About: Emlyn

Writer and book publicist. Emlyn Chand loves to hear and tell stories and emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story)

Recent Posts by Emlyn

Bella Swan versus Simmi Shergill: An analysis of why we root for one and hate the other

This is a guest post by Farsighted super fan, Rebecca Boucher

"I'd rather you hate my characters than forget them," I often say, and it's true. None of my characters has been more universally hated than Simmi Shergill, the protagonist of Open Heart. Through buckets of tears, I gave this character my deepest, most crippling insecurities coupled with the standard teenage angst. I loved her, because I pitied

Unworthy: A therapeutic writing exercise in which I bare my bloodied soul

I'm sure some of you noticed my general withdrawal from Facebook as of late. The truth is, it's been hard. I'm experiencing the joy of new love tarnished by those who would to destroy it. I've kept it in, kept it in, tried to tell myself it didn't matter, but somehow it still does. And so I've descended into a pretty deep depression--the desire to stay curled in bed all day