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Nov 1, 2026 · 7 min read
Which dictionary I open first, and why
Two dictionaries on the desk, a pencil and the order I reach for them.
Oct 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Reading your draft aloud, in a quiet room
The cheapest way I know to hear what is wrong with a translation.
Oct 18, 2026 · 9 min read
A word with no English twin
Nine ways I could have translated one word, and the one I chose.
Oct 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Marking up my own first draft in red
What I circle, what I cross out and what I leave alone on a first pass.
Oct 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Sending my first sample to an agency
One page, one short note and a long wait by the window.
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The Red Pen
A numbered letter every Sunday from my desk in Amman: one hard sentence, one choice and one thing to try.