🎵On The Seventh Day of Christmas
The writing advice Noreen Masud gave to me
I saw a lovely meme yesterday on Instagram that I wanted to share with you, it said: ‘It’s sad that in just a couple of days bread and chocolate will have calories again.’
So true, so sad. And so it seemed to me, as we arrive at the seventh day of Christmas and our days for indulgence are running low, that you needed to hear now more than ever some very indulgent advice from today’s author.
But, before we do, just a reminder that if you haven’t caught up already, you will find this gorgeous writing advice from
here from yesterday:🎵On The Sixth Day of Christmas
Here we are, halfway already, and I hope that you have had many amazing takeaways from the brilliant authors we have heard from so far.
And so, who do I have for you on the seventh day of Christmas?
It’s Noreen Masud.
Noreen is a writer, lecturer in twentieth century literature and author of A Flat Place, her first memoir.
Noreen was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2024. And her book found itself on various prize shortlists including The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, The Jhalak Prize and The Ondaatje Prize. It was also selected as book of the year in 2023 by The Guardian, The Sunday Times and the New Yorker.
And so, let’s see what writing wisdom she has for you today: