Musings from a writer, mellowing (hopefully!) with age. Sharing thoughts as I query my YA Fantasy, She Who Defies the Order, begin a new project, and embark on yet another journey of self-discovery.
YA Writer 🏳️🌈
My YA Dystopian Fantasy was shortlisted for Peters Fraser & Dunlop’s Queer Fiction Prize in 2023. Currently working on a Contemporary YA novel and gradually trying to live, and write, more authentically.
Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks
My new personal Substack - sharing poetry and memoir, notes and news, my latest books, my work in progress, and the 4am Writing Club
Writing from the chalk coast of Sussex to the borderlands of my British-Iranian identity. Inaugural Writer-in-Residence, Seven Sisters & Sussex Heritage Coast. Best British Short Stories (Salt).
A personal perspective on writing and creativity from a writer who is mostly all at sea, trying to make it to land.