Ep.19; Imani Interviews, Alyssa Shapland|2020

This was a very special interview for me, Alyssa is such an inspiration  to me as she's a brilliant, beautiful writer but she also lives with  Crohns disease which some days is too much to push through but other  days, she absolutely kicks its butt and I love how real and honest  Alyssa is about that. That honesty makes me feel stronger and okay about  my chronic illness sometimes getting the better of me too.  We chatted about her wonderful short story which has just been published  on the "centre for Stories" website, the FABULOUS new book she's  working on that I can't wait to read, what makes someone a "valid"  writer, puzzles, staring in a Gym video, people watching and so much  more.   We're wearing purple here because we filmed this on "Wear it Purple Day"   2020, which is a day to celebrate and acknowledge LGBTQIA+ youth in  Australia.   I was particularly wriggly in this vid, I guess this is what I look like  when I'm dealing with a bit of sensory overload (two interviews in one  day) and during a high pain day. Alyssa was very kind to ignore it :-)    Here's the link to read "Swift"  centreforstories.com/story/journal-alyssa-shapland And the link to the "Girls With Guts" blog: www.girlswithguts.org And Ayssa's instagram: www.instagram.com/gameofcrohns14