girlwiththepurplepen
Tamara Ali
girlwiththepurplepen
Professional Daydreamer
... and I write too.
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Author of Red Like Love
Writer of poems
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RED LIKE LOVE
(2022)
SOMETIMES FALLING IN LOVE FEELS LIKE FALLING APART.
Taunted teenager, Adara Wells, spends her days penning poetry, envying ex-best friend Marina, and drooling over her addictive crush, Xan Saile. Adara is the kind of girl who falls in love after the first kiss, while Xan is the type to not even remember the girl's name afterwards. Of course, in Adara's mind, that makes her and Xan the perfect match!
Adara quickly realizes that the boy she's chasing after isn't that hard to get; he's just extremely difficult to keep. One person who always manages to hold Xan's attention though, is Marina; but for some reason, she never seems to want it, which irks Adara.
As Xan's name continues to be a stain across her fragile heart, Adara starts to question her self worth. When Marina tries to rekindle her and Adara's forgotten friendship, it gives Adara something other than her situationship with Xan to focus on. But, as soon as the two girls are alone, her worth isn't the only thing Adara finds herself questioning.
About Tamara Ali
Tamara Ali is a Trinidadian writer, obsessive daydreamer and author of the soon-to-be-publish Y.A. novel 'RED LIKE LOVE'. Born to two writers, Tamara fell in love with writing at a young age, starting off writing song lyrics, then eventually evolving into penning poetry and short stories.
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After receiving praise from some of her school teachers about her storytelling skills, Tamara decided to try her hand at writing a novel. Multiple unfinished manuscripts later, and the pen slipped out of her hands as writing faded into the background of Tamara's life.
In 2020, while stuck at home due to a nationwide lockdown, Tamara returned to writing; this time, drafting a brand new novel. Although it started off as somewhat of an excuse to not spend all of her time studying for her then-upcoming exams, this new novel swiftly became the center of Tamara's world. It wasn't long before Tamara realized that being a writer was the one thing that she felt like she was meant to do for the rest of her unwritten life.