{"id":5927,"date":"2020-09-02T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=5927"},"modified":"2020-09-02T11:30:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T11:30:20","slug":"in-conversation-with-maham-shah-try-not-to-ruminate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/in-conversation-with-maham-shah-try-not-to-ruminate\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation with Maham Shah &#8211; Try Not To Ruminate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/\">Daastan<\/a> aims to help writers monetize their work and earn through their literary talents. Through this platform, <em>Maham Shah<\/em> released her first book that talks about her mental health journey; from her battles with <em>depression<\/em> to her journey of <em>self-awareness<\/em>. Our Marketing director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samin-qureshi-1ba6031a1\/\">Samin Alam<\/a> conducted a live session with Maham to have an open discussion about her book and her publishing journey. Maham also recited a heartfelt excerpt from her poetry.<\/p>\n<h2>About Maham Shah<\/h2>\n<p>Maham got her bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pu.edu.pk\/\">University Of Punjab<\/a> in <strong>2019<\/strong>. She is currently doing her MPhil in<em> education, leadership and management<\/em> from<a href=\"https:\/\/lums.edu.pk\/\"> Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).<\/a> She works part time as a writer for a women centric global platform. Keeping in mind Maham\u2019s <em>sociological background<\/em>, she particularly enjoys writing content that has a <em>positive impact<\/em> on society. Particularly about social issues that need awareness.<\/p>\n<h2>My Therapist Tells Me Not To Ruminate: an insight to the poetry collection<\/h2>\n<p>In conversation with Samin, Maham talks about how the title of the book is quite <em>literally<\/em> what the title is. She discusses the difficulties she has had trying to <em>not <\/em>overthink and how it has almost always been impossible to refrain from it. \u2018I just wanted to paint a picture for my ruminations.\u2019 Maham explains to the viewers the thought process behind the book. On being asked what\/who her inspiration was, she answers that the inspiration came from the <em>feeling of not being heard.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media as a tool for aspiring writers<\/h2>\n<p>Maham Shah shared the struggles that writers face commonly and talk about how social media provides a platform to start one\u2019s writing career. Maham clarified how she started small through her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mahamshah_ruminates\/\">Instagram page<\/a>. She started off by posting anecdotes from time to time. After a while of writing on social media, she thought she had gathered enough encouragement and content to finally publish.<\/p>\n<h2>The struggles faced in order to finally be able to publish<\/h2>\n<p>Maham further talked about how at times she would feel so <em>discouraged<\/em> that she was unable to put her thoughts to paper. However, she did not give up and tried <em>endlessly<\/em> to get where she is today. She also felt that a <em>major<\/em> reason for her continuing down the path was the constant<em> support <\/em>and <em>encouragement<\/em> from her editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/summaiyanaveed\">Summaiya<\/a> at Daastan. Maham also discusses her journey of <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/simple-steps-to-publish-your-own-book\/\">self-publishing with Daastan<\/a>; raising her concerns about the dangers of plagiarism and how Daastan walked her through each step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>Maham concluded the live session with a breath-taking recital of a few poems from her collection. To get a glimpse of her poems and check out the beautiful recital, head over to Daastan\u2019s Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mydaastan\/\">page<\/a>! Moreover, to read the complete collection of her poems, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/book\/1208\">here<\/a> to buy the book from Qissa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/book\/1208\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_sm td_outlined_btn\">Buy Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daastan aims to help writers monetize their work and earn through their literary talents. 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