In 2017, I took my baby brother to Barcelona. He turned 21 at the end of 2016 and he had never been abroad before. I

Yesterday, I attended my first ever protest. Which at my old age is pretty shameful. But, this was a protest for Palestine. Over the last

Where have I gone?

Honestly, why is it so difficult to get an agent. I’ve sent out lots and lots of queries but I’ve only had two responses. Both

Tomorrow, is my graduation ceremony for my Masters in Professional Creative Writing from Coventry University. I discovered that I also won the Course Tutors Prize

Today I had a short acupuncture session. I told the therapist my issues… I have a lot lol 😂 and they began by putting the

So… As I announced last year, I finished writing my children’s book… I had some beta readers and the overall consensus was that the story

So, as a Muslim, I don’t celebrate Christmas. However, for the last few years, I have cooked a nice dinner on Christmas day. It’s because

So, the last couple of month’s have been awful for me. What with the weather changing and seasonal depression 😭… I was pretty happy in

Sorry I’ve been so quiet. I was made redundant at the end of September although I was on gardening leave since June. I then had

This year… University is different. For the most part its because there are literally two students. Me and another one from last year. There’s only

Covid is a bitch. It seems like there’s a new varient every few weeks. My second year of University has also just started. Well, it

Just a quick message to say Happy New Year. Last year I had a pretty good year. It was a revelation. I grew older and

I don’t celebrate Christmas… not in the traditional sense. But I do have a nice meal. This year it’s going to be a leg of

Today is a good day. Not only is my newest book officially available to purchase on a variety of different websites, but, I’ve also finalised

I’m not sure what’s going on with me. Maybe it has something to do with the time of year and seasonal depression but I’m struggling.

Today I had some amazing news. I did a book challenge where I wrote a poem for 21 days. It was a while ago so

So you may remember my post about how a musician wanted to put music to my poem ‘Emotional Vampire‘. This took place on 10th October

Hi everyone, sorry I’ve been MIA. Unfortunately, my surgical recovery is taking longer than expected so I’m unable to write. I just wanted to update

This week I’ve had tutorials with two of my lecturers and what I’ve taken from both of these is that the devil is in the

My steps into the world of book publishing and poetry

This semester I’ve felt really removed from university and it makes me sad. I’m still writing, doing homework ect but I’ve missed so many classes

I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. Not by choice. Don’t get me wrong, no one has silenced me. Rather my circumstances have prevented me

I started university a couple of weeks after term had started. And so, I actually missed some vital lectures concerning the assignments. This was because

I have never attempted to write poetry. Not since being a child when the attempts were made in school. I remember trying to write limericks,

I’ve always heard the term writers block. But honestly what exactly is writers block? The Cambridge dictionary defines it as ‘The condition of being unable

Through the course of my current degree I was focused on writing crime. This is because I love reading and watching crime. I have a

Stacey rode her bike along the path leading to Wisteria Lane. She had recently moved to the area because she had a fancy new job

‘Mr Sampson, I just need your credit card to validate payment for the room. Just to confirm, you have the Oceanview Penthouse Suite for one