From @jounwin to Harriet Bourton, I am so thankful for this team of incredible women making my publishing dreams come true. It's going to be an amazing ride!

Have you ever witnessed your most audacious dreams—the secret hopes you never dared admit to yourself—unfold in real time? From submission to book deal, I wrote about my whirlwind ride on my Substack. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/deepa/p/no… Viking Books UK Penguin Books UK @jounwin

never ask a girl what happened to her in 2019

There was once a me who used to fill my nights until they were bursting and breathless. Now, I like it when the nights can breathe, and so can I.

Books, trains, Christmas, magic 🤩 Brilliant idea!

“Any activity which draws us away from the worn channels of our daily routines, whether that is work, caretaking, family, or whatever, can be good for our writing. Steer a new course. See new horizons. Wake up to a different view.” Read more Dinty W. Moore brevity.wordpress.com/2023/11/13/tim…

Make that good fiction and I’m down.

Also, top quality knits right there

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Students at a college in Legazpi City, Philippines made hats for their exam to prevent peaking at others' papers. 📹 Angeloebora1

“What are your plans this weekend?” Me:

So stoked to be part of this... in less than a week! Tickets going fast, will I see you there?

Massive thank you to ESEA Publishing Network for the fabulous Summer Party last night — and to THRIVEHachette & Colour[full] for supporting. Readings from fab new publishing by ESEA authors, free books, mahjong and cocktails on the 6th Story roof? What more could you want on a Wednesday night!

Brilliant evening, a wonderful community, and such inspiring company. Absolutely my pleasure! 🫶🏾

you're not filipino that's why you don't get it

Ah, okay *peers over reading glasses* I didn't know how badly I needed this definition until I read it. #eldermillenial

Really I’m pretty low maintenance, I just need 17 hours of alone time every morning, constant reassurance from everyone in my life that they’re not mad at me, and $150 worth of little treats every single day and I’m good to go

I’m incredibly chic?!