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Malin + Goetz Minimalist Aesthetics
The Malin + Goetz pop-up event demonstrated how skincare brands now function as lifestyle curators rather than just product manufacturers. Their minimalist aesthetic philosophy extended from packaging design to retail environment to brand messaging. Sampling their products while discussing the psychology of self-care with other attendees revealed how beauty routines
Documentary Conversations
Lydia mentioned documentary film idea today. Chronicling next generation of migrant writers in London. She wants to examine how technology reshapes displacement narratives compared to previous generations. Asked me to think about it. How do Instagram, WhatsApp, Google Translate change the immigrant experience? My novels explore digital identity but documentary
MBA ✔, What’s Next?
Graduation day at Glasgow Caledonian University London happened exactly as I imagined it would, except for the part where I cried during the ceremony. The mortarboard felt heavier than expected — not physically, but emotionally. Strange thing: I returned to university for business knowledge, but I’m leaving with not just
Mentorship Begins
First proper mentorship session with Lydia today. Two hours dissecting Eastern Empire structure. She challenged every narrative choice, pushed me to articulate why surveillance themes matter for diaspora identity rather than accepting them as given. Her Between Two Worlds project taught her how archives shape memory. How documentation creates official
Launch Day: Luxury Labyrinth
I’m writing this with a glass of champagne in one hand and my MBA diploma in the other — both earned, both slightly surreal. Luxury Labyrinth officially launched this morning, and I’m still processing the fact that I’ve somehow managed to graduate and publish a novel within the same week.
Conversations About Craft
Coffee with Lydia yesterday turned into three-hour discussion about narrative architecture. She’s reading Luxury Labyrinth manuscript and asking questions that make me reconsider character motivations I thought were settled. Her BBC documentary experience gives her unique perspective on structure. She sees stories visually and temporally in ways I hadn’t considered.
London Book Fair 2023: Where International Literary Connections Are Born
When you speak with people who live and breathe books as passionately as you do, language barriers simply disappear. At the London Book Fair I discussed contemporary literature, digital publishing, and the future of storytelling with Marina. The 2023 London Book Fair at Olympia London brought together more than 30,000
Cover Reveal: Luxury Labyrinth
The moment has finally arrived — I can share the cover of Luxury Labyrinth with you. After months of back-and-forth with designers, mood boards that looked like fever dreams, and countless conversations about how to capture the essence of beautiful entrapment in a single image, we’ve created something that makes
Voices of Friends
ECG held their “Voices of Friends: Poetry & Art Almanac” presentation at Yunus Emre Institute on Monday. Same venue where I met Marta Brassart at the Hertfordshire Awards in November. About twenty people. Intimate evening, poetry readings, Guild announcements. Marta read her own poetry, which surprised me. I’d only known
