Brook Bhagat is proud to share that her creative nonfiction essay, “Making ‘Magic Chai,’” was published on Ruadán Books’ writing craft blog, Thoughts from the Writer’s Desk.
“Magic Chai” is a science fiction story about a woman traveling through time in hopes of saving her father’s life. It won second place in the Pikes Peak Library District‘s 2023 short fiction contest. The story was written while Bhagat’s own father was on hospice care, and benefited from feedback from her writer friends in the Nearby Universe. Bhagat expresses her gratitude for their literary and emotional support during that difficult time.
The recently published craft essay explores the story behind the story–the grief, acceptance, how writing and art wind through, and how to make it through the darkness. Read it here: Making “Magic Chai”
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