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Desperate in Dubai goes electronic...oops! 11 Dec 2012 | 07:10 pm
This time last year, I sat sanctimoniously on my high horse and turned my nose up at electronic books. Electronic books? The very concept was blasphemous. Books were there to spend hours poring over ...
Don't hate the player, hate the game 9 May 2012 | 05:33 pm
Publishing a book isn't all sunshine and butterflies, as I've come to discover. Most of the journey has been fantastic and I'm overwhelmed by Desperate in Dubai's success, despite barely doing any Mar...
Good news for Good folk ;) 8 Feb 2012 | 06:36 pm
Apparently, Desperate in Dubai has been un-banned! Here's what allegedly happened: - Someone from the Economic Department came in to Kinokuniya and told them to remove it from the shelves which they...
Now you see me, now you don't 3 Feb 2012 | 02:50 am
Desperate in Dubai has been banned in Dubai. Apparently. I'm absolutely gutted. All my hard work, the hours I spent laboriously slaving over each word I wrote, each emotion I conveyed, each story I ...
It's almost here.... 18 Jul 2011 | 09:59 pm
So. Apparently Desperate in Dubai is going to be released on August 10 and I don't know how to feel about it. It's always been my dream to publish a novel and now that it's almost ready for the world...
No more chapters, no more blog.... 8 Feb 2011 | 10:40 am
Hello everyone :) As most of you guys probably know, I was lucky enough to be approached by a prestigious publishing house a few months ago, who wanted to turn Desperate in Dubai into a real book. Ye...
Chapter Twenty-Eight – Breaking free 17 Aug 2010 | 06:58 am
Nadia finds solace in the fact that Daniel has no idea. He has no idea that his wife, though in another country, is fully aware of the sordid affair he has embarked on with her friend. He has no idea ...
Chapter Twenty-Seven – All’s fair in love and war 5 Apr 2010 | 04:40 am
Lady Luxe winces as her car door swings open and Leila glares down at her, her eyes wild with uninhibited rage. For almost a month, Lady Luxe has spent every waking moment – and occasionally, even sl...
Chapter Twenty-Six – Be careful of things that go 'bump' in the night 18 Feb 2010 | 01:03 am
Leila is in the middle of a beautiful dream. In this dream, she is lounging in the Burj Al Arab's Sky View Bar and she is wearing a classic black Chanel dress accessorised with her pride and joy: her ...
Chapter Twenty-Five – Omitting isn't the same as lying…is it? 12 Jan 2010 | 07:51 am
I have moments when I absolutely love living in Dubai and lately, they're not as few and far between as they were when I first moved out here. I still have major issues with a lot of things (namely th...
