Ep62 In Conversation with Saz Vora

Saz Vora is an author of East African Asian origin who migrated with her family to England in the ‘60s to Coventry, West Midlands, where she grew up straddling British and Gujarati culture. Before she started writing South Asian melodrama, she had a successful career in Television Production and Teaching specialising in Film and Media Studies to A Level. As a writer she draws on her upbringing in England and the layers of complexity of living with her Indian heritage and her Britishness and uses this to create stories of adult themes ignored in South Asian families. She gets her inspiration from listening to music, exploring world cuisine, and watching all things related to film and television.Saz's novels are:Her debut novel is in two parts, a retelling of our baby loss journey:My Heart Sings Your Song - College Romance, Book Club Reads, MulticulturalWhere Have We Come - Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Book Club Reads, MulticulturalShe is running an ebook sale from 17th December until 31st December for her debut duet of My Heart Sings Your Song and Where Have We Come. https://books2read.com/Saz-Vorahttps://books2read.com/WhereHaveWeComeYou can find Saz on social media at:Instagram: @sazvoraFacebook: @saz.voraTwitter: @sazvoraTikTok: @sazvoraauthorI mentioned about split testing as a tool to help with creativity when you have more than one idea - this is episode 24 How To Get Unstuck When You're Torn Between Two Writing Ideas.Support the showJoin me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors. Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsukAnd finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.Happy writing, and may the wo...