WASHED OUT movie adaptation by Safa Shaqsy
I’m happy to announce that my book WASHED OUT has been optioned by a producer on January 2023! I signed the contract on the 9th of January 2023, and the development stage started soon after the contract was signed. I wrote this book about my mother who had dementia and passed away on the 4th…
THE FOURTH REASON’S THE READER’S FAVOURITE REVIEW
Safa Shaqsy’s The Fourth Reason dives into the mind of Amal, a paranoid schizophrenic. At the age of eighteen, Amal had become pregnant while living with her boyfriend Rob. When she revealed she was pregnant, he dumped her. While living with her mother, she gave birth to Sophie. Her best friend Lana took her out for coffee and the waiter, Blake, left his phone number on a napkin for her. During their second date, Rob intrudes and tells her to stop dating Blake or he will take Sophie away. Amal has a mental breakdown and is taken to a mental institution by ambulance. Rob gives her an ultimatum to break up with Blake or he will pursue custody of Sophie. What will Amal do?
What it’s like being on submission with my book
Earlier I wrote about how I got my literary agent, and now I will talk about what it’s like being on submission with my first book. We started with revisions for my book REBEL WITH TIME, and we revised for three months in total before we went on submission in October 2020. At first my…
How I Got My Literary Agent
After debating for w while, I finally got the chance to talk about how I got my literary agent who represents all my work. It was an ordinary day in March 2020 when I was still querying agents, and asking around on LinkedIn as much as possible. I build up a list of connections over…