What We Do

I moved to Brazil to study abroad in an exchange program in 2014. During this time, I met my now husband, Henrique. We married 4 years later in England and had a repeat party a year later in the same place, but with friends and family flying in from around the world.

Here’s why I’m head of heels in love.

Yes, I graduated from University of Liverpool in Latin American Studies. Half my degree was languages (Spanish and Portuguese) the other half culture and history.

This is my 10^th year studying Portuguese and I still fumble on a bunch of words and tenses.

I attempt to read 30 – 40 books a year. Sometimes it rounds in on 10. Life is erratic. Though, i’ll stress, I became actually readable (as in an audience wider than my mother and husband) after I poured myself over other people’s works. P.s. if you are living in another country, historical fiction in conjunction with non-fiction is the best way to get to grips with your new societal qualms.

Top books for writing direction are Ann Handley’s Everyone Writes or Stephen King’s On Writing. Ash Ambirge’s website The Middle Finger Project is an endless resource for freelance writers, she also published a gem of a book with the same name.

Once you start digging around, you’ll find any book, blog or journalist’s memoire will prescribe writing every day at a designated time. Practice is the only way.