Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm
“It’s difficult to classify myself solely as a writer of romance, when in fact writing about women’s lives, and the complexities that has gone into making her that woman, entails a great deal more than romance.”
Next Book Out September 24th 2020
Love Again
Runner up in the Saga Literary Prize
Swimming with Fishes
Best thing about the UK, you can experience 4 seasons in a day. That’s why we’re always so ready to host a barbecue at the sight of a flash of sunshine 🌞
The world feels different.
Meeting up with friends and family feels different.
It seems like different is the new normal.
Change is inevitable so I guess changes are to be embraced.
Remember always to be grateful.
#gratitude #gratitudeisamust
#fourseasonsinoneday #fourseasons #change #different #friends #family #differentperspective #changes #normal #newnormal
The question all writers are consistently asked - why do you write?
#whyiwrite @theliteraryconsultancy #writingtoexhale #stilliwrite #justwrite
First thing’s first - I do not own the copyright of any of the music played in these clips of ‘Sip N Labrish’
Neither do I own anything the ‘Disruptive’ and absolutely hilarious Coach, Marcia Gordon, comes out with.
Secondly, ‘labrish’ is the Jamaican term for ‘chatting’
But just to give a short brief about the ‘Disruptive’ Coach, she has been a coach for over 20-years, and has brought back laughter and put back smiles on people’s faces.
And on a serious note, she’s offered many a variant of solutions to broken spirits, lives and careers.
She has been one of the grief-busters for me, after the loss of my first love and the father of my children to cancer last year.
She gives me many hours of laughter and admits that I am also one she turns to for support & advice in her conundrums and angst.
As well as being funny, I find her to be wise in her humour and outspoken, owning all she says without apologies.
So, without further ado - it gives me pleasure to introduce her to you, my IG Fam & my writing tribe as we discuss her chosen topic ...
‘When love is lost.’
#laughteristhebestmedicine #laughterisgoodforthesoul #laughter #sip&labrish #labrish
#jamaica #jamaicanpatwa
An amazing Female Author of Colour Talk Show this evening with an international audience of women.
Our awesome guest speaker, #naleighnakai is a powerhouse of a woman.
#powerhousewoman #phenomenalwoman #femaleauthors #globalwomenauthors #writers #readers
I haven’t traveled all these years and all these miles alone.
I have been inspired by both women and men.
I have been empowered by the souls and works of great humans.
I have been taught lessons by children, babes and sucklings.
I accept that I will never be too old to learn or to be corrected.
I am grateful for life and all the teachings and lessons.
Stories touch people, change lives, inspire greatness.
I am rarely alone, but I know loneliness.
Gratitude is a must & I’m going to share some of my gems with you.
#SipNLabrish #chillwithme #hangoutinmyworld #letstalk #goinglive #lifeslessons #allaboutlove #marciagordan #disruptivecoach #teachings #lessonslearnt #shareexperiences #passionforlove #watchthisspace
Ease up on lockdown and a special day for our family. It was great for us to meet and remember & celebrate our patriarch - a year on from his transition.
The sun kissed the day and we basked in its’ glow and soaked up its warmth as we celebrated the life of our loved one and a year since his transition.
How quickly that year passed. It hardly feels like a whole year since we last saw him. Mountains of grief climbed, rivers of tears flowed, yet smiles and laughter were the great disrupters.
His children and grandchildren all carry parts of him, in their smiles, their hands, shape of their faces and fingers, their smiles that curves their lips and gives way to the dimples in their cheeks - it was amazing for me to see these shadows of him in them.
Truly God is great🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
So excited to be apart of the Stellar Theatre initiative, the brainchild of Peggy Vance and Karen Paul, who are taking theatre to zoom - in your own home.
My play, House of Women along with other plays by established and emerging playwrights, offers a span of themes and issues, the unifying thread being that each provides provocative food for thought and post-show conversation.
Check it out on www.stellar theatre.co.uk
#stellartheatre #houseofwomen #playwright #play #ashantirasheda #livetheatre #livetheatreexperience #inyourownhome
How can you be bored with children around, I often ask when mums tell me that.
Children say and do the funniest things, keep you entertained for hours, if you let them.
Just look at ‘Little Miss’ all of two-years-old, telling her two-months old baby sister to ‘shush, be quiet.’ 🤣🤣
Between writing, yoga, people & children watching, I have kept my sanity during this lockdown.
#kidsdothefunniestthings #funnykids #worldofgirls #lovechildren #mytribe #entertainingkids #kidsentertainment #writing #writerslife #peoplewatching #lifeisamazing #lockdownlife
Feet up on Mother’s Day -
Breakfast delivery arrived with a knock at the door - and I’m looking forward to dinner. 😀🍾🍾🍾
Happy Mother’s Day to all the women who have mothered, nurtured, and loved little humans.
