Taj Mahal Stories I had a conversation online with a writer friend about different types of stories and what it feels like to follow their trail. It got me thinking. As with most things in life, it’s never only one way. This is how it is for me. Some stories come gradually, are serene by …
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The Woman Who Stole Satie
The Woman Who Stole Satie Athens, Greece, 2014. Simos, an architect and musician, keeps having inexplicable recurring dreams that confuse and haunt him. Paris, France, 1894. Madeleine Durant is sharing Erik Satie’s bed. But he is distant and does not love her. When two people, from different centuries, become oddly intertwined, life becomes a mystery. What do …
Fishtail Mountain
Dorje, a ten year old Tibetan boy living in Kathmandu, loves flying kites. He makes a kite to impress his father but it is faulty and will not fly. Disappointed by his lack of skill, Dorje wants to throw the kite away. Then a tiny face appears in it and begins to utter mysterious words. …
The Perplexing Case of Seraphim Karalis
The Perplexing Case of Seraphim Karalis Early 1900s. Seraphim, a man in his early-20s, is living on the island of Pringipos, earning his living as a gravedigger. He is a quiet and simple man. His only friends are the tavern owner’s son and the island’s doctor. He leads a rather solitary life, one plagued with …
Ané
Ané I was born one cold November night. The snowflakes swirled hurriedly for most of the day and, by nightfall, everything was covered in white.’ From the safety of old age, Ané, the daughter of Sultan Mahmut II, begins unfolding her life story at the prompting of her inquisitive granddaughter, Mihrişah. Living in Istanbul in …
NOT JUST WORDS…
NOT JUST WORDS… Life has taken me by storm recently – a creative storm. Quite out of the blue, over the summer, I started eyeing bits of driftwood. I’ve always loved rocks and have a huge collection of amazing stones I’ve gathered throughout the years, but although I love seeing strange pieces of washed-up driftwood, …
Fragrance of the Past
Fragrance of the Past Recently, I found myself walking around the streets of my hometown. I hadn’t been there for a while and this particular day I came face-to-face with something I had not gone looking for – my childhood. It was hot, humid, the sun beating down on my already sweating head, but there …
I’m Back!
I’m Back! Just a brief note to apologise for being absent from the website for almost half a year! (It seems like a very long time when I write it down like that, but in my mind it isn’t!) These last six months have been spent doing a lot of yoga, receiving lots of ideas from my muses, having …
Some Exciting News!
Some Exciting News! I’m very happy to announce that my short memoir, Alice, has finally been published in Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World Anthology! The anthology includes 23 different stories from around the world.\ *** One mistake: they have printed that I already have 3 published novels…which I don’t! Other than that, it’s a great …
An Interview with the Composer/Music Producer Bobby Blazoudakis
An Interview with the Composer/Music Producer Bobby Blazoudakis I have been very lucky, in that I have listened to everything Bobby Blazoudakis has composed and I can say without any hesitation, that his music rocks!!! It doesn’t matter if it’s classical, for films, rock or more ethnic in sound, he has a sensitivity and depth …
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