David Young: From Brookside Screenwriter to Young Adult Author “I think the reason I wrote a book that worked was because I had to fucking sell it.” – David Young, Screenwriter/Author Imagine paying off your mortgage with a credit card… Not a good sign. But it was the reality that David had to face after …
Overcoming decades of fear and procrastination: Sophia Bennett’s journey to answering her call as an award-winning writer “My mother let me read whatever I wanted … that’s when I got the first inclination that I wanted to be a writer.” – Sophia Bennett Did you have the same inclination? A crystal clear calling into your …
More poetry. I wrote this one with my loudspeakers in mind. I’ve had them for 25 years, they’ve traveled with me across 2 continents and over 12 homes in that time. Loudspeaker I sit calmlyReady to receive signalsAnalogueDigitalI don’t discriminateFrame carved from woodInterior carefully calibrated electronicsGreat engineering never goes out of fashionGood vibrations run through …
As promised, more poetry, this piece is called Haroon and is about my name. Haroon Origin storyNo spider bitesDropped in Luton, via PakistanEast end matriarch named meRight-hand man of a tongue-tied prophetReligious narratives are the roots to the branch of this treeMusa and HaroonMyth or realityDon’t knowDon’t careI’ll turn myth into realityTook damn near four …
This is the first poem I’m sharing on my blog. I will continue to share current drafts of poems I am working on. Feel free to leave feedback or if things were not clear in the comments. It’s all love. I welcome what you have to say. Here it is: 7 Bar Loop Loop the …
I’m having a fascinating journey as a writer right now. The past several weeks have been interesting. Some days I’ve lacked inspiration and other days I’ve been furiously jotting down ideas that I want to come back to. Recently, I was reading a book called “Feck Perfuction” by James Victore and an idea popped into …
I’ve been putting off writing this blog. The idea for this blog first emerged early in 2017. It was going to be called “Finding Haroon” Back then seismic shifts were happening in my life. Namely: 1.) I admitted to myself that I had mental health issues and sought professional help. 2.) I ended my 10-year …