And to my own Mummy - happy heavenly Mother’s Day, Mummy, not a day past without thoughts of you ❤️❤️❤️
#mothersday #mother #Motherhood #noonelikemother #motherslove #mothersloveisforever
Join us on our author platform . . . It’s fun, it’s fab, it’s informative.
#author #authorevent #writers #authors #authorgram #inspiringauthors #authortalkshow #Twentyin2020 #jacarandabooksartmusic
Some days it’s about hanging with my girls . . . no writing - no reading, no working, just letting my child within play & be.
#childwithin #girls #girlsjustwannahavefun #girlswillbegirls #girlfun #girlboss #girlsareus #mydynasty #proudgrandma
International Women’s Day - celebrating and acknowledging the global contributions made by women.
We each have the power to be part of the change we want to see.
Let’s ensure women and girls voices are heard.
Let’s make a pledge to eliminate violence against women and girls.
Let’s make a pledge to shake up racism, where it sits so comfortably among certain parts of society.
I pledge to continue my role in empowering women and girls to see their potential and accept their greatness.
I pledge love
#iwd #internationalwomensmonth #equality #equalityforall #equalitymatters #empoweringwomen #empoweringgirls #loveyourself #love
Happy International Women’s Day
May we always remember the social, spiritual, political & economic contribution of women and women of colour.
#internationalwomensday #womenempowerment #women #womensupportingwomen #empoweringgirls #girlboss #salutingwomen #womenofcolour
Happy World 🌎 Book 📚 Day . . . What books are you reading today? Hint- hint, 😉😉😉
#worldbookday #booksofinstagram #readers #writerscommunity #authors #twentyin2020
March has arrived, International Women’s Month . . . Celebrating and sharing all our achievements, accomplishments . . . Being proud of our ‘female-ness’ our ‘womanhood’ and our ‘motherhood.’
I was invited by #LindaAttram to attend a Global Women’s meeting and was truly blown away by some of the women I met, of course this was online, but the feminine energy was potent, the ambition & vibrancy of shared skills real and constructive.
Partnerships & collaborations are the future for the progress of women.
#womensupportingwomen #womenempoweringwomen #sistersquad #womantowoman #enjoylife #globalwomenclub #globalwomen
Saturday mornings for the past five weeks has seen me hosting my online creative writing class, JustWrite.
My writing tribe have been consistent in their creativity, turning out amazing work, even a mummy was able to take part with her baby in her arms.
Next week is our final week, but I will be back after Easter with my ‘Still I Write’ workshop so DM me for more info on how to register.
#writers #buddingauthors #creatives #writingworkshops #creativewomen
Here I am, mother of 4, author of 2 and enjoying the wonderful feedback I’m receiving about both my novels . . . and because we’ve got bright sunshine 🌞 in London, even though we’re still under lockdown, life feels a little better today.
#readersofig #readers #readerscommunity #authorlife #sunshine #lockdown #mother #motherof4 #lifeisbeautiful
My creative writing workshop, JustWrite has two weeks to go before it comes to an end, and my creative writing workshop, ‘Still I Write’ will begin after Easter.
The women who have taken part have remained consistent in their creativity & determination to complete a piece of work to publication level.
They understand that between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be - whether you’re the reader or the writer - it’s a lovely place to be.
As the author of two novels, I am as proud as if I were the author of twenty novels - it’s an author thing. My literary babies, ‘Swimming With Fishes’ and ‘Love Again’ never fails to put a smile on my face.
I am a proud #twentyin2020 author, one of twenty authors published by #jacarandabooksartmusic history in the making.
#reader #writerscommunity #writing #reading #creating #creative #writingworkshops #justwrite #stilliwrite #novels #loveagain #swimmingwithfishes #literarybabies #jacarandabooksartmusic #twentyin2020
What are authors without readers?
I get so much out of my readers who take the time to actually give me feedback. I do appreciate them, so much so that I created my ‘Reader Appreciation Tribe’ where I acknowledge and salute their critiques and before lockdown we use to lunch every quarter.
Looking forward to linking in the physical again.
#readers #readersofinstagram #myreaders #readerappreciationtribe #lockdown #authors #writerscommunity
Show love every day. Give love every day❤️❤️❤️
Nothing takes the place of being loved ❤️❤️❤️
To love a person is to see all their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten ❤️
Don’t forget YOU. Give you some self love 💕
#valentines #alovething #selflove #passionforlove #celebratelove ##loveme #lovingyou #love #inlove #lovelikenoother #lover #loving