Hi friends, I did it! Ten days ago, I finished the first draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. 73,000 not-shitty words that I’m actually excited to revisit. I wanted the writing of this book to be simple, if not easy, and I believe I achieved that simplicity and found a process I […]

Hey everyone, It’s been a good week in the Khullar Relph household. First, I received the excellent news that after 9 years, 4 months, and 24 days in the UK, I have been granted permanent residency. Most of you won’t know this but, until now, my status in the UK as the spouse of a […]

Happy Thursday, friends, This week, I hit 11,500 words on my NaNoWriMo novel, which kind of blows my mind because even though I write nonfiction at this speed all the time, and I’ve written fiction fast, I’ve never written fiction this fast and have it be this good. By which I mean ready to be seen […]

Happy Thursday, writers! For our first date over fifteen years ago, my husband took me to a posh Italian restaurant in New Delhi. I’d been excited about seeing Sam—we’d been communicating online as I spent months in Ghana and pondered a move to Japan—but I wasn’t at ease as I sat in the restaurant that […]