Ovie is going to have girls upon girls on him. Where's the cue?

The Lion King was EVERYTHING!!!! I swear me and Ebz were acting like we were in a sing along, a talk along, laughing too damn loud. It's visually such a gorgeous film and there are a few different lines but it's still the same movie. I wish Rafiki was more fresh though. He was a bit more turnt in the animation and I wonder why Whoopi Goldberg didn't do the hyena's voice. Timon and Pumba are even funnier in this one.
Ebz: Oh my gosh, Timon is you!
(To be fair everything Timon said was defo something I would say)
Me: Does that make you Pumba?
We stayed to the end because you know that Marvel has programmed us to think that there is a bonus part. There isn't but the soundtrack is live! We were getting side eyes from the stewards but we didn't care. Hakuna Matata.

This is the look of a woman who's officially in Leo season. It''s my birthday in 7 days. Let bear month begin :)

The Open Pitch Day at Hashtag BLAK was ...interesting. First of all there was a million graduations at Southbank so we had to go to the members area. Then there were no seats, so we were in a random corner, sweating and tweeting like mad so people would know where we were. Then Twitter wasn't even telling me about any DM's so missed people messaging me. How annoying! Thankfully we saw a free table right in the middle and grabbed it. I don't know why we didn't think to have any form of sign saying Hashtag BLAK. Thankfully every author that walked by looking confused or lost was for us. In the end it was good and we did talk to some great people with books that sound good so fingers crossed. We probably will do another one again, maybe in the evening this time.

We have a summer sale on! Hurray! Head on over to The Author School, Hashtag Press and ink! for some discounts for the whole of August! You're welcome writers!

Love Island is over! First time watching it and I am obsessed. So glad for Amber. She so deserved it. Everyone is cussing India for coming in late and potentially winning with Ovie but Greg I'm sure came in at the same time and won! Ovie is going to have girls upon girls on him. Where's the cue?

What I love the most about what I do is when, without realising it, I inspire someone. Let's keep it real I don't think I'm inspiring so it's always so surprising when someone thinks I am. I had the NICEST tweet sent to me with a blog link attached by a writer called Tenelle and it was called 5 People in Publishing who inspire me and one of them was me!!! It actually made me cry. I was just like wow! I can't believe someone thinks of me like this. Just reminds me that you never know who's watching you!

My next book Emily Knight book 3 is out in 2020!! If you're not up to date with the series, I honestly don't know what to say :) Purchase a copy via Amazon or via my website and then you get free merchandise.

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In the words of Carrie Bradshaw and just like that I was a YA author

It feels like the right time but this will be my last entry. I know! I've been writing in this blog for TEN YEARS but this year it just felt off. I couldn't pinpoint why that was but the other day I realised I started this blog because I was a dancer who was trying to understand the publishing world. I also was so scared of anyone reading my work hence why I started a blog. Ten years later I have fulfilled my goals! Back in May I had finished my first YA book, a love story based around a Black owned bookshop in Stoke Newington. How I wrote this book when I was heartbroken I have no idea. I vaguely remember sitting on the couch with headphones on playing O Holy Night on repeat at 3am writing. I made my deadline and I wasn't sure if the book was good. My first round of submission for another book had very conflicting feedback and honestly I didn't have it in me to experience that again. I just wanted a deal. Fast forward to September 21st and my book was sent on submissio

I have a new book out!

That's right book 4 is out! This is my first anthology and it's absolutely gorgeous. I was asked to be part of The Very Merry Murder Club maybe a few weeks after my dad and I remember just thinking why is this opportunity coming now?! And it's with Farshore and imprint of HarperCollins. There's no way I can do it. I literally couldn't write. My agent Gemma spoke to me and the editors knew what had happened to me so it was really up to me. I prayed on it and God said to me you're not going to feel this way in October so I said yes. I won't lie I was worried that I really couldn't write this book but thank God for his strength and amazing agent and now it's here! I've been ill all week but I saw loads of pic on social and my copy hasn't come yet so I dragged myself to Waterstones Islington to take pics of the book on the shelves. The booksellers were looking at me like are you going to buy this book. HA! The amazing thing is I have even more

My meal was £22 and it was so small I ate it in 3 mouthfuls.

Happy World Afro Day! I had no idea this was even a day so yes for us! How gorgeous is this? I can't remember what country it's in but I saw it some weeks ago on Twitter. Getting into the swing of writing these blogs is harder than I thought. I'm not sure why I'm finding it tricky to stay on top of it and I know I'll regret it especially when I read back over it at the end of the year. I turned another year older and despite it being a year that is turning out to be unpredictable I'm thankful that I'm here to see another birthday. It's always hard planning what to do, something that I know won't cost an arm and a leg. In the end I spent it eating lol. Helen and I went to this amazing Creole restaurant, literally a hidden gem that had the most amazing food and drinks that were even too strong for Helen! I have no idea why it rained on my birthday! In the middle of summer!! Honestly sometimes I can't deal with this country. Then I got changed for

life of a street dancer

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