9. what time of the day your write best? what season affects your writing the most? night. definitely night. i’m in love with the solitude, the darkness in your windows, the fact that most of the time i only have my desklamp on and my whole room is quiet except for my earphones. i’m also... very in love with monsoon season, the rain, though indoors. mud is yuck!
14. write a personal history/mini autobiography/author description that you don’t mind sharing. omg, my time to shine. here’s the full version of my bio: “madina malahayat chumaera is a student trying to find some sense of meaning in this fleeting plane of dimension by dipping her fingers in anything that remotely interests her. she writes, draws, and spends her time cataloging books about space and brains that she should read soon but she pretends to not have time for. there's always a nagging thought in her head on what would happen if she wasn't born in the concrete forest that is greater jakarta.”
16. three pieces of other’s writing that people need to read to understand your inspirations and you? “what has struck me most is the abundance of narratives right here in lagos. it is far in excess of what one might find in anywhere else, except in similarly large & wild cities: rio, jakarta, karachi.” from eight letters to a young writer by teju cole // this post on the STEM / humanities dichotomy // rebecca lindenberg’s answer to the question why write poetry. (i know, i’m hyping up my studyblr. let me self-promo in peace)