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  • Golden Door Certificate

    Oh yeah, here’s my certificate!! (Please see previous post for context!) ⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣ #amwriting #authorsofinstagram #award #bibliophile #book #bookaward #bookcommunity #bookish #booklover #booknerd #books #booksbooksbooks #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstoread #muslimauthor #nonfiction #igreads #indieauthor #nonfiction #selfpublished #winner #writing #writingcommunity

  • Billy Swift Takes Flight by Iszi Lawrence; A Review

    Fancy some fantastic flying lessons on a war plane? Follow 14yo Billy Swift on this epic WWII adventure. If you want oodles of girl power packed in a historical fiction novel and a fresh perspective from a WWII pilot, then this is the book for you and your child(ren)! Billie is a brave and bold…

  • Let’s Celebrate a Lifelong Learner!

    Hey lovely people, Today we have a guest post from the fabulous and highly inspirational lifelong adult learner, Zahida Azam. Zahida was asked to take part in the Learning and Work Institute’s 100 Year Birthday event this week which was attended by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. A huge congratulations to Zahida! You can…

  • Story Book Ideas in the Rain

    There’s nothing like a walk in rainy Wales to get your mind working on story ideas… How about a picture book on the three (moo!) stooges?! See pics below to work out where I might get some inspiration on the mischief and mayhem these three might get up to…!☺️ ⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣ #goexplore #igtravel #ilovetravel #instago #instatravelling…

  • Have You Got What it Takes?

    It’s funny how things seem really clear all at once. Have I got what it takes to become a children’s picture book and middle grade author? Well, I guess a great start is that the answers to these questions is a resounding YES! See the pics below to see what’s given me a super boost…

  • Sunday Morning Plotting

  • A Blank Page

    Hey there, It must be a record- 3 posts in a week- I can’t remember the last time I did that! I’ve been asked to write for National Poetry Day by my fellow writer friend, the lovely Nazira Vania. The idea is to put this up on a Twitter thread along with other members of…

  • Using Your Strengths to Write

    We, who are your closest friends, feel the time has come to tell you that every Thursday we have been meeting, as a group, to devise ways to keep you in perpetual uncertainty frustration discontent and torture by neither loving you as much as you want nor cutting you adrift. Your analyst is in on…

  • On Giving

    Here is the best true story on giving I know, and it was told by Jack Kornfield of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre. An eight-year-old boy had a younger sister who was dying of leukemia, and he was told that without a blood transfusion she would die. His parents explained to him that…

  • The Golden Door Truth Writers Award 2021

    Hello and good morning lovely people! I’m so excited to share this video with the lovely Melanie Falvey, where I speak about my book and writing in general. This video came about when I was shortlisted for the Golden Door Award, for which I then went on to WIN the Bronze Golden Door Book Award!…