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Simone Da Costa is a passionate lover of writing; she enthusiastically enjoys the wonderful feeling it brings. When she writes, she feels like a visual artist, a painter with a fine paintbrush, who meticulously maps out expressions and forms which are made to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the artist. Writing for her, is the same practice.
Simone Da Costa is a freelance feature writer; her work has appeared in several North American publications. Simone was the Editor-in-Chief of It’s Your Destiny eMagazine; she is also an indie publisher and has published two books, Remember to Pray and the 2013 Day Planner. In addition, she has three children’s books titled A Silly Rhyming Alphabet Book about Animals from A to Z; a colouring and activity book based on A Silly Rhyming Alphabet Book about Animals from A to Z; and Emily-Rose’s Day at the Farm. She has written and published her first middle grade book called I Am Beautiful: When I Look at Me, I See…, which became a bestseller and has received rave reviews.
Simone hosts a blog called Simone’s Blog-Depicting The Writer in You. A blog that helps published authors and/or self-published authors gain exposure for their books by utilizing this site as a marketing tool to promote, advertise and generate sales for their literary art.
Simone was a featured author and judge at St. Jude’s Academy for their poetry/speech contest. Simone facilitated the “Mirror, Mirror” workshop at the annual Stronger than EVER Conference. The “Mirror, Mirror” concept was taken from her bestselling book, “I Am Beautiful…” which encouraged self-esteem and self-love.
Simone has been featured in The Belief magazine, an e-zine created to promote personalities who inspire and empower. She is a member of Sankofa’s Pen (African Canadian Writers for Children and Young Adults) and CANSCAIP. Simone was nominated for the Woman of Fire award in the media category for her excellence in writing. Simone is also passionate about reading…and she LOVES chocolate.
During our conversation, Ms. Da Costa talked about:
– Some of her background including how how she got into writing
– some of her book journey including the books that she has written including I Am Beautiful … When I Look At Me I See
– The challenge that many young black girls have with self-image
– why she loves writing for young people
– Her message for young black girls and those who are not young black girls for young black girls
I Am Beautiful: When I Look at Me, I See… book trailer.
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