• Testimonials

  • 'Huma's writing has been really affirming in showing me that the small, everyday aspects of life are charged with meaning and significance. Her creative writing workshop felt liberating and freeing, permission to get away from the rules and prescriptions for what makes a short story and inspired me to embrace emotion and sensitivity to those hidden parts of daily life that can be so profound.'

    –Miriam

  • 'Miniature Worlds is a dream. Thank you for what you have created, the ideas are swirling.'

    Emily

  • 'Postcards Home helped me reflect upon the concept of home and belonging. Huma's voice and guidance through her poignant and well thought out essays got me to really think about further building upon my own writing project. I'm also pleased to share that this course helped inspire me to focus on giving shape to what I hope will one day be a book of my own memories of home.'

    Snehal

  • ‘Thank you so much for your writing course. I have enjoyed it so much that I am going to repeat it! As a former journalist I was trained to keep emotion out of my work and deal only with facts. You have given me permission to explore feeling in my work. Quite a revelation.’

    –Ann

  • 'Crafted beautifully, Huma’s weekly lessons were a pleasure to read and an inspiration for me to model. Her gentle, quiet encouragement and suggestions for looking at things in new and different ways have opened my eyes to the possibilities that are within me. Thank you, Huma.'

    – Christine

  • 'Huma’s warmth, passion and expertise shines through in her writing courses. It felt personal, as if she was sitting right beside me each week sharing her insight and wisdom. Right from the start Huma’s message to us was: “You are a writer, you can do this, I am here to help.” There are so many practical elements of the course that I will take away with me, but most importantly it was this message: that she believed we could.'

    – Kim

  • 'Thank you for taking us on a beautiful journey. You led us to explore our voice and relationship to writing in a playful, curious and mindful manner, letting us run freely while always close by for guidance and encouragement. This course you created is a little treasure I will keep close to my heart along my writing journey. It confirmed my utter love for writing.'

    – Marie

  • 'I’m still using all the notes from the wonderful Postcards Home. It has given me a way into rediscovering my voice through writing. Thank you for guiding me and giving me the tools to write.'

    — Preeya

  • 'I’m enchanted by Huma’s writing. I’m really enjoying Postcards Home and the idea of writing little snippets everyday excites me.'

    –Anna

  • 'I’m a songwriter and I hadn’t written a song in months. Then I read Postcards Home and wrote three. Postcards Home has helped me so much to reflect upon my feelings and make little notes. It reminded me that I always wanted to be an author too. Thank you very much.'

    –Anne

  • 'The Quiet Words is changing my life, one word at a time. Through this course, and with Huma’s encouragement, I have started my blog and put myself out there. I never used to believe in investing in myself, but this course was so worth it. If you’ve always wanted to write, but didn’t know where or how to start, this is the course for you.'

    –Beth

  • 'The Quiet Words is about writing, yes, but Huma also shares her approach to creativity as a whole. I now find myself carving out more time for myself, to create and to explore my thoughts about the world a little differently. I’m putting words together far more intentionally. I am so glad I invested in this course, which I have no doubt I will return to again and again.'

    –Ruth

  • 'The Quiet Words really was magical. Huma has a wondrous way of writing such calm and thoughtful content that the course did far, far more than just instruct me in the art of writing. It caused me to pause; to really delve into why I want to write, and to contemplate what creativity means to me and how I might add some brush strokes to the canvas of words, narratives and stories out there, that we all live by. I feel like it’s given me calm but also courage. Thank you, Huma.'

    –Ali

  • ‘I just wanted to say thank you for Postcards Home. I write for a living but this course has inspired me to write with a different perspective and one that has inspired me so much, I’ve fallen back in love with writing again. Thank you. ’

    Faye

  • ‘Postcards Home is an absolute delight! It is a course you can take your time with, and I really didn’t feel the pressure I sometimes feel with courses or the anxiety of not being able to keep up when life gets in the way. I have been enjoying collecting my little snippets of memories and observations and have been really surprised at how easy it is once you start to really notice the world around you.’

    Terri

  • ‘Postcards Home was the best decision of my life. Your course was lovely, light and a wonderful way to ease into writing. I’ve always been afraid to pursue writing and believe I can really do it. I’ve been plagued with self doubt and fear of vulnerability but your course gave me the courage to just do it, so thank you.’

    Laura

  • ‘The essays are so thoughtfully written and beautiful. Very inspiring, and such a comfort.’

    Sophie