Media whore by day, party machine come the weekend – such is life for Jasmine.

A twenty-something transplanted Canadian, with an aversion to ‘settling down and being an adult’ has kept her living abroad in London for the past six years. An over-active imagination and a voracious appetite for reading encourages her to create her own short stories when the muse visits.

Highly-strung and opinionated, Jasmine enjoys swimming and spending time with friends in beer gardens to relax. She is a keen traveller with plans to visit Italy, Iceland, Russia and more before returning to the homeland in 2011. As well as bit of an amateur rambler, she enjoys the quieter side of life as well as dancing until the small hours in a dark club.

A commander of the clandestine Squirrel Army with sights on invading Poland, Jasmine is excited by the opportunity to be part of Chinese Whisperings.

Not My Name – The Red Book, 2010

Soon to be written – The Yin Book, 2010

Strange but true…

coming soon

When Paul first told me about Chinese Whisperings and the set up, I was quite excited by the idea. While I love to write and hope I’m not awful at it, I do have a problem with actually keeping up with it. Procrastination, thy name is Jasmine.

So I was eager and grateful for the opportunity. I read a few of the other pieces before it came time for my own and I really liked the calibre of the writers that were chosen – it felt as if this was much more a professional than I had originally thought.

I knew what I wanted my story to be about but it did take a little longer than I expected for it to map out in my head. Once it did and I figured out my hook (the diary idea), I wrote my first draft in one evening – tearing it up on my laptop!

I have to say that the editing process was a new and slightly painful experience for me. I’m used to self-editing and while Jodi and Paul had a lot of very helpful edits and suggestions, there were times where I found it all a bit difficult to see someone else change ‘my’ story. But I think we’re all happy with the end result and it was a good experience for me to go through.

I’m really looking forward to reading the finished book and hopefully buying a few hardcopies for friends and family. While I’m sure others have done the lions’ share of work on this, I’m just proud to be a part of it.