Tashie Bhuiyan – 22-year-old Author of Counting Down With You, an “Own Stories” YA Novel
Tashie Bhuiyan is the 22-year-old author of Counting Down With You, a YA “own stories” novel about a Bangladeshi teenager who agrees to a fake relationship with her school’s resident bad boy when her parents are out of the country.
“This ‘love letter to young brown girls; explores a topic that can be taboo in desi culture: anxiety. Bhuiyan guides Karina through it with care … Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever.” – Booklist
In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- How consuming lots of media helps her through a block
- Having a playlist for the book you’re writing
- And more
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This week’s writing prompt: Look back on one of your childhood medias and think about what you loved so much about it, whether it was a character, a trope, the setting. Then, write your own version of it.
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