a little about ourselves (who are Serk and Rebs exactly, and what do we do when weā€™re not podcasting? šŸ¤”), and we read some thoughts, comments and feedback our listeners have sent us over the year. ā¤ļøšŸ¤— Happy listening! . . . #podcast #podcasting #story #stories #storytelling #habesha #ethiopia #eritrea #ethiopian #eritrean #africa #african #africandiaspora #hyphen #hyphenated #hyphenation #culture #society #immigrant #immigrantstories #silverspring #silverspringmd #toronto
Sometimes what pops out is too much/little or just far from what youā€™d intended to display. I revisited my recent experience at the London Bookfair in a new post on my (semi-dormant) blog. Taster: ā€œAll I had to do was summarize a nearly 10 year creative and personal journey into ten minutes...I remembered to breathe, feel my feet on the ground and more or less the rest of my body above...ā€ . . . . #daughtersofsilence #readthenorth #storytelling #habesha #ethiopian #ethiopianculture #immigrantstories #ethiopiandiaspora #amharic #diasporaliterature #africandiaspora #africanliterature #bookstagram #bookstagramafrica #canlit #habeshaculture #habeshaproblems #modernhabesha #habeshaexperience #goodreads #womensfiction #amreading #fictionbooks
Let the shamelessness begin! Oh yes I did...look up my own book on the Indigoā€™s instore comupter thingy! One could say Iā€™m a teensy-weensy-itsy-bitsy bit excited for September šŸ˜ But swear to god āœ‹šŸ¾ when I walked into the store I hadnā€™t planned to look myself up, I just like to wander around there now & then like one might wander around a botanical garden. But later, did I go around to all the computers and leave the screens showing #daughtersofsilence pre-oder info (incidentally also available on my bio)? MayšŸ I did šŸ˜! . . . . . #daughtersofsilence #readthenorth #storytelling #habesha #ethiopian #ethiopianculture #immigrantstories #ethiopiandiaspora #amharic #diasporaliterature #africandiaspora #africanliterature #bookstagram #bookstagramafrica #canlit #habeshaculture #habeshaproblems #modernhabesha #habeshaexperience #goodreads #womensfiction #books #fiction
Posted @withrepost ā€¢ @diasporalifepod You know that cool, calm, sultry voice you hear in each of our episodes, one of your hostsā€™ @rebeccafissehaā€™s? Well, sheā€™s been busy writing this beautiful novel, and we canā€™t be more excited about it! šŸ˜† Congrats to you Rebka! We canā€™t wait to get our hands on it!! Link in bio ā˜šŸ¾ for more info! . . . . #writer #novel #writing #book #literature #blackwriters #africanwriters #daughtersofsilence #rebeccafisseha #bookcommunity #bookworms #bookster #culturetripbooks #readmorebooks #bookart #bookgram #greatreads

Tweeting

  • šŸ˜– the frustrations of translations! Technically the English version of this folk #ethiopian saying should be ā€˜the sā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦ 2 days ago
  • My kidā€™s first ever #canlit class picture! Class of Fall 2019, that is. Sheā€™s seventh in from the top. Thank youā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦ 2 weeks ago
  • RT @49thShelf: 20 Canadian books to read this summer 49thshelf.com/Blog/2019/06/2ā€¦ @dundurnpress @NeWestPress @ecwpress @wolsakandwynn @Conundrumā€¦ 3 weeks ago
  • Posted withrepost ā€¢ diasporalifepod New Episode! In this 9th episode, we take some time to tell you a little aboutā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦ 3 weeks ago
  • @leighhaber @KathieHicks Canada welcomes you! šŸ 1 month ago
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