Writing

I am a blogger, a short story writer, and a sketchbook and journal junkie. I’ve been a columnist for for the Hurriyet Daily News, a guest blogger, and a contributor to expat+HAREM‘s global niche blog. In 2010, I drafted a young adult novel about 15-year-old Merilee and her virtual celebrity boyfriend with the help of a kick-start month of writing. Since then, I’ve been revising (or really, rewriting) a book that has taken an exciting creepy and futuristic turn. I’m thrilled to be working with award-winning fiction writer Kathy Steffen of the How to Write Shop as my writing coach.

I participate in several Twitter chats during the week for community, idea swapping, and motivation: #amwriting #amrevising #litchat and #writechat. Sign up for my monthly round up of Creative Life Picks in my newsletter. Come friend me on Facebook, She Writes, or Good Reads!

You can find my written work here:

Short Fiction

The Mercy Troupers, Escape Into Life, June 2010

Bylines

Social Media and Women’s Empowerment, Tert.am, March 13, 2010
Social Media and Women’s Empowerment, Hürriyet Daily News, March 12, 2010
International Local Living and The Weekly Dish Istanbul events column, Hürriyet Daily News, May 2009-May 2010
Mapping the Imagination, expat+HAREM 12/19/2009
Hybrid Domesticities, expat+HAREM 11/4/2009
No Delays, but Prepare for Breakdown, Hürriyet Daily News,8/29/2009
Got a Light? Hürriyet Daily News, 7/25/2009
The Year of Guilty Coffee, Hürriyet Daily News, 6/15/2009

Guest Posting