{"id":2868,"date":"2025-06-25T06:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:05:32","slug":"amal-el-mohtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"Amal El-Mohtar: This is How You Win the Writing Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amal-El-MohtarCover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2869 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amal-El-MohtarCover.png 255w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amal-El-MohtarCover-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award-winning fiction, poetry, and criticism of writer <a href=\"https:\/\/amalelmohtar.com\/\">Amal El-Mohtar<\/a> have appeared in publications ranging from Tor.com, <em>Fireside Fiction<\/em>, <em>Lightspeed<\/em>, <em>Uncanny<\/em>, and <em>Strange<\/em> <em>Horizons<\/em>, and in her own collection, <em>The Honey Month<\/em>. 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She is one of 4 featured authors for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbusbookfestival.org\/\">Columbus Metropolitan Library\u2019s Columbus Book Festival<\/a>, which will be held at the main library on July 12-13.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6969\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2868-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3\">https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2868-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft-2025-6-18-AmalElMohtar.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award-winning fiction, poetry, and criticism of writer Amal El-Mohtar have appeared in publications ranging from Tor.com, Fireside Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny, and Strange Horizons, and in her own collection, The Honey Month. 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