Her Story, My Voice: Katy Motiey guest post on Women Writers, Women’s Books

Here’s a short excerpt:

I have been journal writing ever since I was ten years old, when we left Iran during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. I have a full box of journals buried in the closet. I have often wondered why I write down my thoughts the way I do. I write them down in no particular order, as they come to me and, I feel a sense of relief after I write.  Maybe my writing process is a result of the Iranian tribal culture which dictates, “don’t tell anyone, nobody needs to know.” And yet, my journal writing led to the recent publication of my recent true life novel, “Imperfect” where I tell the fictional story of what happened to my mother in 1970’s Iran.

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