Heart of Glass is a 1980s modern pacy literary thriller being crowdfunded right now on Unbound/Penguin Random House. It is written by me. I am a local author. I live in Southfields. I am taking you behind the scenes today. We will be looking inside a rare 1964 book, which inspired Heart of Glass, found in a wet market called Chowrasta in Penang’s Georgetown.

Make yourself a cup of coffee or a martini. Be prepared to be taken back in time to an exciting world of casinos, jazz, cocktails, pizza, crime. It’s only 5 minutes long, packed full of ideas and most of all contains ORIGINAL vintage material not available anywhere on the internet!

Watch it here.

We urgently still need patrons. We are 78% funded today, 22% to go! Without sponsors or patrons, there would be no arts, no culture, no diversity. Every patron’s name will be in print with mine. Why not pre-order a book and have your name in print? Not to mention the fact that you might be invited to a very cool 1980s launch party. This is an exciting opportunity for all those who wish to support a local SW London author. Read the synopsis, excerpt, About Me, and become a patron.

“Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kung Hei Fatt Choy!” I am a South West London writer and I live in Southfields. I have been living in Southfields for 17 years! My children go to Sheringdale School, which is, I am proud to say, the third top school in Wandsworth. Naturally, being a Sheringdale mum, I also have high standards for myself. I wrote a novel six years ago called Heart of Glass and I have landed a publishing deal with Unbound/Penguin Random House with whom I am crowdfunding this project.

Last Tuesday I was talking to a wonderfully friendly and kind producer/presenter Ms Becks on her show which is the Wandsworth Workday show on Wandsworth Radio, London. Here is the YouTube recording of the interview.

We touched on these questions/topics:

• What is your name and where did you come from today and where did you come from originally?
• Tell us about the book in themes and ideas and tell us about the book in a brief extract,
• Tell us about your writing journey and how it all started,
• Was cultural diversity a focus or what you like to promote or portray?
• When did you start writing and playing music?
• Tell us about your music teaching.
• Let us have a SNEAK PREVIEW of what you are working on next!

I felt at ease with her and that I could go on forever chatting not just about the book but about our common interests in children’s education, music and dance. Our sons are roughly the same age and just started playing guitar. She found out that I of course loved Bruno Mars, who I believe is the Michael Jackson with Swearing. We got on very well. It was a bit heartbreaking for me, in my “editorial suite” in the wee hours, to cut the interview down from 32 minutes to 13min 52sec. Culling is caring (kill your darlings etc).

Today we have 117 supporters/patrons from all over the world and we are 63% funded. We are 54 days in and 36 days to go in this 90 day campaign. Again, please show your support by checking out the link and pre-ordering your copy. See you at a cool 1980s book launch in where else but South West London!