Last week we met the delightful, Elle Freestone. Now it's time to put your hands together for the utterly fearless and fabulous, Asha Freestone.
Like her sister, Asha will be sharing her enthusiastic love of all things literary with us in the months to come.
We simply can't wait to read more, Asha! Meanwhile, welcome! Discover more about Asha via her 12 Curlies, below.
1. Tell us something hardly anyone knows about you.
I can recite the alphabet backwards and do multiple chin
ups.
2. What is your nickname?
Ash, Ashy, Buggy
Boo and Bug or more recently; Angus and Triple Flamed Angus Beef Burger, plus
many more!
3. What is your greatest fear?
I don’t think I have one! Maybe
I’m invincible.
4. Describe your writing style in ten
words.
Conversational, descriptive and with much to say, often
quite wordy.
5. Tell us five positive words that
describe you as a writer.
Creative, expressive, passionate, multi-layered and
invested.
6. What book character would you be,
and why?
I would be Tris from the Divergent series. She
is a selfless, fierce woman who is always up for a challenge. Tris is also
stubborn very much like me!
7. If you could time travel, what year
would you go to and why?
I certainly wouldn’t travel forwards in time, so visiting
the 1950s and seeing what life was like then would be cool.
8. What would your ten-year-old self
say to you now?
I turned ten during Covid so she would tell me to enjoy
everything that comes my way and to appreciate my freedom and the little things
in life.
9. Who is your greatest
influence?
My parents are definitely a significant influence in my
life. Also my close friends and teachers who I spend a lot
of time around.
10. What/who made you start
writing?
My teachers were a major guide to writing short stories. My
love for reading books and learning new words also inspired me to write.
11. What is your favourite word and
why?
Fearless because it presents so much opportunity. Don’t hold back,
don’t hide, say yes, be fearless.
12. If you could only read one book
for the rest of your life, what would it be? That’s such a tricky
question! If I had to choose, I would probably pick book one of the Inheritance
Games Series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Asha has always had a love for books from very
young after continuously being read to. She began reciting books from memory
until she quickly learnt how to read competently and developed a love for words
everywhere - cereal boxes, packages, signs, anything with letters. Her endless
appetite for literature sees her devouring multiple novels a week. When she doesn’t
have her nose in a book, she can be found
drawing, making macrame pieces or playing basketball.
Follow Asha on Instagram.