A dreamy and hopeless fool, I once set my mind to a masters in English Literature... Hiding a little, but I learnt a lot. But Rapunzel no more. And these days I guess, Ivory Towers all but forgotten, this wayward lass is finally trying to find the words to bring to light the causes close to her heart. And from the heart.

It is so far an eclectic collection of writing it can be said, from reframing conversations around mental health matters, being diagnosed and hospitalised at the age of 29 with bipolar disorder, to rescuing forgotten folklore and female heroines of literary days gone by, her curiosities and interests are vast. But always, I fervently believe, investing in stories that need telling, stories that need some hope.

My first love and blog, www.myhumblepie.co.za, a space for all my other erstwhile whims and wishes, since my first 'coming out' piece on bipolar.

And at the ripe 'old' age of 38, I have begun to try my hand full time at fiction, besides my blogging, to tell this story in all its guises, a story made of many stories of recovery, a story of suffering, but also, of joy. Hope. Beyond this, in the fiction I write now, wiser, I always seek to distill the marvels, the wonders, in even the very most ordinary. Oh I finally published my first novella, Zimmer, on Amazon Kindle!

You can otherwise find me either barefoot in the kitchen or advocating the adoption of stray animals. That is, when I'm not battling the thorn in my side that is white heteronormative patriarchy or stigmas. Other times you'll find me at my best, enjoying a patch of grass by the wildflowers. 

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Join me here on my own journey into reclaiming self indulgence for the feminine persuasion! There will be seductive sleepwear for no one else, and rainy Sundays spent in nothing but a luxuriant robe, and sumptuous food on only the sweetest of crockery, a top o'the morning with a precious cup of aromatic brew, and later, a ruby red elixir in a lost and found 'goblet' to suit the mood, and of course, a good book... And did I mention utter wantonness? Please do come along!

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Feel free to order my first novella at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Zimmer-Jocelyn-Fryer-ebook/dp/B09BCTYG9T