creativity

03/20/2018

How I Came Up With the Name Foreignish

The first names I could think of were embarrassing.
04/01/2019

Working-With-Editors Fatigue: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

A debilitating condition which affects as many as 75 percent of writers and journalists worldwide
05/13/2019

How I Made the Foreignish Logo

Designing a logo looks easy until you try doing it yourself.
06/02/2019

How I Found My Creative Voice in a Foreign Language

Developing a unique writing style is hard enough, but what if you have to do it in a foreign language?
03/21/2020

Despite the Stigma, I Self-Published My First Book—a Collection of Personal Essays on Immigration

For many diverse writers, self-publishing is the only route to publication.
06/19/2021

Rejecting The Single Immigrant Story

There's no such thing as The Immigrant Story. There are numerous immigrant stories.
06/11/2025

Why I Vanished

I didn’t plan to disappear without warning. It just happened that way.
09/17/2026
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In My Move to Europe, I Lost All My Journals

It took only a few minutes to destroy my entire life's diaries.