Instant Haven
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Author. Poet. Storyteller. Videographer and Serial Entrepreneur. |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I have a B.A. (Honours) degree in English Literature, and a post-graduate diploma in Filmmaking. I also have a certificate that enables me to work as a fully qualified yoga teacher, which I gained at the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, South India. |
| Interests | I have always wanted to be a writer, and wrote my first story at the age of three. Fortunately, my command of English improved a bit as I got older…though many publishers did not agree…and actively encouraged me not to write in English…or any other language! I didn’t listen to them, as I knew I had talent. I spent many years developing my talent and learning how to write in the old-fashioned way – by living on the poverty line while spending all my time writing. It was hard, but I learned about life, I learned about people, I learned about myself, and I learned how to write. I wrote three novels – the first was so bad I binned it. The second wasn’t much better. The third was good. During this time I also wrote poetry - some of which was published in poetry magazines; I wrote short stories and gained a short story prize along the way; I wrote and produced plays and screenplays as well. In 2006 my fourth novel The Virgin Goddess was published by Kennedy & Boyd Ltd. It is available on Amazon.com. You can also order it from your nearest bookshop. I have completed a collection of poetry called “Poems about Love and Life and Staring Out of Windows at Trees.” Some of these poems have already been published in various poetry anthologies – most recently the well-received “Life Stories” published by Anthony Xavier Productions. I have also made videos of some of my poems, which you can see for yourself on this site. |