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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

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.

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

Poetry Unites Worlds: National Poetry Competition Awards
When you find yourself in a hall filled with poets from over 100 countries worldwide, you understand that literature truly is a universal language. Today I met Lydia – a poet who showed me that creativity can become a bridge between cultures and generations. The National Poetry Competition 2022 winners

When Books Meet Professionals: ECG Publishing Conference
It’s amazing how one meeting can open completely new perspectives. Today at the ECG Publishing Conference I realized that my books interest not only readers, but publishing industry professionals. Meeting Marta Brassart from ECG Publications felt like discovering a missing puzzle piece in my literary journey. Her immediate recognition of

Surrealism Meets Daily Life
“Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924-Today” at the Design Museum proved that avant-garde art inevitably infiltrates mainstream culture. Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks appeared on furniture, while René Magritte’s visual paradoxes influenced contemporary product design. The exhibition traced how surrealist principles — unexpected juxtapositions, dream logic, subconscious exploration — now

Van Cleef & Arpels: Poetry in Motion
The Design Museum’s Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition transformed jewelry into kinetic sculpture. Watches with mechanical butterflies, brooches with moving petals, necklaces that seemed to breathe with their wearers — each piece challenged the boundary between ornament and animation. The craftsmanship required for these moving masterpieces boggled the mind. Tiny

Luxury Labyrinth: Inspiration between the catwalks
London Fashion Week just wrapped, and I’m still processing the sensory overload. Three days of shows, installations, and after-parties have left me with a notebook full of observations and a head buzzing with ideas for the second novel. The fashion show has officially invaded my creative process, and I couldn’t