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January 26, 2023
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September 28, 2022
Where the Sun Rises
Malve Von Hassell, Amazon USA“The writing is vivid and believable with colorful descriptions of family life in Kobani and the sounds and scents of Kurdish life which makes the destruction wreaked by the war even more devastating. The author provides compelling insights into the various complex emotions experienced by these women who reach their decisions to join up for a range of reasons, but are united in friendship and affection until the end.”
September 27, 2022
August 12, 2022
My short story The Wall 6th out of 106- Amazon Shorts Comp -2006
Hey guys ,
I was just looking through old creative work for an application – and I found this document which has all of the comments people put on my short story, The Wall. It was beautfiul to read people’s impressions of my work and how they received something out of it. Some of the people defended my work and others wanted to critique it. But most of them loved it haha. It amused me how some people could say “I am not a writer but here’s how I would write it…” haha. It is easy to be a critic, but not easy to create people should remember that. 
So many people loved the story, it took me six months to write and edit it, and I thought about it for about ten years, after I met a man on the streets of Kings Cross when I was giving out food and coffee with a group where male prostitutes were. I spent a few years doing that but this one man I based the character of Jay on. He made a significant impact on me the way, he could be so resilient when he had been raised in a house where his Mum made him be a prostitute. Some people’s lives, you wonder how they have survived. What struck me was how he just wanted to be loved and accepted. That’s all he wanted. Isn’t that all we all want? Just saying. It still makes me sad thinking about him. My story is fictional however, I heard his story but the two characters are fictional and I didn’t tell his story. That’s his to tell. I created a story around what I saw in his character. I pray he is loved now.
July 11, 2022
Where the Sun Rises – no.1 2 and 3 Amazon Best Seller
Hey everyone, I am excited that Where the Sun Rises is #385 across the world for downloads today! It is only available for a few more hours for free. 
It is number 1, 2 and 3 in 3 categories. Have a great day.
July 10, 2022
No. 1 Amazon USA – Where the Sun Rises
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July 7, 2022
Started writing a memoir today..
I have always thought that writing a memoir was for older people, famous people or people who have done something significant in life. If you are not in these demographics then people will not be interested. And, to be honest I still think this is true. It does not mean that I should not write a memoir about my life so far. There are many aspects of my life that I had kept secret to protect people in the past, but there is a lot that could help others and maybe entertain as well.
Regardless, I am doing it for the process, not the outcome. I am doing it for the satiscation of it. I have been through many things in my life and had many adventures as well. There are many laughs, some weeping, and a lot of joy, as well as pain that was caused by external actions towards myself. Anyway, who knows if it will interest anyone? But I want to tell my story – as a lot of people have told stories about me in my personal life that were not true, that misrepresented me and I want to reclaim the truth. It is my life and it is not for others to tell me who I am, or accuse me of being what I am not, or to steal memories from me, or to pretend I am something different. It is my story, no one else’s. I want to be truthful and tell things that are not comfortable. I seek to be real and authentic always, at times I cannot say what I feel as it will benefit no one – as there is sometimes no honesty in others and therefore it is pointless.
I finally feel like I want to start telling it now. It has not been something I have wanted to do until now. Anyway, I started this journey today. It should be interesting. It is most likely as I have been recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. Have a great day, thanks for reading.
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May 1, 2022
Freedom Writing No. 1 Amazon -Journal Writing
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